Fritz's Profile
Mouhamara
has anyone a place to recommend that serves this side?
It's usually considered Lebanese or Syrian.
American Kitchen by Regal Ware
Been using this pan for the last couple of months. Mostly eggs and sausage.
It has performed quite well. Heats evenly near as I can tell.
Easy clean up. More comfortable for me then the All Clad.
Is there ANY decent pizza on the UWS?!
Not a pizzeria, but Celeste makes it pretty well.
It ain't like home made or Brklyns best, but better than most.
flour sources
is there any place in Manhattan that one can find Central Milling products?
http://www.centralmilling.com/
Italian 00 flour
other than Buon Italia in the Chelsea market, has anyone any source for 00 Italian flour in Manhattan?
Baking brownies with a silicon sheet
parchment is my go to. I was seeing if anyone had tried the silpat. Removal would be no more difficult that a parchment sling.
bread knife sharpening
and here I are ....... Again.
I ended up buying a scalloped Hoffritz for $10 at Home Goods or the like. I'm sure it isn't top of the line, but it's nicely weighted and does a nice job on my breads and artisan TomCat types I buy. I'm sure I'll get 5 years out of it, if not more.
The Accusharp does a fine job on my Wustoff with an annual pro job.
And when I have to fridge my bread because the "wear" date is approaching and the bread is a tougher cut from the fridge, the Wustoff does a nice job as well.
Yes, one can argue for much better steel; and I would love to have an custom all tube Hi Fi system in my blue 246 Dino.
But I'm a bit more realistic.
Baking brownies with a silicon sheet
Has anyone used a silicon (silpat) type sheet to line a pan to bake brownies?
American Kitchen by Regal Ware
Bought a Regal 10". So far so good. Works well with eggs and clean up nice.
Canola, peanut or grapeseed oil for stir-fry and other frying
pick one. I can't be bothered having 4 different oils
I've been using TJs canola, but have grown tired of it.
Should I stick or are there reasons to go to peanut or grapeseed?
Ebay saffron
has anyone found a good supplier of saffron on ebay, like some of the vanilla bean sources there?
American Kitchen by Regal Ware
I'm looking for a ss frypan. Don't want non-stick no matter what chemical is on it.
Nothing from China and I'd prefer US made.
That seems to leave me with expensive All-Clad, even from an outlet or 2nd or the Regalware stuff.
The Rware is comfortable in my hand, but I'm curious if anyone has any time experience with them?
It's mostly eggs and an occasional chicken breast. Do they heat evenly and how is the clean up on them?
How to soften butter to room temp when your house is kept cool?
"Put it in the oven with the light on for 10 mins - my oven is around 95-100 degrees when the light is on, which should soften butter up in a hurry."
Yup, this'll do it
Sao Paulo choices
nothing is worth taking back, it's just the better (much) of the 2 places available there.
We had empanada, cafe con leche, and flan I think. Cheap and quite decent.
I'd say San Francisco is gonna have better than this.
Sao Paulo choices
Outside Credicard Hall on Bento Branco de Andrade Filho there are 2 restaurants close by.
The first one on your left on the opposite side of the street is very good and reasonable,
Family style portions. Further to the left is another that is excessively salty.
Govinda http://www.govindarestaurante.com.br/ is very good Indian.
Havana Cafe at the Airport has a decent snack before your trip. There are very few options at the airport.
Churrascaria Vento Argano http://www.ventoharagano.com/en/home-english/
Is excellent meat on a sword place.
Pizzaria near Novatel Morumbi (terrible location, decent hotel)
on R Americo Alves Pereira Filho. Excellent! Great owner. Good wines. Much fun.
NE of the intersection of R Dom Paulo Pedrosa.
non Chinese pine nuts
has anyone a good source for non Chinese pine nuts?
Preferably US or Italian.
Druid Circles
If you know Trader Joes you know Druid Circles, or should. Chewy oatmeal raisin cookies.
Here's an approximated recipe from elsewhere on the interwebs.
Bowl #1 (Mixer Bowl)
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
1/8 cup vegetable oil
1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1 egg, beaten
1/4 cup buttermilk, yogurt or soured milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 cup currants or raisins (plumped in hot water)
1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
1/2 cup (unsweetened) coconut flakes
2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
Bowl #2:
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
allspice
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup all-purpose flour
Preheat oven to 350°F.
In a large mixer bowl, cream together the butter, oil and sugar. Add the egg, beating until fluffy, then beat in the buttermilk and vanilla. Stir in the currants or raisins, nuts, coconut and oatmeal.
In a separate bowl, mix together the baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and flour. Add this, a 1/2 cup at a time, to the mixing bowl, beating well after each addition. Do not over mix. Let the leavening rest/work for 15 minutes.
Using a tablespoon, drop the batter onto lightly greased cookie sheets. Slightly flatten cookies with an oiled glass. These cookies don’t spread as they bake. Bake the cookies in your preheated oven for 12-14 minutes, or until they’re light brown. Yield 3 dozen 2 1/2- inch cookies.
These are good, but they're missing something in both flavor and chewy. The recipe didn't have allspice Or honey, but the bag list does. I substituted 1/4c of the AP flour with barley malt flour.
If any one has any ideas for a punch up, please ...............
best tapas in manhattan
Finally got to Txikito. It was most excellent. Also new to me and very good is Pata Negra on East 12. More towards the pork side of things with an excellent wine choice. Tiny, fun and popular.
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Pata Negra
345 E 12th St, New York, NY 10003
Txikito
240 9th Ave, New York, NY 10001
cinnamon oil
has anyone a source they can recommend?
I use to get a 1oz jar from Fairway for about $3.
But haven't seen in a while
Or perhaps DIY cinnamon extract is better?
Baking chocolate
what's a readily available quality chocolate for semisweet chips and bakers unsweetened?
Not Hersheys or Nestles.
Chocolate supplies NYC
I'm looking for a one stop for bittersweet chips and unsweetened bakers choc.
Whole Foods? NY Bakers supply has too large of a size.
best tapas in manhattan
I've been wanting to make Txikito, now all the more. Last time I went to Tia Pol, it was very good.
Boqueria is too much scene. Casa Mono was very weak and snooty.
We quite enjoyed Mercat on Bond.
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Mercat
45 Bond Street, New York, NY 10012
