Birthday Week

by Emily

Today is my birthday! Woo-hoo to getting another year older!!

We were supposed to be home in St. Thomas to celebrate so Adam and I have actually been on ~~vacation~~ staycation this week. A tropical island is obviously always the preferred option but social-distancing fun in the best city isn’t a bad second choice. We’ve taken several long walks, had lots of cuddling time with Webster, and watched a ton of Seinfeld and The Office. Plus we’ve eaten so many good things! If I was going to name ten of my top favorite foods I’d say Diet Cherry Coke Zero, vodka, espresso, sweetened condensed milk, soursop, nachos, cheeseburgers, ice cream, roasted green beans, and Pad See Ew and I’ve eaten all but three of those things in the past week.

Highlights include…

A ton of yummy things from Win Son Bakery. The standouts were the mochi doughnut and the Fan Tuan (rice roll) with egg and Chinese cruller.

A fancy picnic (from Ellen’s) in our car at the end of the North Fork.

We had a lobster roll and duck fried rice.

Plus a local passionfruit IPA.

Soursop ice creams. I’ve been wanting to go to Taste of the Tropics for a decade and their soursop ice cream did not disappoint.

I actually preferred Island Pops though. Soursop + nutmeg.

IPAs at Greenpoint Harbor Brewing.

Tamarind + mango + tequila = our new all-time favorite homemade cocktail.

East Wind Snack Shop makes our favorite dumplings in the city. Dry-aged beef potstickers // Shanghai vegetable steamed dumplings with ginger scallion sauce // veggie noodles.

Happy birthday to me! 🙂

13Jul2020

Boots On The Moon

by Emily

Five things from the past week —

{1} I really enjoyed these two cans from Nitro Coffee Company. The nitro gives them a super velvet-y mouthfeel.

{2} A very hydrating cocktail. Vodka with lime, watermelon juice, and watermelon seltzer.

{3} We made twice-baked potatoes that were delicious. Stuffed with butter, sharp cheddar, turkey bacon, green onion, Kewpie, and fish sauce.

{4} A very loose take on homemade okonomiyaki. Made with shredded brussel sprouts!

{5} Did I mention yet that we adored Space Force? We also loved the new SF-themed ice cream from Ben & Jerry’s.

29Jun2020

Sweet Polly, Sweetie Pies

by Emily

Adam was on vacation this weekend and since we couldn’t travel anywhere we did all of the fun, social-distancing things in New York! Highlights include…

Breakfast from Sweetie Pies on Main in Cold Springs Harbor. We got a cookies and cream scone

and a quad, non-fat, iced latte with toasted marshmallow syrup

and ate while walking around and admiring the water.

Lunch from Lunch Lobster Roll in Montauk. We got lobster rolls for take-out and ate near the beach. They gave us so much lobster!

Drinks from Sweet Polly in Park Slope. The fact that social distancing rules have pretty much killed open container laws in NYC is a giant silver lining. This pina colada was perfect for enjoying on a long stroll.

Dinner from Takumen in Long Island City. We got take-out and ate on the water!! <– best ambiance of the weekend

Hoji-cha bubble tea with oat milk.

Karaage fried chicken.

Ban ban chicken ramen for me. Topped with chili oil and a soft-boiled egg.

22Jun2020

It’s Easy Being Greenpoint

by Emily

Non-food things I’ve been loving lately —

Seinfeld! I obviously quite enjoyed it in the ’90’s as well but we’ve been doing a rewatch on Hulu. I can’t tolerate any TV that isn’t light/funny lately so old sitcoms are perfect for me.

“Adore” by Amy Shark has been played at least once on every one of my runs recently. I heard it on an episode of Schitt’s Creek, which I’m also completely obsessed with but had to stop watching in the middle because the final season isn’t out on Netflix yet.

Dave Chapelle’s new special, “8:46,” should be required reading for any white person who still isn’t clear on why the Black Lives Matter protests are happening/necessary.

We spent Sunday getting take-out and picnicing around Greenpoint and it was a perfect day. I love everything about how the businesses in that neighborhood brand themselves, it’s such a delight just to walk around and admire stuff.

Edible highlights this weekend —

Quad shot iced Americano with skim milk from Maman. Plus an absolutely divine double chocolate cookie with oat milk ganache.

Toasted coconut almonds. I’ve been having a real love affair with nuts lately and these were a perfect blend of salty and sweet.

Take-out cocktails and a cheeseburger from Elder Greene was obviously our best lunch of the year so far.

Plus we got cocktails from Ramona – frozen painkiller!! – for dessert.

Our long-time favorite pizza spot recently reopened so we got a giant buffalo chicken pie.

I made spicy salmon roll fries. With Kewpie, Furikaki, Sriracha, rice vinegar, and smoked salmon.

18May2020

Take Me Out

by Emily

This weekend we: Ate all the take-out. Took the dog on several long walks. Washed the dog and turned him into an adorable woolly mammoth. Did our grocery shopping for the next two weeks.

I also went on a really great run and started re-watching America’s Next Top Model.

Highlights include…

Obsessed with these Trader Joe’s bbq popped chips. I prefer a smoky bbq flavor and this fits the bill.

Even more obsessed with this Evil Twin pink pineapple IPA. Served in a go-cup because we took a cocktail hour walk with Webster that knocked our socks off.

We got great take-out from a local Mediterranean spot. Tons of pita bread with all of the smokey eggplant dips. Plus bulgar with tzatziki and chicken (plus roasted broccoli).

And we ordered all of their desserts!

We also got great take-out from a local Szechuan spot. I had kung pow tofu with veggie rice noodles and Chinese cabbage with peppers.

20Apr2020

Ice Cream In Space

by Emily

Now that I’m working again, Saturday and Sunday did feel a little bit more like a weekend, even if the biggest excitement was standing in an hour+ line to buy groceries for two weeks.

Highlights include…

Lavender latte pour over.

Plan Icelandic-style yogurt with cinnamon, maple syrup, berries, granola, and peanut butter.

Mint chip freeze-dried ice cream.

The last of our Evil Twin stash.

Leftover pizza.

Breakfast totchos. Tater tots with sharp cheddar, eggs, broccoli, onion, yellow and orange pepper, and turkey maple breakfast sausage. Topped with a lot of zhoug and ketchup.

I recommend ordering yourself the coffee, the ice cream, and the beer while you’re stuck at home!

10Apr2020

Coffee, Coffee, Coffee*

by Emily

*please read the title to the tune of the Brady Bunch’s “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!”

It was an exciting week in home entertainment for us – I started watching Schitt’s Creek, and of course fell in love, and borrowed my mom’s Prime log-in to binge watch all of Absentia.

It was also an exciting week in home caffeination – I had a different (fancy!) coffee drink every day.

Highlights include…

Dalgona coffee! Here is an explainer. I used instant espresso powder and looooved it.

Lavendar latte.

Vietnamese coffee made with a phin filter.

Lavazza espresso.

2% plain Fage Greek yogurt with blueberries, candied walnuts, cinnamon, and maple syrup.

With blueberries, cinnamon, maple, candied walnuts, and maple walnut granola.

If you think the dog doesn’t get his own yogurt and berries bowl you’re crazy.

Soft-scrambled eggs with mozzarella and Korean chili flakes / tater tots with Sriracha, Kewpie, and furikake / baby carrots.

Egg and cheese onion bagel with soft-scrambled eggs with mozzarella plus Sriracha and mayo.

The Starburst soda pop flavored jelly beans are pretty darn good, especially the cola and lime flavor.

Number 2 Pencil’s single-serve chocolate chip cookies are fantastic. I added rainbow sprinkles and espresso powder.

Local pizza with fried chicken, roasted zucchini, and hot peppers.

Giant salad bowl – romaine lettuce, Trader Joe’s balsamic and fig dressing, Trader Joe’s zhoug, celery, tater tats, and turkey meatballs (made with panko, egg, Trader Joe’s umami powder, and Korean chili flakes).

Giant salad bowl – romaine, balsamic, zhoug, celery, candied walnuts, fresh mint, and baked seitan.

I’d say “have a great weekend,” but doesn’t every day basically feel the same at this point?

30Mar2020

Virtual Road Trip

by Emily

One silver lining to not getting to see any of my friends in person for the discernible future is that we’ve been doing a better job of connecting long-distance. I spent hours on the phone with a childhood friend the other day and Sunday morning my cousin and I took an online yoga class together. <– super fun fact? The yoga class was actually being taught by another one of my childhood friends! Plus, I know that I am insanely lucky to be in such a good marriage, I’m at home with my favorite person on earth.

This weekend we took a trip to Virginia in the form of some of our our favorite drinks. Coffee from Black Hand.

Rum from Vitae. With cinnamon coke and lime!

We’ve been drinking a lot of fancy packaged coffees to help me deal with my withdrawal from coffee shop quad iced lattes.

I used the last of my fresh berries in this yogurt bowl. Plain Greek with maple, cinnamon, and TJ’s mixed nut butter.

Delivery successes. Bubble tea.

Tons of Mexican food.

Menemen, loosely based on this recipe. I used sumac, chili flakes, pepper, smoked paprika, and fresno chilis. Plus TJ’s rose fingerling potato chips, which were crazy addictive, I went back for thirds.

TJ’s vegan orange chicken served on a big bed of green beans in gojuchang.

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Birthday Week

Boots On The Moon

Sweet Polly, Sweetie Pies

It’s Easy Being Greenpoint

Take Me Out

Ice Cream In Space

Coffee, Coffee, Coffee*

Virtual Road Trip