The Ratio Of The Pizza’s Circumference To Its Diameter

by Emily

FYI – as of Saturday morning the recommendation in NYC was to avoid public transportation but continue to support local restaurants if you were feeling well, so that’s what we did this weekend. Obviously the situation has changed vastly since then. I stocked up on supplies last week and plan on self-quarantining for at least the next 14 days.

While you are stuck at home I strongly recommend streaming these (very raunchy, deeply funny) shows: Big Mouth / Future Man / Astronomy Club.

Highlights from the weekend include…

Breakfast at Win Son Bakery, which blew our freaking minds. Their custard toast is our new all-time favorite thing.

Pizza pie for Pi Day at Roberta’s. Tomato, mozarella, caciocavella, parmigiano, oregano, and chili.

Plus we had an amazing sticky bun.

A dessert-y yogurt bowl. Chobani milk and cookies yogurt with frozen berries, pumpkin seed butter, and sprinkles!

All of the dessert-y beer options at Evil Twin. Marshmallow triple IPA, marshmallow key lime sour IPA, marshmallow pina colada hard cider, passion fruit sour IPA, and cinnamon pear sour IPA (the marshmallow key lime was obviously my favorite beer of all time).

Homemade green curry. With ground turkey and tons of spring onions, on a bed of roasted zucchini.

I’ll miss you, NYC!

6Mar2020

An Oatsome Good Time

by Emily

Highlights from this week include – a day trip into Brooklyn // tons of tortilla chips and salsas // a product review.

Oatsome sent me a carton of their oat-milk to try {I was provided no additional compensation and all opinions shared are my own}. I have a three pronged review –

1) Taste: the flavor is similar to skim milk in that it is not strong at all; I could definitely identify that oats were involved but it wasn’t “oat forward.” It was inoffensive in coffee and cereal which is basically what I’m looking for in my non-dairy milks. I could not get it to foam for coffee, likely due to its low protein content. Tastewise, Oatsome is definitely my new favorite non-dairy option. Typically I won’t order at coffee shops that don’t stock skim milk but I would consider places with oat milk more regularly now.
2) Nutrition: one cup of Oatsome contains 130 calories and 2 grams of protein. It does not contain dairy, nuts, or added sugars and it is gluten free. It’s a low sodium option with 60 mg per cup. Oatsome is fortified with calcium (provides 20% DRI), vitamin D (provides 10% DRI), riboflavin (provides 40% DRI), and vitamin B12 (provides 40% DRI). For vegans, it is awesome that this is fortified with B12. However, for anyone who depends on dairy to help meet their daily protein needs at 2 grams per cup Oatsome probably isn’t the best choice (versus skim milk with 8 grams protein per cup).
3) Environmental impact: oats require 80% less water to grow than almonds.

I had Oatsome in a cup of espresso roast with brown sugar.

And in a bowl of Heritage Flakes with blueberries.

Vanilla bean Greek yogurt with blueberries and a honey tangerine.

An egg sandwich from Golda with muhumarra, kashkaval, dill, sumac’d onion, and beef bacon. Plus a salted tahini oat milk latte!

Baby carrots and roasted broccoli dipped in Asian ginger dressing.

Homemade chilaquiles. We used yellow and orange bell pepper, serrano pepper, sweet onion, leftover salsa, and tortilla chips. Topped with eggs, homemade cilantro crema, and Cholula.

Nacho night. Tortilla chips, black beans, poached chicken thighs, sauteed onion and poblano pepper, cheese, Trader Joe’s salsa, and sour cream.

2Mar2020

Tacos And Tahini

by Emily

Highlights from this weekend…

Yogurt bowl with Heritage Flakes cereal, blueberries, and chocolate chunks.

An afternoon in Bushwick. Including stops at Millers and Makers for cake – vanilla and chocolate with coconut, caramel, and chocolate buttercream.

And Taqueria Al Pastor for delicious tacos with chicken and nopales (cactus).

Cups on cups. My current favorite type of candy is nut/seed butter cups and these two types are great. Sunbutter from Trader Joe’s.

Vanilla tahini from Raaka.

Our homemade dinner bowls were both eclectic and wonderful. Roasted riced cauliflower with smoked paprika and sumac / chicken salad with chicken thighs, sour cream, caramelized onion and garlic, and fresh parsley / topped with Cholula.

Roasted broccoli / sauteed corn and baby tomatoes / baked tofu (seasoned with smoked paprika, gochugaru, honey, and olive oil) / homemade salsa / sour cream.

27Jan2020

LES = Let’s Eat Snacks

by Emily

Adam and I spent both Saturday and Sunday walking around the Lower East Side eating all the things, admiring street art, and just generally having a fabulous time. Plus we walked back and forth across the Williamsburg Bridge which is one of our favorite activities.

Weekend highlights include…

Smoothie time. Beary flavored! Banana, blueberry, blackberry, almond milk, and brown sugar.

Brunch at Sonnyboy. Bloody Mary.

I got the harissa folded eggs with brussel sprouts, mushrooms, and basil. I traded my avocado for a slice of Adam’s halloumi.

Malaysian eats at Kopitam. Bandung – condensed milk and rose syrup.

Nasi Lemak – coconut rice, fried anchovies, cucumber, peanuts, and hard-boiled egg.

Criss Cross ‘Shrooms – red chilies, wood ear mushrooms, and lotus. These were actually a bit too spicy even for me, but I loved the fried basil.

How exciting is this caffeinated cola flavored seltzer??! It was basically diet Crystal Pepsi!

Cookies at the newish Red Gate Bakery. A caramel brownie and a housemade oreo.

Ice & Vice always knocks it out of the park and their latest special is my new favorite thing – cream cheese soft-serve with guava white chocolate drizzle!

A veggie-packed riff on my buffalo chicken baked pasta. Spinach, riced cauliflower, whole-wheat pasta, ground chicken, cream cheese, honey habanero hot sauce, cheddar, and blue cheese.

Have a great week!

24Jan2020

A Bevy Of Beverages

by Emily

My favorite bites this week were actually sips! {I really want to make an “all about the beverages/Benjamins, baby” joke here but I’m holding myself back}

Highlights…

My new all-time-favorite coffee combo = Grady’s Cold Brew concentrate with the new Chobani sweet cream creamer.

This week’s yogurt bowl combo was vanilla bean Greek yogurt with fresh blackberries and Trader Joe’s peanut butter with chia and flax.

A girlfriend and I (and her baby!) met up in Nomad for lunch. Salads at Made Nice – I had the frisee romaine with potato croutons, egg, and buttermilk vinaigrette.

Ice cream at the new Milk Bar flagship – I had cornflake soft serve with fudge and sprinkles.

New favorite kombucha is this juicy one with watermelon, hibiscus, and green tea.

Milkshake IPAs (aka IPAs with lactose) are my favorite and this Gotta Get Up To Get Downstate guava one from Swiftwater is 10/10.

I just discovered an amazing Asian grocery store near our apartment so we had some pretty great snacks this week. Like numb and spicy hot pot chips.

And yogurt gummies and passion fruit gummies.

Easy dinner from the Trader Joe’s freezer section – meatless breakfast patties and cauliflower pancakes. Plus roasted green beans and a dipping sauce made with honey habenero hot sauce.

Chicken and waffle nachos! Multigrain waffles, waffle flavored chicken bites, cheese, scallions, and a maple Cholula aioli.

Have a great weekend!

17Jan2020

Dough My Goodness

by Emily

Five things from last week:

{1} Cookie dough

Still obsessed with the cookie dough Perfect Bar (which still has no online presence?!).

Newly obsessed with this monster cookie edible dough. I may have eaten too much sugar this week.

{2} Leftovers

Leftover homemade corn okonomiyaki topped with gojuchang mayo and gochugaru chile flakes (p.s. this is the brand I love for both).

{3} Snacks from Trader Joe’s

TJ’s kills it in the snack game. Dehydrated carrots.

Sea salt and turbinado sugar dark chocolate almonds + dried baby pineapple.

{4} Yogurt bowl

Guava passion fruit Greek yogurt (also from Trader Joe’s) with blueberries, sumo mandarin, and chocolate banana granola.

{5} Veggie bowl

Roasted – shredded brussel sprouts, green onion, shishito peppers + sauteed – baby tomatoes, TJ’s turkey summer sausage.

13Jan2020

Toppings

by Emily

Five things from the weekend…

{1} The best yogurt bowl of the month. Cinnamon vanilla Greek yogurt with banana, blackberry, and maple almond butter.

{2} I am loving the crap out of living with a milk foamer.

{3} Dark chocolate chip peanut butter is my favorite flavor after cookie dough.

{4} Bona Bona tops their ice cream with toasted Italian meringue.

I got frosted animal cracker ice cream!

{5} A homemade take on okonomiyaki with cabbage and roasted corn.

{bonus} I’ve been putting this dream team on top of everything.

9Jan2020

Oahu Part III, Fun Places We Ate

by Emily

We were blown away by how good everything we ate on this trip was! Hawaiian chefs are absolutely killing it. The next time we go back to Hawaii I would strongly consider returning to Oahu just to revisit some of these spots!

I really tried to limit my picture taking and this post will be a million pages long if I list out every single thing we ate so this will just be the highlights of the highlights…

** Kona Coffee Purveyors.

Nitro Kona coffee with a black sesame kougan amann (not shown). Affogato.

** Leonard’s Bakery.

This malasada (Portuguese doughnut) stuffed with guava cream was my favorite bite of the entire trip.

** Matsumoto Shave Ice.

This was my favorite shave ice of the trip; the flavors were spot on and the ice cream was wonderfully chewy and a great foil to the ice. Guava, passion fruit, and strawberry on top of vanilla ice cream and topped with condensed milk.

** O’Kims.

Dumplings stuffed with king oyster mushroom, button ear wood, yellow squash, zucchini, and truffle paste, topped shoyu jelly and pickled dikon.

Korean fried chicken with gochujang, housemade gnocchi, brussel sprouts, purple rice, and kimchi.

** The Pig and the Lady.

Midday Run – mezcal, passion fruit, vanilla, habanero, and lemon (not shown). Le Swoon – Kohana rum agricole, Okinawan sweet potato, pandan, coconut milk, cinnamon, lime, and aphrodite bitters.

Chocolate banana tart with Valrhona dark chocolate cremeux, chocolate cookie crust, fresh banana and banana marmalade, toasted hazelnuts, and tamarind caramel.

** Piggy Smalls.

This was hands down our best meal of the trip! We ordered all the things. Brussel sprouts with makrut lime, peanut, fried shallots, cabbage slaw, and pickled red onions.

Stir-fried ramen noodles with aged garlic shoyu, Chinese chives, pickled fresno chile, and shrimp.

Lychee infused milk cake with blueberry compote, lychee chantilly cream, and lemon citrus streusel.

Hanoi egg coffee, Kona dark roast poured on whipped egg yolk and vanilla bean.

** The Surfing Pig.

Best cocktails of the trip. I drank way too much prior to our 10 hour red-eye flight. The bartender was crazy talented and also maybe my new favorite person – she hugged us on our way out. Smoked rosemary mezcal margarita. I also had a spicy paloma with mezcal (not shown).

** Waiola Shave Ice.

Guava and passion fruit with vanilla ice cream, condensed milk, and housemade mochi.

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The Ratio Of The Pizza’s Circumference To Its Diameter

An Oatsome Good Time

Tacos And Tahini

LES = Let’s Eat Snacks

A Bevy Of Beverages

Dough My Goodness

Toppings

Oahu Part III, Fun Places We Ate