Serving Tray, Self-Balancing
Friday, January 2nd, 2009
“Honey, can you walk the drinks around the block?”
“I walked the drinks last night, isn’t it your turn?”
Self-balancing serving tray via A+R Store, $60
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2008 Smorgasbite Index
Wednesday, December 31st, 20082008 Smorgasbite Index
142 posts divisible by 12 general categories
28 Recipes:
Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies
Balsamic Caesar Salad Dressing
Apple Buttermilk Bread or Muffins
Cranberry, Quince, and Pearl Onion Compote
Wild Mushroom and Collard Green Bundles
Pecan-Crusted Goat Cheese Balls
Sweet Potato Stacks: Tri-color, garlic, fried sage
Homemade Salad Dressing: Tarragon vinaigrette
Pumpkin Pie Mini-Soufflés: More rich, less filling
Chestnut Leek Apple Parsley Stuffing
Devoe Pear Custard Tart: Almost too pretty to eat
POM Pomegranate Margaritas, Salt-Kissed
Walnut Biscotti with Whole Wheat and Corn Meal
Gingerbread House of Homemade Charm
Gingerbread Sandwich Cookies with Peppermint Icing
Spiced Peach Cranberry Compote
Dad’s Ham, Olive and Tomato Sandwiches
23 Products:
Vosges Chocolates: Heaven in a bite
Shady Maple Farms Syrup: The real deal
Primo Naturale Salami: Good on a cheese plate
Kashi Cookie: Free and on its way
Wholesome Junk Food: If you say so
Economy Candy: Dried cantaloupe and cats
Seeds of Change Organic Greek Feta Salad Dressing
Dried Hot Sweet Tamarind from Pearl River Market in NYC
Garden of Eatin’ Sesame Blues Chips: Utopia
Larabars: Fruit, Nuts, Simplicity
GT’s Organic Raw Kombucha: Fermented Fun
Numi Flowering Teas: The art of relaxation
Tostitos Baked! SCOOPS!: Exclamation theirs, not mine
Jo’s Candies: Toffee Nuggets and Peppermint Crunch
American Cheese Sampler by Murray’s
Stuffed Spanish Olives via AJ Gourmet
Dave’s Gourmet Organic Spicy Heirloom Marinara
9 Happy Hour:
Giving the Gift of Wine, Customized, NYC and Elsewhere
Beaujolais Nouveau: Today’s the day
Popptag Wine Tags: Gifts and re-gifts
Frank Lloyd Wright Cocktail Napkins
Wine Bottle Labels: Funnier than I
10 Produce/Ingredients:
Tomatoes in the Summer: Straight up, in the garden
Olives: Delicious, fatty, hopefully on the menu
When Bananas Go Straight From Green to Brown
Quince, rhymes with wince but doesn’t make you
17 Foodware/Tableware:
Coffee: French Press, Dining Car Mug, Bizarre Lack of Addiction
Fiestaware: Retail, outlet, obsessive compulsive satisfaction
Amy Butler Plate: Flowers, beauty, wishlist
Starbucks Mugs: Current selection
Handle-less Mugs: You can still hold them
Thanksgiving Tablecloth: Orange with vines
Ceramic Teapot with Speckled Glaze
Bamboo Straws from Laos, Fair Trade
Waiter, There’s Ants on my Cup and Saucer
Purifying Gift Within Reach: Water pitcher
Giraffe Salad Servers, Hand-Painted in Kenya
Chicken Feet Salt & Pepper Shakers
10 Kitchenware:
Double Boiler: Measuring Cup + Saucepan=Makeshift and workable
Gadget: Seltzer Maker by Soda Stream
Apron: Red, white and classy all over
Onion Goggles: Nothing to cry about
Crocheted trivet of purple grapes
Curtis Stone “Flipper” Wood Cutting Board
GelPro Gel-Filled Anti-Fatigue Floor Mats
Dustpan and Broom by Normann Copenhagen
9 Blogging/Websites/Technology:
Not Blogging All Over Myself: 1
Photograzing: It will make you hungry
Painless Tech Lesson: Google Reader
Not Blogging All Over Myself: 2
Tech Tool: Find wine tastings in your zip code
Tastespotting: Another way for the mouth to water
Not Blogging All Over Myself: 3
Be My Contact on Flickr: 3 Reasons why
4 Book Club:
Book Club: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Book Club: The Reach of a Chef
Book Club “Lite”: Gourmet Magazine
7 Gifts not encompassed by above categories:
Mobile Foodie Survival Kit: Organic spices
Whole Foods Gift Cards: Ship for free
Little Chef Kit: Books, apron, whisk
Avoiding Treats? Gift them to parrots
Dwarf Orange, Lemon, Lime Trees
Entertaining/Decorating not encompassed by above categories:
Fresh Flowers: Therapy in a vase
Fresh Flowers O’Week: Green on green
Party Spread: Labels are helpful
Squash and Pumpkins: Centerpieces… and Edible Too
Easy Christmas Decoration: Anise stars
8 Holiday not encompassed by above categories:
Halloween Season: Love it or hate it
Introducing: 25 Days of Christmas Gifts
Holiday Party Invitations, Minnie&Emma
25 Days of Christmas Gifts Continues
13 Truly Miscellaneous:
Ingenious Packaging: Sushi becomes cute
Restaurant: Cafe Loup, Manhattan
Do You Make it Obvious When You Don’t Like a Food?
Historic Voter Turnout, Thanks in Part to Bake Sale
Casserole Crazy Cook-Off in Brooklyn
Casserole Ready: Or hotdish, if you will
Bon Appetit Magazine: Deal on Amazon.com
28 Casseroles, 1 Full Stomach, 3 Brushes with Fame
Dad’s Ham, Olive and Tomato Sandwiches
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
Ham, olive and tomato sandwiches (H.O.T.s): The new B.L.T.s!
Recipe by Dad
1. Make a B.L.T just like always except:
Swap leftover Christmas ham for the bacon;
Swap pimento-stuffed green olives for the lettuce;
Keep the tomato;
Add mayo or mustard to a bun
2. Assemble and devour.
Note: This tastes best when eaten in the company of your dad. Especially if your dad loves leftovers as much as mine.
Merry Christmas!
Thursday, December 25th, 2008
May your day be jolly and the food delicious!
(Wrapping paper makes a quick tablecloth.)
Curtis Stone “Flipper” Wood Cutting Board
Thursday, December 11th, 2008
The Curtis Stone “Flipper” Cutting Board is a gift as practical as it is beautiful.
Use one side to chop vegetables, then flip over and use the other side to prep raw meat or fish.
(Then wash the whole thing.)
Curtis Stone, $49.95
Purifying Gift Within Reach: Water pitcher
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
Water Pitcher with purifying louseki stones.
Anyone have one of these? Does it work well? Does the water taste like heaven? Does it inspire you to slurp up hydration all day long?
Design Within Reach, $85
25 Days of Christmas: Bah humbug!
Monday, December 8th, 2008
Even lovers-of-hating Christmas can enjoy a holiday card this year.
Bah humbug card with envelope by Atlanta and San Francisco-based artist Erin Sledd.
Etsy, $1.50
Barefoot Contessa at Crate & Barrel
Saturday, December 6th, 2008
Just received word that Ina Garten, aka Barefoot Contessa, will be sampling her new Red Velvet Cupcake Mix at Crate & Barrel on the Upper East Side (650 Madison Ave, Manhattan) next Thursday, 12/11/08, from 4-6pm.
I’m assuming she’s going to assemble and bake the cupcakes before sampling. The dry mix might not taste that great.
If there’s anyone I’d trust with making food taste good, it would be Ina Garten, so I’m confident she has this figured out.
Holiday Party Invitations, Minnie&Emma
Friday, December 5th, 2008
The perfect invitations for your holiday party from Minnie&Emma, with cute envelopes to boot.
I want to be the girl on the right with the bubble skirt. Hopefully the snacks are on that side of the room.
Minnie&Emma, 20 cards for $60 (Friends & Family Sale, 25% off your entire order with Code F2008, through 12/11/08)
Introducing: 25 Days of Christmas Gifts
Monday, December 1st, 2008
Smorgasbite is going to celebrate Christmas for the next 25 days, profiling a wide variety of fun, food-related gifts.
What better way to start than with a fresh twist on an advent calendar? It counts down to not only Santa’s arrival but also the perfection of your recipe for cookies to be left next to the fireplace. Don’t worry, I’ll post some recipes.
Christmas Countdown by Royse City, Texas-based artist EvenlySPACED on Etsy.
