It was a perfect early fall morning here in Brooklyn. Now this is what "Fall Beauty" is all about, isn't it?
photos by...me!
(1) Verrazano Bridge, taken from the pier at the end of my block
(2) Shore Promenade
Archive for September, 2006
This week’s theme is recipes from history.
If you haven’t already discovered The Old Foodie you ought to take a look. Here you’ll find illustrations, stories and recipes from history each weekday. This post caught my attention because I had just bought Brother Juniper’s Struan bread this week. It’s all about the history of Struan Micheil or St. Michael’s Cake.
The 18th Century Cuisine blog often comes up with some interesting recipes, this week it is Sumac Syrup. Sounds like something I might try. I don’t think I have a source for fresh sumac, but it looks like you can make the recipe with fruit of berries of your choice.
Stretching the definition of “history”, next is a recipe that takes me back to my childhood. Fruit leather was something my own mother made for my sister and me. If you have too many pears, check out Gourmet Mango’s recipe for pear fruit leather.
Honey
By Rebecca the Bookseller, who loves go to the local joints
‘Round these parts, everybody’s somebody’s honey. All you have to do is go into a restaurant or bar or store that’s been around for more than 20 years, and you can be somebody’s honey too.
The local Wait Staff (or servers, or whatever you want to call the people who bring you food and drink) is particulary fond of the "Yeah, I know your face and you leave a good tip but let’s not kid ourselves that I really know everyone’s name I’ve been doing this longer than you’ve been alive" Honey. So we call everyone honey back. The other night, there was a new Waiter at a local Italian place, and we started with the Honeys right from the jump. "Oh boy" he grinned, "here we go with the Honey." Being the PC-saturated generation that we are, we asked whether it bothered him. Of course not, he assured us. But really, what was he going to say?
The veterans on both sides of the ordering process don’t even think twice. In fact, if you go into certain stores and do not get a: "What’ll it be, hon’?" you’d wonder if you’d offended someone. One woman who has been behind the cheese counter at an Italian Deli in our Wholesale district calls everybody Doll. If you’re having a bad day, she bumps it up to Doll Face and gives you some smoked Mozz to make you feel better. "What can I getcha, Doll?" booms across the store all day long, delivered in that rough voice that’s a dead giveaway of a long-term smoker. Plus, you know they’ve got the homemade wine under that counter, because when they get it out on Christmas Eve or Football Game Days, it’s never a new bottle.
One more reason I love this town.
Now, you have a good one, hun!
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