Spent the rainy afternoon at a party nearby of other parents. Children and babies thick like locusts. Lots of food.
BREAKFAST: 8:45am, BLT on toasted rye with mustard, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: noon, mac n' cheese, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM GORGING: 1pm, a few brownies, assorted cheeses, a piece of pork rib, flat bread with potato, pumpkin seeds, a few carrots and string beans, a few cups of rum punch, a snort of prosecco, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 6:30pm, large green salad, popcorn, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 8pm, 3 meatballs, 2 vegan chocolate chip cookies, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
Saturday, December 5
Friday, December 4
Tribute
Again, no appealing breakfast food so went for a pizza. Promptly went shopping at the local supermarket and bought....funyuns, a highly processed mock-onion ring that took me straight back to 4th grade. Kinda gross, kinda delicious.
Had lunch with Y before hitting up Wholefoods, finally stocked up on breakfast elements and the like. HVS came over in the evening and I made c-school vegetable soup, though I finished with the juice of a lemon, but it was a large lemon, and the soup ended up tasting a bit like lemon soup, blech. How ever, I took some WF whole wheat pizza dough and topped it with hummus, thinly sliced tomato, home-roasted red peppers, olive oil and salt and it came out pretty not-nasty.
On one of the first dates between me and my wife, she invited me back to her place to cook me a meal. Boy, was that ugly! She took pitas, topped it with some vegetable matter and shredded cheese, undercooked it in the oven, then presented it as "pitza". BLECH! Good thing I don't subscribe to the whole "a woman's role is in the kitchen" or we would have had problems. This pizza was my tribute to my beautiful, intelligent, sexy, capable, motherly but culinarily-challenged wife.
BREAKFAST: 10am, frozen pizza, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 1pm, funyuns, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 2pm, chirashi sushi, age tofu, hot chocolate, molten chocolate cake, 1 bowl, hunger 3/5
SNICKLEDINNER: 6:15pm, green salad, vegetable soup, "pitza", vegan chocolate chip cookies, a glass of red wine, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
Thursday, December 3
Hold the meat
After a sleep shortened by Manhattan Special, woke up with a small knot in my stomach, most likely the meat still digesting. Ate a little meat today, not intentionally, but looking forward to a homemade snickle tomorrow.
This evening, B, E & I attended the first tentative meeting of a LES food coop, very interesting. I volunteered for the steering committee, let's see what comes out of it....
BREAKFAST: 9am, 2 small soy-sausage patties, a few spoonfuls of mint ice cream, hunger 2/5
LUNCH: 1pm, civilatta with potatoes, a little green salad, cream soda, 1 bowl, hunger 3/5
Not much in the mood for sausage, but L prepared it for me and it would of been rude not to eat it.
PM SNACK: 2:30pm, apple, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
From the Brooklyn Borough Hall farmers market, a big juicy Honey Crisp. Hit the spot.
DINNER: 5:45pm, black pepper soy protein slice thingies over broccoli greens, summer rolls, miso soup, mint ice cream, 1.25 bowl, hunger 3/5
Ordered in from Wild Ginger, definitely feeling non-meaty.
EVENING SNACK: 9pm, boiled leek dumplings, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
This evening, B, E & I attended the first tentative meeting of a LES food coop, very interesting. I volunteered for the steering committee, let's see what comes out of it....
BREAKFAST: 9am, 2 small soy-sausage patties, a few spoonfuls of mint ice cream, hunger 2/5
LUNCH: 1pm, civilatta with potatoes, a little green salad, cream soda, 1 bowl, hunger 3/5
Not much in the mood for sausage, but L prepared it for me and it would of been rude not to eat it.
PM SNACK: 2:30pm, apple, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
From the Brooklyn Borough Hall farmers market, a big juicy Honey Crisp. Hit the spot.
DINNER: 5:45pm, black pepper soy protein slice thingies over broccoli greens, summer rolls, miso soup, mint ice cream, 1.25 bowl, hunger 3/5
Ordered in from Wild Ginger, definitely feeling non-meaty.
EVENING SNACK: 9pm, boiled leek dumplings, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
Wednesday, December 2
Meaty meat
Weird eating day. Woke up feeling OK after a solid 11 hours of sleep. Out of milk, couldn't do cereal or smoothie, and found myself hungry. Frozen pizza.....bread, tomato sauce, cheese, three good things for breakfast.
School was mighty meaty, as today was meat day. It was fun making the same meatballs I made in the restaurant with the students, but I ended up eating way too many. After that, I couldn't do more than a bite of everything else just for taste. I think soon I need to hit up some vegetable matter in a big way. I think the HVS will be upon us Friday, I got some good vegetable stock to work with and I think I need to bust out some vegan cookies....
BREAKFAST: 9:30am, frozen pizza, pint of apple cider, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5
CLASS EATING: 3-7:30pm, about 6 meatballs, a few cups of sweet tea and mint lemonade, a snippet of pasta and sauce, a snippet of polenta, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5
EVENING DRANK: 8pm, Manhattan Special, .5 bowl, hunger 2/5
Stopped by the restaurant to have L sample the student's meatballs, based on his recipe. He dug it. I wasn't hungry, but couldn't resist the pull of a complimentary Manhattan Special.
EVENING SNACK: 11pm, flax tortilla chips, fresh salsa, .25 bowl, hunger 3/5
Stomach felt weird, needed something new in it that was not meat. Caffiene kept me up until 3am.
School was mighty meaty, as today was meat day. It was fun making the same meatballs I made in the restaurant with the students, but I ended up eating way too many. After that, I couldn't do more than a bite of everything else just for taste. I think soon I need to hit up some vegetable matter in a big way. I think the HVS will be upon us Friday, I got some good vegetable stock to work with and I think I need to bust out some vegan cookies....
BREAKFAST: 9:30am, frozen pizza, pint of apple cider, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5
CLASS EATING: 3-7:30pm, about 6 meatballs, a few cups of sweet tea and mint lemonade, a snippet of pasta and sauce, a snippet of polenta, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5
EVENING DRANK: 8pm, Manhattan Special, .5 bowl, hunger 2/5
Stopped by the restaurant to have L sample the student's meatballs, based on his recipe. He dug it. I wasn't hungry, but couldn't resist the pull of a complimentary Manhattan Special.
EVENING SNACK: 11pm, flax tortilla chips, fresh salsa, .25 bowl, hunger 3/5
Stomach felt weird, needed something new in it that was not meat. Caffiene kept me up until 3am.
Over engineered
BREAKFAST: 8am, glass of apple cider, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 11:30am, fillet o' fish sandwich, fried, diet coke, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Walking around downtown, doing chores, stopped in at McDonald's for lunch. Burgers there are just frightfully over engineered, went with a fish sandwich -- something I last ate when I was a little kid going there with my mom and grandmom and brother and cousin and aunt, when the fish sandwich was a new addition to the menu. I was surprised how tiny it was, probably hasn't changed since the 70s. Small rectangle of fried fish stuff, a yellow slice of cheese, a slather of tartar sauce. According to the nutritional info hidden underneath the place mat, this meal had 760 calories -- half from the sammich and half from the drink. My drink was a medium - 20 friggin' ounces!! That's 2 and a half cups! More than a full pint!
I think I went because it reminded me of going with my mom. We'd probably go, at most, once every couple of months, it was special. I hope when Edie is an adult and indulges in food nostalgia, it'll be something less evil than McDonalds....though it'll probably be pizza!
PM SNACK: 1:30pm, 2 small wedges of "pizza", 2 small brownies, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
At the drop in at the center, the leader made some weird thing called pizza that involved hummus, tomatoes and spinach. B would've probably liked it.
PM SNACK: 5pm, flax tortilla chips with salsa, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 6pm, lemon ricotta pancakes, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
B wanted pancakes for dinner, so I tried to adult it up. Took the c-school recipe, added a cup of ricotta and the juice of a lemon, came out a bit heavy but tasty. Could have used a 2nd lemon.
LUNCH: 11:30am, fillet o' fish sandwich, fried, diet coke, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Walking around downtown, doing chores, stopped in at McDonald's for lunch. Burgers there are just frightfully over engineered, went with a fish sandwich -- something I last ate when I was a little kid going there with my mom and grandmom and brother and cousin and aunt, when the fish sandwich was a new addition to the menu. I was surprised how tiny it was, probably hasn't changed since the 70s. Small rectangle of fried fish stuff, a yellow slice of cheese, a slather of tartar sauce. According to the nutritional info hidden underneath the place mat, this meal had 760 calories -- half from the sammich and half from the drink. My drink was a medium - 20 friggin' ounces!! That's 2 and a half cups! More than a full pint!
I think I went because it reminded me of going with my mom. We'd probably go, at most, once every couple of months, it was special. I hope when Edie is an adult and indulges in food nostalgia, it'll be something less evil than McDonalds....though it'll probably be pizza!
PM SNACK: 1:30pm, 2 small wedges of "pizza", 2 small brownies, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
At the drop in at the center, the leader made some weird thing called pizza that involved hummus, tomatoes and spinach. B would've probably liked it.
PM SNACK: 5pm, flax tortilla chips with salsa, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 6pm, lemon ricotta pancakes, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
B wanted pancakes for dinner, so I tried to adult it up. Took the c-school recipe, added a cup of ricotta and the juice of a lemon, came out a bit heavy but tasty. Could have used a 2nd lemon.
Monday, November 30
All day dinner
Caramelized onions are a beautiful thing. They can't be rushed. I woke at 6am, and got to work on the evening meal at 6:30. First thing up was caramelized onions. Wide slice, 9 onions, enough to crowd a 12" pan. A heaping dollop of the chicken fat I rendered the night before, and the flame the notch above low -- and then I went about my business, coming back to it every 10-15 minutes to move the onions around the pan.Before leaving for the market at 12:30, I made a flourless chocolate cake, churned mint ice cream, made a large quantity of vegetable stock, rehydrated dried morrels and porcinis for risotto (and made a deep mushroom stock that went into the same dish), and made a batch of pasta. The meal didn't have pasta, but I wanted the chicken soup to be alphabet soup, with all the names of the guests:
I guess it was a lot of work for little payoff, but it was fun, and I have 4 servings of fresh linguine in the freezer to eat on for the next few weeks. After we got home from market, I prepped the mise for the soup (slivered nappa cabbage and carrot coins, diced parsley), cooked off the the red chard in a water bath and combined with the 4-hour onions and diced olives and got the whole thing into the warm oven to hold until dinner time. Then I did the full risotto method, which demanded me standing in front of the oven for a full hour, washing dishes between strokes of stirring.
By the time my guests arrived, risotto and chard were in the oven, the soup was ready to go with each person's name in a separate strainer, and the meat trimmed, prepped and pan heated. The meal went off without a hitch, though I slightly overcooked the chicken, slightly under seasoned the soup and the flourless chocolate cake came out unexpectedly dense. However, the risotto was on point and the chard surprised me -- between the sweetness and depth of flavor of the fatty soft pillowy onions and the brininess of the olive shards, the chard just glowed like a hero.
I had two friends who were coworkers at the restaurant, really good to see them and Edie really got on swell. I miss the comraderie and community that working in that pressurized no-BS situation brought.
I think Edie likes dreads. Maybe she'll be the Jewish white dread girl in high school!!Today was all about the cooking, tomorrow back to Edieworld....
BREAKFAST: 10am, rice & beans, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 12:30pm, 1 slice of streetza, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 1:30pm, 2 wholefoods cookies, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 3:30pm, glass of apple cider, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 6pm, chicken soup, sauteed chicken breast with pan sauce, triple mushroom risotto, chard with caramelized onion and kalamata olives, flourless chocolate cake and mint ice cream, some mint lemonade/sweet tea concoction, 2 glasses wine, glass of homemade ginger ale, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
EVENING SNACK: 10pm, risotto, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
Sunday, November 29
Bikes & Friends
Probably the best non-Edie day since she was born. B took over baby duty today completely, and I set out around 9am on the bike and road out to Coney Island by myself in the crisp fall air. Started out very slow and tight, but really enjoyed just being there and moving. Ended up in Bed Stuy at C&T's house, where C is very very pregnant. I know what they're going through, very much the nesting instinct kicking in and they haven't gotten out much. I felt very appreciated coming that far out just for a casual and brief hello.
From there road up to the 59th Street bridge and met with the HVS for lunch and a walk through Central Park, good catching up and just having some time to focus. After parting, hit up the super market for some groceries to start on some parts of the multi-course meal I'm cooking for friends tomorrow. After confabbing with B & the Edles, shot off on bike again to E's place in Greenpoint, where we toured around the abandoned industrial areas on bikes before ending up at Roberta's in Bushwick for a beer. I wasn't hungry, but they're pretty well-known for the wood-fired pizza, so I had to try some.
Saw a lot of good friends, got a good 40-45 miles in on the bike, and feel totally fired up to spend quality time with the Edles starting tomorrow!
BREAKFAST: 8am, good granola with dead organic milk, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
AM SNACK: 9am, chocolate donut, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: noon, 2 diet cokes
SNICKLESNACK: 2:15pm, gruyere with whole wheat bread and condiments, a bit of dirty healthy stuff, a huuuuge chocolate chip cookie, 1.5 bowl (half being just cookie), hunger 4/5
DINNER: 6:30pm, Stouffers Frenchbread pizzas, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
EVENING SNACK: 8:30pm, pint of beer, half a small margerita pizza, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
EVENING WATERING: 10pm, quart o' the wet
From there road up to the 59th Street bridge and met with the HVS for lunch and a walk through Central Park, good catching up and just having some time to focus. After parting, hit up the super market for some groceries to start on some parts of the multi-course meal I'm cooking for friends tomorrow. After confabbing with B & the Edles, shot off on bike again to E's place in Greenpoint, where we toured around the abandoned industrial areas on bikes before ending up at Roberta's in Bushwick for a beer. I wasn't hungry, but they're pretty well-known for the wood-fired pizza, so I had to try some.
Saw a lot of good friends, got a good 40-45 miles in on the bike, and feel totally fired up to spend quality time with the Edles starting tomorrow!
BREAKFAST: 8am, good granola with dead organic milk, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
AM SNACK: 9am, chocolate donut, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: noon, 2 diet cokes
SNICKLESNACK: 2:15pm, gruyere with whole wheat bread and condiments, a bit of dirty healthy stuff, a huuuuge chocolate chip cookie, 1.5 bowl (half being just cookie), hunger 4/5
DINNER: 6:30pm, Stouffers Frenchbread pizzas, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
EVENING SNACK: 8:30pm, pint of beer, half a small margerita pizza, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
EVENING WATERING: 10pm, quart o' the wet
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