Awesome Shout Out to Brooklyn!

And from Country Living too! So many of these amazing places- including restaurants- are in or near Park Slope. For one who would prefer to leave off Williamsburg/Greenpoint (me! and FIPS), here's that list. Otherwise here's the original. What an amazing little shout out! And I'm always saying that Park Slope is like a quaint town- now it's official.

Perfect timing too, as I will be heading to Williamsburg tonight and have already been a bit grumbly about the plethora of skinny jeans and flannel that will abound, not to mention trying to come up with the proper outfit that is the right amount of hipster without compromising my utter dislike of their fashion sense (can we call it that?). Of course me saying that out loud makes me entirely uncool but whatevers. *Sigh.*

And I know I haven't been posting this week either, but it's been crazy since I've gotten back. Come on, it's 10 till 6 on a Friday and I'm still at work. But there are a lot of 1/2 started posts and recipes that I've been working on and will put up...eventually. This weekend I promise. Until then, Happy Friday!

I have a crush on you...

Coming home tonight the only thing I could think about was bread. Crispy, crunchy, soft, chewy bread. I'm not sure why. But the thought of carbs after a long day just seemed so comforting, homey. And the smell of freshly baked bread wafting through my apartment was not an idea I could pass up after the chill today.

I was specifically craving flatbread, liberally sprinkled with some flaky sea salt and rosemary. Cut in strips and dipped in olive oil with some fresh cracked pepper. And even though I ended up making a normal meat and veggie supper with a tasty cranberry horseradish sauce (and yes, that's sooo good... recipe soon)... it ended up becoming tomorrows lunch. Because, happily, the bread was my dinner.

Nicely browned on top, a little puffy. Crispy on the outside and so deliciously chewy on the inside.

Winter Grilling

Monday. It was definitely one of those days. Exhaustion from this fun-filled weekend piled onto a non-stop work day on top of just not knowing how to stand still anymore. I'm so looking forward to February vacation #1 this weekend, where it'll just be me, my laptop and some cable TV; a forced nothingness for a whole day or 2 with nothing to do except make a King Cake, prep some ceviche, and make sure my Whiskey Cake is well lubricated with... well whiskey (Bourbon to be technical... and yes I made it! Pictures to come once it's frosted and pretty).

Anyways, after leaving work way too late I stopped at the fancy market and grabbed the first 5 things I saw. Not really, but 5 easy, simple go-to ingredients to ensure that I'd have dinner on a plate in less than 30 minutes. Unpeeled shrimp, white trumpet mushrooms, brussel sprouts, basmati rice and a beautiful brand new olive oil... as I've been using my other one way too much as my winter skin secret weapon. And then broke out my stove top grill, which, yes I know it's not the same as a real grill... but a) it's NYC... who has a real grill?!? and b) it's early February! If you are outside grilling in this weather then I commend you.