Salad & Homemade Buttermilk Dressing

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Finally, the Union Square Greenmarket is back!  Well, back in that they don’t just have potatoes and apples.  We walked through on Saturday and I was like a kid in the candy store!  Our black dirt growers were back – with radishes, spring garlic, HUGE scallions and fresh dill.  Mark and I looked at each other and knew what this meant.  Time for our salad with bacon and  fresh buttermilk dressing.  Broke out the recipe on the iPad and set to work that night.

The garlic smelled wonderful.  I added a little extra to the dressing.  And the dill…the smell of fresh dill just gets me.  I doubled the dill.

It was so good, we had our salad with bacon on Saturday night.  Then we had mor salad on Sunday, both times with roast chicken.  I had to make another batch of dressing.

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Mile End. Darn Tasty Sandwich

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If it isn’t obvious, we read about food and then go out to taste it.  This has also been on a Foursquare list for about a month.  I read about the standing tables (keeps people moving) and the fact that it runs right through the middle of the shop.  Who wants to look at the wall while they eat?

Mark had the Meat Sandwich, piles of smoked meat between rye.  I had the lamb sausage, with eggplant, slaw and some crispy onions on top.  And we shared the sides that came with Mark’s.  Oh, those pickles with dill were just so good!

This was a well deserved lunch.  I put in a solid 2 hour bike ride Saturday morning in Central Park and was just plain starving by noon.

Rose @ Thirstbarvin

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Ahhh, the unofficial start of summer.  Memorial Day weekend.  What better way to kick off a weekend than with a glass (or 3) of rose.   We read about this unassuming french inspired restaurant in the New Yorker.  And I bookmarked it in my To Try list on Foursquare.  It’s really simple, seasonal, local.  And well, we do like that.  Lots of wines as well.  We shared a dandelion salad, tart and lentils with lardons to start.  Then shared a main, the pork and chard caillettes.  And no, I did not know what this was when we ordered it.  It came recommended and was described as sausage like. Sign me up.

Cheers!  Here’s to the start of a great summer!

Thirstbaravin’s blog: http://thirstbar.blogspot.com/

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Paul Marcus Wines: Rockridge

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M’s favorite wine store is Paul Marcus Wines in Rockridge, CA.  We went there last Saturday to pick up a bottle for Marc & Katie’s BBQ and then on Wednesday for dinner at Sam & Aurora’s.  It’s not pretentious and you have a sense that they have tried everything there.  The wines are all in boxes and very reasonably priced.  We picked up the rose. It’s that time of year.  Or for us, it’s always rose time!

 

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Ferry Building & Wine

16 May

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We were in San Francisco a little early for dinner with Scott. So we went to one of my favorite places, the Ferry Building. We grabbed a seat at the bar of a wine store. Pinot Gris for me and Sauvignon Blanc for him. Then we split a carafe of a Spanish white. It had some residual bubbles…and was delicious.

The Bay Area

15 May

Enjoying some time off this week. To say we are taking it easy is an understatement. We met up with one of Mark’s Bschool friends for a drink in the Marina area. We had some time before and after so did some exploring.

I found a cute little stationary store tucked in a little back alley. I had to buy some monogrammed stationary.

Then on to dinner with a great Lebanese wine. We had it a few years ago with Jared and Mari.

And I love a good picture of a steep street.

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The High Line Zoo

11 May

We walk the High Line quite a bit, it’s an easy way to get to the gym.  A zoo popped up along the way, in one of the back/roof of an apartment building.  They’ve added monkeys, a giraffe…

I checked out the website, thehighlinezoo.com, and it led me to some sort of art site.  No real details on the zoo.  But it’s been fun walking by.

 

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