Monday, July 20, 2009

Browniiieess ^_^

Seth Greenberg of East End Cookie Company was sweet enough to drop off a fresh baked batch of his signature brownies as I headed down to apartment showings last Friday. The babies come a dozen to an order, all neatly packed into a brown and gold box. For those who play the cakey versus fudgey game, these are for fans of the latter. The brownies are fudge to the n-th degree, impossibly rich as the photos implies and studded with pecans.

If the Greenberg name sounds familiar, it's because Seth is the son of William Greenberg Jr who previously owned a bakery by the same name on the Upper East Side (they do the black & white cookie that was mentioned in my cookie post). The bakery is no longer owned by the Greenberg family, but Seth started his own bakery and is responsible for these brownies along with a line of Sticky Schnecken Buns and Lemon Squares.

The brownies don't have that crackly crunchy top I'm so very fond of, but they more than redeem themselves with the most chocolate-y of innards and lots and lots of pecans.

A glass of milk on the side is mandatory. Nuts are optional, but why say 'no' when you can say 'yes'? ^_^

East End Cookie Company
By Delivery Only

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Go Read Robyn's Post + Katsuhama


1. First, head on over to Robyn's blog for her post on a super awesome day we had in Brighton Beach waaayy back in May. I never got around to posting the Brighton Beach shoot with the very talented Diana (see photos here, here, and here) and the following meal at Cafe Kashkar. The night ended with cupcakes and gelato...L'arte del Gelato, of course ;)...huzzah! ^_^

2. Second, photos from a workday lunch at Katsuhama with Phyllis.

Phyllis had the Katsu Curry...

...while I went with the lunch special. They start you off with some pickles and a bowl of toasted sesame seeds. You grind up the seeds (bringing about this very lovely scent!), pour the katsu sauce over, and mix...

...and then you get a bowl of rice and miso soup...

...and then the katsu! With piles of thin shredded cabbage. I LOVE THIS CABBAGE, paired with their house dressing, light miso-esque. You can get seconds, and thirds of the cabbage. I bet you can even get fourths of the cabbage (but I haven't gone that far). Oh, and the katsu is pretty memorable too ;)

Not bad for $11, eh?

Katsuhama
11 East 47th Street
New York, NY 10017
(212) 758-5909

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Wednesday Night Pizza...


...up on Doug's apartment rooftop with Robyn and Doug. A casual and lovely way to spend the night after a rather stressful workday.

One slice each of the Margarita, Sicilian, and of course, Artichoke, pizza.

Happy Wednesday! ^_^

Artichoke Pizza
328 E 14th Street
New York, NY 10003
(212) 228-2004