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Ummm, salad for dinner? Really? Don’t worry, people. This is no wimpy toss of greens. We are placing together a hearty (yes, hearty) arranged salad in the style of Nice, France: a Salad Niçoise. Let’s take a few liberties with the traditional bent, but conceptually we’ll enjoy our salad…
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Like most everyone living in Downtown Manhattan, we aren’t from here. Well, maybe the little one is. But the Mrs. and I migrated from the land of the dropped Rs. We left our toasta in Worcesta, ya bastaad. And I still occasionally say T-Pass instead of MetroCard. So with…
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Sizzlin’ Summer Steak Salad! Hmm. Too much with the alliteration? In any event, off we go.
The Prep:
The salad:
Wash/dry arugula.
Whack up all sorts of veg.
The dressing:
Most to least: Olive oil, lemon juice, rice wine vinegar, dijon, honey, pepper, salt. Emulsify. Taste. Adjust.
The steak:
Thick prime strips. Or maybe…
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No post last week, people. I was with my best man (btw- another jarhead) at Cathedral Ledge dealing with unfinished business – a climb called “Recompense” that we backed off of some 8 years ago. Notwithstanding the disturbing belay stance atop the 3rd pitch – blood-soaked from a climber…
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Did you think I might have one more 80’s food post? Well, can I totally kill Home Sweet Home at the 2:00 a.m. after-party karaoke? That’s what I thought. So pop the Mötley Crüe cassette tape into the yellow plastic Walkman and head bang your way into the…
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So cue up the Night Ranger. Feather up the hair. Peg-leg the jeans, and break out the Adidas Sambas. Let’s take it on back, people. Back when Atari was big, and so were Steaks Diane. Let’s get it on, 80’s style!
The Prep:
Prime ribeyes, trimmed and halved. Pounded out…
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So for this one, we are going on the road. I’ve packed my stick blender and my popover pan. Ready to rock-n-roll this Easter dinner. Let’s take this a course at a time, the next post will start the main meal. I’ll exclude the appies/finger foods here, but we…
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Ready to start the summer a bit early. So let’s hit the shared grills on the roof deck. The hitch – turns out the building doesn’t turn the gas on for the grills until April. Would have been nice to have known that before I got up there ready…
