Category: You Are What You Eat


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March 10, 2006

Billpearis

Name: Bill Pearis

Occupation: Editor / part-time video store clerk

Borough: Brooklyn

What did you eat today? 

Breakfast: Goat's milk yogurt with honey and granola.   Lunch: Combination Platter from the Dil-E Punjab -- three choices over rice for $4.50. Half the time I have no idea what I'm ordering; it's all vaguely yellowish-brown and almost always good. Today it was some kind of yellow curry, eggplant and a curried vegetable medley. If you ask for it, you also get "salad" (wedge of iceberg lettuce and chunks of red onion). Dinner: tacos (two bistek, one carne enchilada) from Matamoros Puebla on Bedford. In-between: a lime cornmeal cookie from Amy's Bread in Chelsea Market and some Cheddar Beer Kettle Chips.

What do you never eat?

I've basically given up all fast food though I have a weakness for KFC and White Castle.  [I've got one of each two blocks from my house.  I'd trade both as well as the Subway, Taco Bell, and McDonald's down the streets to get Pollo Campero back.  Or an In-N-Out.  --Ed.] Intestines aren't high on my list. Neither is Taiwanese stinky tofu -- the only thing I've spit into my napkin in the last ten years.

Complete this sentence: In my refrigerator, you can always find:

Eggs, frozen chicken stock, beer, a box of baking soda, mayonnaise, mustard, and a bottle of unopened Heinz Green Ketchup I bought for a cookout in 1999 and never used. I will never throw it out.

What is your favorite kitchen item? 

ProbeMy digital probe thermometer, which I rely on way too much.  [Probe...heh heh... --Ed.]

Where do you eat out most frequently? 

In Williamsburg, where I live, it's Matamoros Puebla (soon to close), Dumont (and Dumont Burger), and Snacky on Grand Street. In Manhattan, the various branches of Grand Sichuan International. My go-to splurge used to be Jewel Bako but I'm afraid I've been priced out.

World ends tomorrow. What would you like for your last meal? 

Probably sushi from somewhere awesome, like Yasuda or Jewel Bako. For dessert,,, some of my mom's chicken and dumplings.

Visit Bill at Soundbites for his take on music, food, film, culture, and ephemera.

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February 24, 2006
Battery_parkName: Anne Eisenberg (on the right, with her daughter Jewlia on the left)

Occupation: Writer

Borough: Manhattan

What did you eat today?  
Today I had some very bad news of a cancelled project—one in which I had invested a lot of hope
so to recover I hit the cookbooks and made a fresh pizza and an elegant pudding to follow for dinner, and chased away the blues that way.  [Your cooking always cheers me up too.  --Ed.]  Here are the details:

Breakfast:  scrambled eggs and Canadian bacon; coffee.

Lunch:  leftovers from dinner the night before:  roasted broccoli and cod from Bouley, which sells wonderfully fresh fish in a small market downstairs from the restaurant.  Then came the bad news and out came the cookbooks:

Dinner:  I made a pizza based loosely on recipes by Wolfgang Puck and Mark Bittman.  For the dough, I used yeast that I activated with warm water; flour and salt.  It rose well and was fun to spin and spread by hand until it was a large disc.  For a topping I started with leftover goat cheese and pot cheese, plus some nutmeg.  Then I browned some bacon and then sautéed shallots and apple chunks, and added those.  Then I sliced some grape tomatoes and added them, ending by sprinkling all of it with fresh thyme.  It was delicious.  We had it with a red wine from P.J. Wines.  They are a wineshop in uptown Manhattan that has low prices and a wide selection of delicious, inexpensive wines, plus they deliver.  This wine was an Argentinian Malbec.

For dessert I made an orange bread pudding from the old-fashioned but delicious New York Times Cookbook of Craig Clairborne.  Butter ramekins. Preheat oven to about 350. While it’s warming up, soak two slices of bread, cubed (about 1 cup), in scalded milk; then add four beaten egg yolks plus the zest of an orange and its juice, plus half a cup of sugar and some salt.  Dot with butter and put in something larger that holds water.  Bake in moderate over for about 30 minutes.  The pudding turns into a custard that holds its shape, so if you bake it in ramekins and turn them out, you have these elegant flan-like dishes, but they are orange flavored and light.

What do you never eat?
Lamb intestines; bamboo; kidneys.

Complete this sentence:  In my refrigerator, you can always find:
butter; eggs; cheeses; ricotta; onions; lemons; left-over wine to use for cooking.

What is your favorite kitchen item?
PanMy heavy frying pan, which I just threw away because the surface has decayed.  When I recover from mourning the loss, I will buy a new one heavy enough to put in the oven and make perfect tart tatins, cornbread, and pineapple upsidedown cake.

Where do you eat out most frequently?
In Tribeca, at different restaurants in the neighborhood.  There are dozens of them here.

World ends tomorrow.  What would you like for your last meal?
The tasting menu at Bouley, each course paired with wines. 

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February 17, 2006

My_last_meal_hmmmmmName: Justin Chen

Occupation: Ad geek

Borough: Brooklyn

What did you eat today?

I’ll go with yesterday, because it’s more interesting. For lunch, I went Wendy’s. (My first time in over 3 years.)  Ate a spicy chicken sandwich and a junior cheeseburger deluxe. Very yummy. For dinner, I went with my girlfriend to Jonez on Greenwich. We had a bottle of the Bear Boat Pinot Noir (smooth, juicy). Started with a chopped salad, then for the main course we shared two things: macaroni and cheese with lobster chunks, and a whole roasted red snapper served with a parmesan risotto and spinach on the side. Also had some of their delicious homemade potato chips. Good restaurant. Will go back for brunch to try their monkey bread.

What do you never eat?

If the question refers to foods I’ve had before, but have no desire to eat again, then I’d have to say bull’s testicles, blood sausage, chicken feet, and live goldfish.  [I didn't know you were in a frat in college.  --Ed.] But, if the question refers to stuff I’ve never eaten and have no desire to try, then the answer is dog, monkey’s brains, maggots, and insects. And yet, if I take the question as hyperbole, as in, stuff I rarely eat, but really love eating, then the answer is Reuben sandwiches, lobster, chicken/veal parmesan, chocolate cheesecake, pasta agli olio, pasta carbonara, General Gau’s chicken, movie popcorn, foie gras, fried chicken, McDonald’s breakfast, sour patch kids, Eggs Benedict, pad thai, Cobb salads, raw oysters, and oxtail stew. [I dig the details, holla.  --Ed.]

Complete this sentence:  In my refrigerator, you can always find:

Stonyfield Farms yogurt.

Prcutlerywusthof_grand_prix_chef_s_knifeWhat is your favorite kitchen item?

My chef’s knife.

Where do you eat out most frequently?

Right now, I’d have to say New Green Bo Restaurant in Chinatown. Near Bayard and Mott. Great dumplings.

World ends tomorrow.  What would you like for your last meal?

Oh boy.  Here goes:

One lobster tail with a ramekin of ginger-soy-vinegar for dipping.

4 Pan-fried Chinese pork and leek dumplings.

A scallion pancake.

One small bowl of Cheerios with 2% milk.

One toasted everything bagel with nova lox, capers, thinly sliced onion and tomato.

5 jumbo shrimp cocktail with cocktail sauce.

3 raw Blue Point Oysters.

A plate of sliced Spanish tomatoes, topped with sherry vinegar and extra virgin.

One Spanish croquetta, made with ham.

A dish of gambas al ajillo.

A plate of pulpo gallega, topped with sea salt and extra paprika.

A homemade breakfast sandwich made with sausage. On a biscuit.

A bowl of New England clam Chowder. With a bottle of tabasco.

A bowl of hot and sour soup.

A bowl of homemade chili con carne. Freshly sliced jalapenos on the side.

A fried seafood basket consisting of fried Ipswich whole-belly clams, fried calamari (Rhode Island style), and one fishstick. Tartar on the side.

Sliced Peking Duck with 2 pancakes. Side of fresly sliced scallion and hoisin sauce.

Five pieces of General Gau’s chicken.

One big fat bowl of white rice. Basmati or jasmine.

Small plate of Ma-Po tofu, extra spicy

One plate of sticky rice noodles, cooked with mustard greens and shredded pork.

One grilled rib eye steak, 6 ounces, cooked rare.

One grilled lambchop, 6 ounces, cooked rare.

One grilled Basque sausage.

One plate of freshly cut steak fries. Mayo and ketchup on the side.

One whole steamed tilapia, cooked in a ginger-scallion sauce.

One sautéed dish of pea pod stems with garlic.

One dish of dry sautéed Chinese string beans, with minced pork.

One slice of pate served with a warm French baguette.

One greek salad from Bill’s Pizza in Newton. Extra dressing on the side.

One Greek grape leaf, with meat.

Four anchovies, two of them white.

One cheesesteak, with American cheese and mayo.

One imported Italian sub, made with good prosciutto, everything on it, including extra hot peppers.

One small piece of meat lasagna.

Four pieces of nigiri sushi. 2 sake, 1 hamachi, 1 toro.

One spicy shrimp tempura roll, with avocado.

One small bowl of penne arrabbiata. One meatball and extra parmesan on the side.

One bowl of Annie’s macaroni and cheese.

A peanut butter sandwich on toasted wheat.

One baked potato with sour cream and chives.

Two eggs over easy, five strips of bacon (two cooked soft, two cooked firm, one cooked crispy), homefries.

One Stonyfield Farms Raspberry yogurt.

A Santarpio’s pizza. Half cheese, half mushroom and pepperoni.

Five buffalo wings, spicy. Blue cheese dressing on the side.

One mozzarella stick. Marinara sauce on the side.

Cedar’s Hummus and a warm wheat pita.

One blueberry pancake with maple syrup.

One pastrami sandwich from 2nd Avenue Deli on light rye with extra mustard.

One piece of extra sharp cheddar cheese.

A homemade oatmeal raisin cookie.

A bowl of freshly cut Costa Rican pineapple.

One piece of cheesecake with berries.

A honey-glazed donut.

One piece of warm chocolate cake drizzled with dark chocolate and served with a side of French vanilla ice cream.

One blood orange.

A banana.

Three Fig Newmans.

One chocolate croissant.

One bloody mary, made with wasabi. Thick.

One glass of Pinot Noir.

One Sierra Nevada pale ale.

One bottle of Panna water.

(Last night, he said he forgot to mention some gazpacho and grilled sardines.  But Justin, by this time your guts have exploded on your deathbed already. --Ed.)

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February 10, 2006

Jamescuryatcia_3Name: James Oliver Cury

Occupation: Eat Out Editor at Time Out New York, drinks columnist for Playboy.com. 

Borough: Manhattan

What did you eat today?

For breakfast, as always, I had a bowl of Total Whole Grain cereal (the blue box) and 1% lowfat milk.

For lunch, I had leftovers (goat curry) from a meal at a newish restaurant, Colors.

For dinner, I had a Mystical Frisco chicken burrito with no sour cream on a spinach tortilla from Burritoville. Normally, my wife cooks on Sunday, but she was busy this time around.

What do you never eat?

Cottage cheese. It’s hard for me to even write the words.

Complete this sentence:  In my refrigerator, you can always find:

Milk, Tropicana orange-tangerine juice, baby carrots, and jars of jams and jellies from a comparative taste test I conducted for Every Day with Rachael Ray magazine.

Furi_1What is your favorite kitchen item?

The most essential item is my Capresso coffeemaker. My most cherished item is a Bazooka bubblegum mug I’ve had for decades. And my favorite new acquisition is a seriously sharp Furi Gusto-Grip knife.

Where do you eat out most frequently?

It’s my job to visit as many new restaurants as I can in a given week, so I try to avoid going back to the same old places. That said, my wife and I order in from Doyer’s Vietnamese and Café Habana when we are too busy, or tired, to cook.

World ends tomorrow. What would you like for your last meal?

Gee, I’d like to take my wife Dorothy to Per Se. She’s never been. The only other contender: Dorothy’s Polish matzo ball soup. And cheesecake for dessert.

Get more James Oliver Cury in Time Out .

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January 27, 2006

ChrisflippyhairName: Chris Hampton

Occupation:
nonprofit pr flack, freelance copy editor, blogger, knitter, curator and emcee of the WYSIWYG Talent Show, and partially-reformed Southerner.

Borough:
Brooklyn

What did you eat today?

Breakfast: Coffee, an egg sandwich, and more coffee

Lunch: Leftover chicken makhani from the Indian joint near my office, Diet Pepsi.

Dinner: as soon as I send this off to you I'm going to be slapping together some grilled shrimp and a big salad with lots of cilantro, avocado lemon juice, and olive oil.  And another Diet Pepsi.  Caffeine, baby.

What do you never eat?

Raw onions, liver, Republicans.

Complete this sentence:  In my refrigerator, you can always find:

Cilantro, Diet Pepsi, lemons, tamari, at least one container of dangerously-expired yogurt, and milk for my coffee. And there's always a big bag of frozen shrimp in the freezer for popping into salads.

What is your favorite kitchen item?

Clamshell_1That would be a toss-up between my mom's old crockpot and my George Forman grill thingy.  I use that stupid thing at least three times a week.

Where do you eat out most frequently?

I don't eat out nearly as much as I'd like due to the whole broke-ass nonprofit worker thing, but I adore El Gran Castillo de Jagua.  It's this Dominican carnivore's paradise on Flatbush where the pork chops are bigger than your head, you can get any kind of plantain dish imaginable, the rice and beans are plentiful, and you can stuff yourself silly for less than ten bucks. 

World ends tomorrow.  What would you like for your last meal?

I'd raise my mama from the dead so I could have her fried chicken with biscuits and gravy one last time, and top it off with some form – ANY form – of dark chocolate.

Put on your roomiest trench coat, cuz it's getting hot and heavy over at Uffish

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January 20, 2006

ShirtName: Catherine Pappas

Occupation: Television Producer/ Stand-up Comedienne

Borough: Manhattan (Hell’s Kitchen)

What did you eat today?

Breakfast:
Egg White Omelet with Ham and Sharp Cheddar Cheese
Ice Tea
Water

Snack:
Earl Grey with milk and sugar

Lunch:
Honey Mustard Chicken with Monterey Jack Cheese, Bacon, and Mushrooms
Garlic Rice Pilaf
Broccoli with Sun-Dried Tomatoes
(made it all myself, thank-you!)
Water

Dinner:
Spinach Salad with Bleu Cheese, Bacon, Red Onions and Walnuts
Glass of Goats Do Roam Red Wine
Water

What do you never eat?

Chinese Food and Yams [Whatchoo got against my people? --Ed.]

Complete this sentence:  In my refrigerator, you can always find:

Cheese. Any kind of cheese. Domestic, Imported, Processed, Organic, even Soy when I start to feel guilty…

What is your favorite kitchen item?

CheeseslicerDare I say cheese slicer? OK, How about my corkscrew? Does that count?

Where do you eat out most frequently?

I crave the Cubano from Say Cheese and the Mac and Jack from Eatery. West Side Sushi always hits the spot.

World ends tomorrow.  What would you like for your last meal?

My Mom’s Fondue with some fresh French bread
Baked Asparagus with balsamic vinegar, extra virgin olive oil, oregano, and Parmesan cheese
Chocolate covered cherries and strawberries with champagne (because I’m worth it)

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January 13, 2006

91351711_lName: Thomas Bartlett [I like what you told me once -- like the English muffin and the pear.  --Ed.]

Occupation: Musician and writer

Borough: Manhattan

What did you eat today?

Breakfast:
Eggs, prepared in the Williams Sonoma "Breakfast Pan," a recent birthday present. I'm not sure if the preparation I'm doing is technically "coddling" or "shirring," but it's both simple and delicious. The pan has little ramekins, that can be suspended in water. I break an egg into each, along with some heavy cream, some gruyere, and salt and pepper. A few minutes of suspension in boiling water and the eggs have cooked into an almost custardy consistency, as the whites
and the cream blend together. Accompanied by a salt bagel (from Absolute Bagels) and some Assam tea.

Tea time 2:
Darjeeling

Tea time 3:
Oolong

Tea time 4:
Dragon Downy Pearl (jasmine)

Tea time 5 (I drink a lot of tea):
Shou Mei White Tea

Dinner:
I had guests, so I actually cooked a big meal, which is rare these days. Keralan Chicken Stew, with coconut milk, and lots and lots of ginger, and fresh turmeric. Saag Paneer, copying the way Angon on Sixth does it, with no cream, and large amounts of sweet caramelized shallots.
Chickpea and green bean salad. All with large amounts of Hooegarden with lime. And for dessert, apples cooked in a caramel (with lots of cardamom in it) over vanilla ice cream.

After dinner, amaro, the Italian bitter liqueur, which I'm becoming obsessed with. If anyone knows a good source for it, I'm searching. I've got a few different kinds, but haven't found anyplace with a wide selection for sale.

What do you never eat?

Bananas, avocados, blue cheese.  [What?!  No avocados?  Unfathomable. Is it a texture thing? --Ed.]

Complete this sentence:  In my refrigerator, you can always find:

San Pellegrino Pompelmo (grapefruit) soda

What is your favorite kitchen item?

MachineMy Soda Club "Fountain Jet" soda water maker.


Where do you eat out most frequently?

I like to save my eating out money for special meals, ones I couldn't afford to have regularly. The bill can add up to so much at mid and even low priced restaurants that I find it more worth my while to avoid them, and either cook at home or get cheap stuff to go. For speedy, cheap meals like that, I'm partial to Two Boots, Tiny's Giant Sandwich
Shop
, Café Rakka falafel on Avenue B (best in NYC), Kitchen Market, Kati Roll Company, and, of course, the Taco Shack.

World ends tomorrow.  What would you like for your last meal?

An absurdly mismatched meal that would nonetheless make me extremely happy. Small portions of:
Raclette
Dosa with fresh coconut chutney
My brother's sopa azteca
Jean-Georges's gnocchi
A Peter Luger steak
A white truffle risotto
A piece of Pepe's pizza  [Really?  I'm totally a Sally's devotee.  --Ed.]
Some sautéed chanterelles and morels

Desserts provided by Pierre Herme, whatever he's most excited about at the moment.

Swoon over Doveman music here.
See Thomas blog here.
Read Thomas's Salon column here.
AND he's such a nice young man.

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January 6, 2006

F_youName: JT McKay

Occupation:
Referee/Babysitter, China Grill Management

Borough: Brooklyn

What did you eat today?   

A hard-boiled organic egg with sea salt (breakfast every M-F), a chicken gyro and half a gingerbread cookie (I baked) with homemade cream cheese frosting.

What do you never eat?
 

Until a month ago, cauliflower, but apparently I love it, now I never eat turnips.

Complete this sentence:  In my refrigerator, you can always find:

Organic milk, eggs & butter (salted and unsalted), romano cheese (for grating), cornichons, several good mustards, blue cheese & iced coffee. I will always have ICE (in freezer).

What is your favorite kitchen item?

AerogiftsatinToss-up between my battery operated coffee frother & my vintage pyrex nesting bowls.

Where do you eat out most frequently?

Mary’s Fish Camp, DuMont, Diner, Stanton Social, Odeon

World ends tomorrow.  What would you like for your last meal?

Chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes with country cream gravy and collard greens.
[Double yum! --Ed.]

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December 30, 2005

Heej_on_rocks_1Name: Hee Jin Kang

Occupation: Photographer

Borough: Brooklyn

What did you eat today?

Christmas day...

Breakfast:
-Bewley's Explore Kenyan coffee
-wild Irish Atlantic salmon
-Wiltshire farm free-range scrambled eggs
-Irish wheaten loaf
-Kingdom County butter
-Billecart-Salmon Brut Rose pink champagne

Pre-dinner snack:
-Garvey's Manzanilla Sanlucar de Barrameda sherry
-Waitrose country pate on crackers
-Noires a la grecque olives

Dinner:
-rib of beef on the bone (Hereford-Abedeen Angus cross) bought from Roses Butcher, Devizes, Wiltshire
-red rooster potatoes
-Irish cabbage and carrots
-breaded mussels from Kerry Fish
-Valencia scallops
-red wine - Don Ramon Perez Juan Campo de Borja-imported by Point Bar at Rennard's Point
-Christmas pudding made by landlord's wife at George and Dragon, Rowde, Wiltshire
-Cote de Rhone from Gidden's - Chateau La Renjardiere

Dessert:
-brandy sauce with Courvoisier
-HB ice cream
-Monbazillac, imported by Wadworth...
-Ashmore Cheddar, Dorset
-Cashel Blue cheese
-Camembert
-crackers
-belgian truffles, Duc d'O
-lychees

[Wow.  I'm coming over for Christmas next year. --Ed.]


What do you never eat?

Tripe.
Marmite.
Liver.

[I do love me some Marmite on buttered toast with a cup of PG Tips, like once a year.  --Ed.]

Complete this sentence:  In my refrigerator, you can always find:

Kimchee.
Soymilk.

What is your favorite kitchen item?

Wagenfeld_teapot my Wagenfeld teapot


Where do you eat out most frequently?

DuMont, Marlow & Sons, Max's, Cheers.

World ends tomorrow.  What would you like for your last meal?

A Korean dinner: rice, bulgogi and kalbi (marinated beef), kimchee, hot spicy jigae (stew), seaweed sheets, marinated spinach and beansprouts, tofu, and a glass of Chateau d'Yquem for dessert.

Scope out Hee Jin's genius at her website.

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December 16, 2005

Aarons_weddingName: Mark Schwartz

Occupation: Writer & Editor

Borough: Brooklyn

What did you eat today?

Yesterday was better. Asopao de pollo with a side of tostones, Spanish coffee, the best fake-meat Chinese and spicy eggplant (Vegetarian Palate, on Flatbush), a glass of Cotes du Ventoux.

What do you never eat?

Hard-boiled eggs. [Not even deviled? --Ed.]

Complete this sentence:  In my refrigerator, you can always find:

Capers, seltzer, vermouth, half ‘n’ half, Goya salsa taquera, five or six parmagiana rinds, and of course, fish sauce.

What is your favorite kitchen item?

NewbrikkalargeMy Bialetti Brikka stove-top espresso maker, with the aerator that actually simulates crema.


Where do you eat out most frequently?


Grand Sichaun
(9th Ave.), Havana Chelsea, Tavern on Dean, Tempo[Have you ever read the Grand Sichuan guy's Who Moved My Cheese screed under the China Tour tab?  Bizarre. -- Ed.]

World ends tomorrow.  What would you like for your last meal?

Jerk lamb (sorry, God) from The Islands on Washington Ave., with rice and peas and a side of mac and cheese because they will be out of roti. If there’s any room left, I’d try to get Tempo’s black pepper panna cotta with figs and rosemary. Espresso to finish. And the case of Garnacha that we just bought.

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