Posted in current events, up close & personal, tagged 1st snow 2013, January 25 2013 evening snowfall, Prospect Park West, SNOW, snow falls in Brooklyn on January 26, 2013 | 3 Comments »
If you’ll allow me a moment of personal giddishness. FINALLY,
we have snow! In the air and on the ground! I took a walk
in it earlier this evening. It’s a dry, light ‘n powdery snow, no
good for making snowballs, but perfect for walking. I thoroughly
enjoyed hearing it crunch beneath my feet. It was absolutely
awesome! HUZZAH!
Walking in a winter wonderland:
Posted in current events, up close & personal, tagged fireworks, fireworks at Prospect Park Brooklyn NY, Happy New Year 2013, New Year's fireworks at Prospect Park, New Year's wishes, Prospect Park fireworks on January 1, 2013 | 2 Comments »
May it be a fantastic year for you and yours. HUZZAH!
And from the fireworks shot out over Prospect Park,
Brooklyn, NY, at midnight January 1, 2013. Far out!
(I’d also post a short video of the end of the firework
show, but WP won’t let me. Oh, well….)
Posted in current events, tagged Christmas 2012, Christmas greetings on December 25, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Posted in current events, historic cooking, historic receipts (recipes), tagged Battle of Brooklyn, canon, fire pit cooking, fish on a plank, Green-wood Cemetery, historic receipts (recipes), Indian meal on a plank, Rev War re-enactment, war horse on August 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This past Sunday, I happily participated in my first-ever Battle
of Brooklyn Commemoration and Re-enactment at Brooklyn’s
Green-wood Cemetery. And I had an absolutely awesome time!
HUZZAH!
It was a fantastic event all-around. We had A-plus excellent
weather, for starters. Then there were troops from New York
(including Long Island) and New Jersey, speechifying by men
portraying General George Washington and Benjamin Franklin,
tactical maneuvers with marching soldiers of both sides, gun
fire and those-oh-so-ear-shattering cannon blasts, officers
on horseback who overtook the rebel colonials from behind,
fifes and drums, and so much more.
While all the above was going on, I was busy at the fire pit
dealing with the day’s menu of fish and Indian meal bread.
Both were placed on planks, then set before the fire. They
turned out beautifully! My fish was a Sea Bass (cleaned and
gutted in advance by yours truly, natch!) that was stuffed
with forcemeat made of bread crumbs, salt pork, an egg,
parsley, marjoram, butter, a bit of wine, and salt ‘n pepper.
I had a marvelous time cooking, observing the proceedings,
seeing old friends and making new, and chatting with all
the visitors. It was SUCH great fun that I can hardly wait
to do it all again next year! HUZZAH!
Of course, finding moments to take photos of the goings-on
were few and far between. I managed to get a few, however!
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I’d like to give a Big Shout Out and a Loud HUZZAH! to Paul Gasparo
who dug my fire pit AND loaned me his portable table AND brought
a bag of remnant hardwood sticks from his local lumber yard for me
to use as tinder. I would’ve been up the ol’ proverbial creek without
a paddle if he’d not provided his assistance. A Big Thanks to Pat Roos,
as well, for her help with clean-up. Both are members of the Huntington
Militia (LI). All was greatly appreciated! HUZZAH!
Pat and Paul during the Baking Workshop portions of Deb Peterson’s
Historic Foodways Symposium at Ft. Lee (NJ):
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Posted in current events, tagged Declaration of Independence, Founding Fathers, Independence Day, July 4. 2012, Thomas Jefferson: rock star on July 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
It’s time once again to share this absolutely awesome video.
Here’s wishing a fantastic Independence Day to one and all.
HUZZAH!
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Posted in current events, tagged American holidays, Thanksgiving Day 2011 on November 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in current events, historic receipts (recipes), modern recipe (!), tagged historic beverage, modern adaptation, NYT: Essential Summer Dishes, syllabubs, The New York Times on September 7, 2011 | 4 Comments »
The modern recipe I use to make Syllabubs is
on the website for The New York Times! HUZZAH!
It’s included here in the feature “Readers Photos
and Recipes: Essential Summer Dishes.”
And yes, it’s a “mo-dern” adaptation, but one based
on historic receipts (recipes). Of course, I had to make
some and then write it all down. Mmmm, yum! And now
it (along with a photo I took) is published for all the world
to see! HUZZAH!
Posted in current events, tagged "Edible Conversations", 18th century sorbetiere, ice cream on June 1, 2011 | 1 Comment »
A dinner of ice cream. HUZZAH!
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NEW UPDATE: The New York Times, June 1, 2011:
FIVE-COURSE DESSERT!
Ice cream from soup to nuts will be featured at a five-course
dinner on Monday from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at Manhattan’s Roger
Smith Hotel.
UPDATE: Carolina M Capehart of Historic Cookery will be making
ice cream the old fashioned way at the dinner. Samples will be
available for tasting!
If you’re food fantasy is an all ice cream dinner, then this event
may be for you. Laura Weiss, an Upper West Side author, will
also be speaking about ice cream around the world. Here are
the details:
Ice Cream: “Edible Conversations” at the Roger Smith Hotel
Where: 501 Lexington Avenue, New York; (212) 838-0844
When: June 6th, 2011, 6 – 8:30 p.m.
What: From Tallahassee to Tokyo: The Scoop on Ice Cream’s
Global Allure
Speaker: Laura Weiss
How much? Tickets: $45 for an ice cream-based multi-course
dinner and talk. Reserve a seat: icecreamglobal.eventbrite.com
Posted in current events, up close & personal, tagged Christmas in NYC, Christmas in the Big Apple, Rockefeller Center tree, Santa on December 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s here! It’s CHRISTMAS! HUZZAH!!!
I simply LOVE this time of year.
Good Christmas to one and all.
Here now, another look at Christmas in New York.
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Posted in current events, tagged Alexandra Leaf, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Chile Pepper Fiesta, chilis, chocolate, Maricel E. Presilla, peppers on October 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday I buzzed on over to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden to check out
the annual Chile Pepper Fiesta.
I arrived at the Osborne Garden just in time to hear a panel discussion
on all things spicy and chocolatey, led by fellow CHNY-er, Alexandra
Leaf, who’s also the Founder/President of Chocolate Tours of NYC.
The panel of local chocolatiers included: Rhonda Kave of Roni-Sue’s
Chocolates; Jackie Gordon of Divalicious Chocolate!: Jean-François
Bonnet of Tumbador Chocolate. Maricel E. Presilla, restauranteur and
author of The New Taste of Chocolate; and Rick and Michael Mast
of Brooklyn’s own Mast Brothers Chocolate.
Booths offering free samples, as well as various spicy ‘n chocolatey goodies
for purchase, lined both sides of the Garden.
A host of goodies were also for sale. I just couldn’t pass up this booth
with its chocolate fountain (which, BTW, is available for rent).
I tried a sample, which consisted of a tiny marshmallow atop a short
pretzel stick dipped in my liquid chocolate of choice, plain or spicy.
My sample was spicy, but for my Big Purchase, I opted for marshmallows
covered in the plain chocolate from the fountain. Also available were
strawberries, pretzels, and other items.
Mmmm-mmm-mmmmmmm, yum!
The day’s stars. Peppers…
chilis…
and cacao pods (aka the origin of chocolate).
Cacao beans are in there, under the white fruity pulp.
Yes, it rained for much of the afternoon. In fact, it just poured at times,
but that didn’t deter the crowd.
Have umbrella, will find chocolate!
And finally, I met the very amiable Maricel E. Presilla. We had a lovely chat
about all things chocolate. I took my copy of her book, The New Taste
of Chocolate: A Cultural and Natural History of Cacao with Recipes
and she graciously signed it. When it became clear that the rain was
sticking around for awhile, she even kindly offered me a bit of space
under the tent where she was stationed. HUZZAH! Or rather, HURRA!
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