Entries Categorized as 'Food & Drink'

Merry Christmas!

Date December 25, 2007

Hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas! Enjoy the food, gift giving and family time today. We hope you get everything you asked for from Santa.
Love,
Team Kane Street

Bonna Bake Day 2007

Date December 23, 2007

For the last several years the Bonna kids and our Bonna Mom get together to bake the Christmas cookies for the upcoming holiday events: Christmas, Scandinavian Christmas and Christmas Eve Brunch.

This “holiday” started out as a way for us to learn some of the Norwegian recipes that my grandmother baked for us every […]

TOAD: Dec. 19th, 2007 - I bring my Medisterkaker to Scandinavian Christmas

Date December 22, 2007

TOAD: Dec 19th, 2007: Every year Karen’s family celebrates Scandinavian Christmas and I am surrounded by all things grey and fishy. Last year I decided that I would stop complaining and step it up by making something Scandinavianof my own that I could get excited about.
I ended up making something called Medisterkaker, which loosely […]

Holiday Cocktails

Date December 10, 2007

Karen and I had a few people over last weekend for some holiday cocktails. We picked up bunch of things from fresh direct, Karen baked some cookies, I made some mulled cider and we were on our way.

Over the summer I picked up a Lite-Brite at a local stoop sale. What better way to bust […]

Watch Your Balls!! goes down in the first round.

Date December 10, 2007

We wrapped up our most lackluster bocce season with a prompt first round exit. This season was marred by a lack of Matt on our team along with Sasha not making it to any of our matches. Though we lost the match, we still proceeded with our team dinner at our local Hibachi (get it?) […]

Making whole wheat pasta… from scratch

Date December 10, 2007

Last week, Karen and I decided to try our hand at making some fresh whole wheat pasta and sauce. Here’s a quick recap…

Karen is ready to go.

Starting with the dough and the oil.

Karen gets to mixing it up.

And working it.

Meanwhile the sauce gets going.

And the sausage gets sizzling (and is ultimately added to the sauce)

I […]

TOAD Catchup: Dec. 1- Dec. 11th

Date December 10, 2007

TOAD: Dec. 1st, 2007

TOAD: Dec. 2nd, 2007: Our Bocce team, Watch Your Balls!!, snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in the playoffs this season. This was the first season where Sasha didn’t make it to any matches. Coincidence? I think not. Sasha will be back and so will WYB. (Stay tuned for some photos […]

Thanksgivicopia or How our quest to deep fry a turkey will remain unfillfilled.

Date December 3, 2007

Matt and Freya hosted their annual Thanksgiving event a few weeks back and one of the big stars was supposed to be a deliciously deep-fried turkey. A few weeks prior, Matt approached us and the following conversation ensued:
Matt: “Hey can my mom come over to your apartment to deep fry a turkey in your backyard?”
Me: […]

One Week’s Worth of Food Around Our Planet

Date November 27, 2007

Someone from a listserv I am on passed along this post: One Week’s Worth of Food Around Our Planet. It’s really interesting to see the types of food purchased around the world as well as what that costs in dollars. At a quick glance it seems like the family from Egypt may have the healthiest […]

TOAD Catchup Nov. 13th-25th

Date November 25, 2007

TOAD: Nov. 13th, 2007: A street photo/art collage that someone put up right near our apartment. See it in closer detail here. Neat.

TOAD: Nov. 14th, 2007: On Wednesday mornings, two women sell freshly made doughnuts to the many people from Park Slope who make their way to/from Flatbush Avenue. You can find them […]