New American Whiskey Bar : NEW YORK CITY

           
KENTUCKY DERBY WEEKEND 
 NEW YORK CITY STYLE!
    
                                                          MAYSVILLE 

          Nouveau Southern cooking  and the best mint juleps in Manhattan, I do declare, Maysville has something for everyone.

THE BEST SELECTION of WHISKEY in NYC

BACKLIT WALL of WHISKEYS

 

BOURBON and RYE

HUGE HORSE DRAWINGS OVER the DINING ROOM

                                  

Tastings of RYE: Willett: OUTSTANDING

MORE RYE

BEST BULLEIT MANHATTAN EVER!

                                                   

CRISPY GRITS with COUNTRY HAM and BOURBON AIOLI

            

CRAB TOAST and GINGER AIOLI and RADISH

 

PERFECT SIZE CORN MUFFINS

POACHED EGG GRITS, DUCK CONFIT, MUSHROOMS and SMOKEY BROTH

THE SPECIAL AGNOLLOTTI 

These guys get it. Sean Joseph knows his brown stuff better than Don Draper, he also has the  Brooklyn whiskey bar, CHAR #4. 
  Chef Kyle Knall has plenty of Southern DNA,
 Alabama DNA so that makes the food all the more authentic. Previously he was with the famed Grammercy Tavern.
Manhattan needed a refined whiskey bar, and the Flatiron is a perfect location. I am returning ASAP.
    Go for the Kentucky Derby Day BBQ.
       
             My picks for the Derby: 
              VERRAZANO across the board
                MYLUTE with ROSIE up for the 
                 longshot   
                  Hope we get Lucky

NEW YORK on My Mind

ESCAPE to NEW YORK!




    Mud Season in Vermont is not the ideal experience. To escape somewhere South is the M.O. and if you time it just right, Spring in its budding glory will welcome your return. So it never bothered me until this year; the mud sucked my car up like a sinkhole, you cannot walk around to enjoy the warmer weather: MUD! It's in your shoes,  on your boots,  kicks up on the back of your pants, it's everywhere.
     I needed instant refuge to elude the mud, I wanted to walk for days, smell the Spring blossoms and break out from the trappings of harsh seasonal change. Escape to NEW YORK!



                                   

                    
                             A WALK AROUND the CITY

 

 

 

Great day, Great walk

   

Time for TERROIR 

Terroir is my favorite wine bar in Manhattan, the wine lists 

are innovative and outside the box, they were the first to 

bring the remarkable wines of JEREZ to the mainstream

         palate. Paul Grieco (owner) said, "we're just not cork-pullers."

The Bar Snacks are terrific too!

A FREE glass of sherry before 7pm

Beet Gorgonzola Arancini and Pear and Pecorino Salad

Bone Marrow and Pickled Apples

Veal and Ricotta Meatballs with a glass of Dolcetto d'Alba Roagna 2011 and Brooklyn Brewery's Dry Irish Stout

                                    

Modern American Jewish Food - NYC Style

NEW YORK CITY STYLE !

    MODERN AMERICAN JEWISH FOOD           

   I cannot recall a more satisfying luncheon. Mrs K's matzo ball soup, perfect comfort food for a chilly afternoon in New York City.


             Kutshers Tribeca  Modern American Jewish Bistro

 Decor is architect Rafael de Cardenas clean geometric design. I think Kelly would approve the lighting effects.

              

Carciofi alla Giudia (crispy artichokes Roman style)

               

Luscious latkes and lumps of sour cream

Stackings of Caviar

                                

Love Caviar, order these everytime!

Chunky Turkey Rubens with pickles and a beer

Duck schmaltz frites

                                                           

Crispy creamy cole slaw

                                      

Kutshers Tribeca

       
          
    The Passover menu looks topnotch, the chef prepares
                      gefilte fish with wild halibut.
                      I'll be returning soon.

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 Kutshers Tribeca

Valentine's Day New York Style!

VALENTINE'S DAY   

 

                                                                NEW YORK CITY STYLE

The mysterious St. Valentine was at least three people according to lore. Maybe he or she was an urban legend? The Roman Catholic Church is craven to admit that only one Valentine existed. Well, who cares, what a great idea for a romantic figure to emerge from the Middle Ages and symbolize the beginning of mating season in February. Perfect segue and thee perfect food for V-Day!


                                                         
                                                SEA URCHIN

                                                     

                                                THE SEXIEST FOOD ALIVE

The incredibly divine eggs and gonads of the hedgehog of the sea! My favorite food on earth.   

The perfect food for Valentine's Day at Dave Pasternack's, ESCA NYC.

Spending some time on the Gulf of Mexico, when growing up, I used to step on these fabulous creatures. I was annoyed by them, they were everywhere. My only regret is that I did not know how truly delicious and nourishing they are. The Japanese, the artists of food culture on earth, are UNI specialists. Modern chefs in New York City are advancing uni into the palates of the squeamish (not me). Here are a FEW of my favorite uni indulging spots in the City where my uni dreams come true.

This a brilliant idea by Chef Michael White served at the flagship of his empire: MAREA. Sea urchin bruschetta with a paper thin slice of lardo! Bravo Chef Bianco!

                                                            Uni sushi at NOBU with champagne

Uni wrapped in daikon, sublime at NOBU

  Sea urchin tempura 

NOBU

       Blue Ribbon Izakaya: Maine sea urchin alive with their onion rings tempura, the best in the City!

 Sensuous Japanese, Santa Barbara and Maine sea urchin at 15 EAST with a big fat martini

 (these are iphone photos taken at 15 East's dark dining room)

What a Date Night! 

Uni dreams being fulfilled is one of the passions of my existence. I intend to keep us all updated regularly. Thank you, Neptune Nature Spirit! 

 

Empire State dressed in red for a lovely walk home.

Happy Valentine's Day!

P.S.

This is my favorite go-to recipe at home to satisfy my uni cravings.

I always make homemade pasta, (one half pound) tagliolini, but egg noodles work as well.

Toss the hot pasta with 1 tablespoon each of ghee, high quality olive oil and organic cream,

add the uni tongues toss lightly, spice it up with 10 turns of mixed peppercorns.

 Enjoy this bliss dish with a glass of champagne.

nyc style

 NEW YORK CITY STYLE #3


 The Human Honey Bee

                                               

                                                         Wolfgang Laib

                           POLLEN FROM HAZELNUT                        

This exhibition is in settled residence in the Marron Atrium at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.  The artist considers this area to be the "womb of the museum"and created this brillant and bedazzling work especially for the site, It is the largest pollen installation to date.

 

"Pollen is the essence of the flower" 

"Potential beginning"

                                                                    "The male seed"

                  The luminous and commanding vistas from all vantage points!!!!!                                    

                            The artist said, "it takes hours and hours, days and days" to collect
                                                        the beaming and radiant pollen!!


                             Make all effort to see and feel this wondrous exhibition. The color yellow is
                             is represented in the etheric human body at the solar plexus chakra, the power
                             center. Extraordinaire!