thank you universe.
lazy pizza is bad pizza…
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Cooking with the Mermaid Inn: Lobster Knuckle Escargot
“You just twist here, pull there, and crack it open,” says Michael Cressotti, executive chef at Manhattan seafood spot The Mermaid Inn, tossing the limp shell of a butchered lobster aside. He slides one blade of a kitchen shear into the joint between the claw and leg and slices the hard shell open, exposing the pearlescent meat within. “See, this is the knuckle,” he explains. “Simple.”

Confit is a fancy food-word. If you’re eating confit, there’s probably Salad Périgourdine and beurre blanc on the plate, and a Côtes du Rhône or something on the table. And sure, confit is a high-point of fancy cooking, but its roots are humble. If European farmers could invent it and then…
Poached Eggs over Potato Pancakes with Smoked Salmon @ Cafe Orlin on St. Marks. (Sorry for the bad lighting!)
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pastrami on rye
photo by joo0ey
This is no way a reference to my coffee-snob tendencies, nor my svelte physique. Not at all.
for chris
For Martin. Gotta get my swole on though - its been a minute.