Spring Onions, Scapes, Goat Brie

Famous Fourth

We had a serious chow down Tuesday at The deli on 4th st. The pickles and cabbage and the gigantic bowl of chicken matzo ball were the highlights. The soup contained funky, little, garlicky kreplach. I liked them.
  

This bowl contained close to 64 ounces of tasty

Famous is better with corned beef than pastrami in my opinion.

Jersey Asparagus, Roasted Spring Onions, Sur Choix

Fresh Shelled Peas

Peas at HeadHouse Market this past Sunday.

Strawberry Time

We grabbed these berries at FairFood Farmstand via Cassaday Farm in NJ. These are brightly flavored, not syrupy, moderately sweet, very fruity and lightly tart. Ripe strawberries with pastry cream and a thin layer of Valhrona Guanaja!

McDonalds in the News

Honest Logos

Mickey D's No such thing as bad publicity!

Pastries Paris

This blogger is brilliant at searching out the best of Paris. Nothing like that other Gas Bag in Paris blog.

Plain Green ...Greed 360% APR

I got this unbelievable offer in today's mail!

"First time Plain Green customers typically qualify for an installment loan of $250 to $800 with a term of 6 to 10 months and and an APR of 360% to 380%."


*Plain Green, LLC is a tribal lending entity wholly owned by the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, Montana, a sovereign nation located within the United States of America, and is operating within the Tribe’s Reservation.

Sushi Sunday

I enjoyed Jiro Dreams of Sushi. Jiro's virtuosity and rigid sushi classicism held me spellbound. I was astonished to learn that it requires about 10 years apprenticeship at Jiro's to master specific techniques. Though 10 years sounds a lot like the 10,000 hour rule that Gladwell writes about in Outliers doesn't it seem ridiculously arduous compared to the rate at which we mint culinary geniuses here in Philly or the USA in general?
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This is a plate for 2.  2 barbarians. We devoured every last bite. Using excellent fish, uni and softshells from Metropolitan Seafood via Stockton Mkt. we savored another sushi Sunday. My rice is improving!