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WSJwine - Spring Tasting

New York, NY 10011

April 25, 2013

Wide selection of wines from the United States, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Argentina, New Zealand and Australia.

Could not stop by every table, good atributes about each wine.

Wines tasted:

Italy - Il Papavero Prosecco

USA - De Loach “Private Collection” Pinot Noir Rose 2011

USA - Sparkling Pointe “Brut Seduction” 2001 

France - Le Prince de Courthezon 2010, Chateauneuf-du-Pape

France - Domaine du Mistral “Plan de Dieu” Cotes-du-Rhone 2011

France - Domaine Campagne Cabernet Sauvignon 2011

France - Haut Roc Blanquant St-Emilion Premier Grand Cru 2005

France - Chateau la Clariere Laithwaite Castillon Cotes de Bordeaux 2009

Italy - Collezione di Paolo Sangiovoese 2011

Italy - Pillastro Primitivo 2010

Portugal - Piscadela Peninsula de Setubal Reserva 2010

Portugal - Valoroso Peninsula de Setubal 2010

Argentina - Alma Andina Malbec Reserve 2011

Argentina - HJ Fabre Chardonnay Torrontes 2012

New Zealand - Tikohi Sauvignon Blanc 2012

Australia - Hamilton Block Cabernet Sauvignon 2010

Enjoy,

Cooking Lounge

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ROASTED GARLIC Golden brown, sweet roasted garlic kicks it up a notch. Spread on crusty bread, chop and add to a sauce, puree for the perfect compliment to meat, mix with sour cream and fresh herbs for a robust dip. Easy to have around all the time. So versatile. Already using the oven? Slice off the tip of a garlic bulb or two, sprinkle on a little olive oil and sea salt, place in the oven at 350 for 15-20 minutes…until golden brown. Peel away the paper thin skin, ready to eat. Stores well in refrigerator.  Enjoy, Cooking Lounge photo: wbj

ROASTED GARLIC

Golden brown, sweet roasted garlic kicks it up a notch.

Spread on crusty bread, chop and add to a sauce, puree for the perfect compliment to meat, mix with sour cream and fresh herbs for a robust dip.

Easy to have around all the time. So versatile.

Already using the oven? Slice off the tip of a garlic bulb or two, sprinkle on a little olive oil and sea salt, place in the oven at 350 for 15-20 minutes…until golden brown. Peel away the paper thin skin, ready to eat. Stores well in refrigerator. 

Enjoy,

Cooking Lounge

photo: wbj

Pig Boucherie and Cajun Cooking Demonstration

w/ Cajun Chef Toby Rodriguez

Cooking Lounge is spreading the word about a unique food event coming up in NYC.

Wednesday, March 20, 2012

@ TROOST

Experience a traditional Southwest Louisiana Cajun gathering, complete with music, dancing and authentic cuisine in Brooklyn.

Toby Rodriguez was featured on No Reservations: Cajun Country with Anthony Bourdain. Toby will be sharing his rich Cajun culture and savory creations. He will be preparing treasured dishes from his specialty, a traditional pig boucherie.

“Toby is the Cajun renaissance man.”

Anthony Bourdain - No Reservations

6:30pm Cajun Cooking Demonstration

7:30pm + 9:00pm Supper

$50per person

Jesse Lege, one of the finest Cajun singers and accordion players, will be playing tunes. Jesse is a Cajun Music Hall of Fame inductee and a dancehall legend. Jesse Lege - Wolftrap

CLICK to see Toby Rodriguez on No Reservations: Cajun Country with Anthony Bourdain.

TROOST is a cozy, comfortable cafe on Manhattan Avenue that exudes warmth with a kick*ss garden in the back. Weird name at first until you discover, troost means comfort and solace in Dutch.

TROOST

1011 Manhattan Ave

(between Huron St & Green St)

Brooklyn, NY 11222 Greenpoint Ave Stop on the G

Call or email to make reservations:

Pig Boucherie w/ Cajun Chef Toby Rodriguez

cell: 917.449.7078   |   tel: 347.889.6761 

email: rennie.freetown@gmail.com

Throwing down Brooklyn style with a pork feast in Greenpoint. 

Enjoy,

Cooking Lounge

photo: Flickr cajunzedycophotos - Boucherie at Lakeview

STREET ART

Low Brow Artique - Bushwick, Brooklyn

4MULA

(graffiti artists: Zeso, Bisc, Zimad, Meres, Bishop203 aka JAT1, Leia, Just1)

The group show was curated by Meres, the artist responsible for creating 5Pointz Aerosol Art Center, an outdoor art exhibit space in Long Island City, considered to be the world’s premiere “graffiti Mecca,” covering a 200,000-square-foot factory building.

4MULA closes March 1, 2013

Enjoy,

Cooking Lounge

(photo: wbj - zimad, zeso)

WALNUT BANANA BREAD Riffing on a quick and easy Saveur recipe. Once you are navigating the kitchen with confidence, experiment, substitute, improvise. Our variation of the banana bread recipe used butter, olive oil, low fat milk, 50/50 whole wheat flour + unbleached flour, and lots of walnuts. Enjoy, Cooking Lounge photo:wbj

WALNUT BANANA BREAD

Riffing on a quick and easy Saveur recipe.

Once you are navigating the kitchen with confidence, experiment, substitute, improvise.

Our variation of the banana bread recipe used butter, olive oil, low fat milk, 50/50 whole wheat flour + unbleached flour, and lots of walnuts.

Enjoy,

Cooking Lounge

photo:wbj

East Village Cheese Shop is legendary for discount prices on a large variety of cheeses and gourmet products. Got to love that for the Super Bowl. 40 3rd Ave @ 9th St NYC 10003 Enjoy, Cooking Lounge photo: wbj

East Village Cheese Shop is legendary for discount prices on a large variety of cheeses and gourmet products.

Got to love that for the Super Bowl.

40 3rd Ave @ 9th St NYC 10003

Enjoy,

Cooking Lounge

photo: wbj

Cook More. Share a Meal. Spread Love. H A P P Y   H O L I D A Y S !!! Enjoy, Cooking Lounge Visit often in 2013.

Cook More. Share a Meal. Spread Love.

H A P P Y   H O L I D A Y S !!!

Enjoy,
Cooking Lounge
Visit often in 2013.

Tri Color Salad Romaine, Red Leaf, Radicchio and Endive Last thing to make. Nov 2012 Enjoy, Cooking Lounge

Tri Color Salad

Romaine, Red Leaf, Radicchio and Endive

Last thing to make.

Nov 2012

Enjoy,

Cooking Lounge

Holidays Recipe Lamb Meatballs with Cranberry Persimmon Sauce gamey, juicy, sweet, tart Lamb Meatballs: ground lamb, ground chicken, cooked quinoa, egg, curry, herbs and spices Enjoy. VISIT Cooking Lounge for Holidays Recipes, food ideas, fresh lifestyle tips and uncommon music picks. photo:wbj

Holidays Recipe

Lamb Meatballs with Cranberry Persimmon Sauce

gamey, juicy, sweet, tart

Lamb Meatballs:

ground lamb, ground chicken, cooked quinoa, egg, curry, herbs and spices

Enjoy.

VISIT Cooking Lounge for Holidays Recipes, food ideas, fresh lifestyle tips and uncommon music picks.

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Acid Jazz with Gilles Peterson. feat. Brand New Heavies - Mark “Snowboy” Cotgrove - Steve Williamson and Bukky Leo at Dingwalls.

A must share from a Facebook post. This doc, Acid Jazz with Gilles Peterson, is about 30 minutes long and a gem of a music time capsule from over 20 years ago.

Pure music history for an often overlooked but fantastic genre and time. London was swinging in the late 80’s and early 90’s. Sundays at Digwalls was a cauldron of music magic, a simply awesome moment in music history.

The Acid Jazz music scene was an undefinable hybrid with more heads than an Hydra - Jazz, Rare Groove, House, Latin, Rap, Standards, DJs and Dance. Throwing a DJ in the mix was ground-breaking and only heightened the pulse and intensity of the room. 

Take the time to watch this. Legendary! 

Enjoy, 

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November 6, 2012

November 6, 2012

Hurricane Sandy Relief - Donate to the Red Cross

Hurricane Sandy left a path of devastation across the the Eastern Seaboard.

New York and New Jersey were especially hard hit. 

So many, lost so much.

PLEASE DONATE TO THE RED CROSS.

Also, you can donate by phone:

Text the word REDCROSS to 90999 
to make a $10 donation.

Call 1-800-HELPNOW.

Every little bit helps.

Thank You!

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Buceo95

201 West 95th St NYC 10025

Buceo95 is an Upper Westside Wine and Tapas Bar with a relaxed and sexy, downtown feel. Former New Yorkers visiting town and gathering the old gang often leads to unexpected food finds in NYC. Buceo95 is cozy, candle lit, outdoor seating on a lively street, and an expertly designed interior for comfort and efficiency. Even the bathrooms have quaint charm.

A tattooed, camera ready for the Food Network, chef and a line cook, in a small open kitchen, cranked out a wide variety of the savory small plates on Misha Ryklin’s Buceo95 tapas menu. The meat is locally raised, organic and free range, fitting the upscale crowd and rustic yet contemporary atmosphere.

Spanish wines abound at Buceo95. The wine list is extensive, varied and well priced. The Sommelier, John A. Davidson, tosses in a few surprises with wines from Euskadi (Basque country), Germany, and Austria. 

Favorite dish was Calamares - grilled calamari, roasted red pepper almond sauce, squid ink drizzle. Almonds and nuts punctuate and stud several selections on the menu. James, the former New Yorker visiting, is a vegetarian; so, we steered clear of meat. But, the lamb sliders and golf ball sized spicy meatballs coming out of the kitchen could stir any red meat lovers cravings. 

For a Brooklynite, the food adventure in the city to Buceo95 was well worth the trip uptown to be turned on to Randi’s favorite place in her neighborhood. So many choices, one trip to Buceo95 is not enough.

Enjoy,

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RAE Howard St @ Mercer St Soho NYC 10013 Enjoy, Cooking Lounge photo: wbj

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Howard St @ Mercer St

Soho

NYC 10013

Enjoy,

Cooking Lounge

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