Our Meals are Big Deals

As a "Home Cooking Advocate", I highly regard cooking in the privacy, space and comfort of your home with the ones you care about most. 

In the featured photos below, my significant other and I made unique and tasty meals. Through willful excursions to grocery stores and strategic conversations over food options, we had a blast creating quick, easy, and fun dishes that left us no choice but to rave about. 

Penne pasta dressed with sauteed spanish onions, sweet baby portobella mushrooms, fresh garlic, green peas and poached calamari with italian breadcrumbs and black pepper, covered in a creamy alfredo sauce and mild tomato sauce. 

Sitting out in the Sun in a Brooklyn yard, we decided to grill up some Pork Chops, with a side of lightly sauteed baby portabella mushrooms, baby spinach and a side of raw baby carrots. Oh, and don't forget the INCREDIBLY delicious spanish rice! 

Our lovely recreation of the "Sloppy Joe". 

Made with fresh ground Pork, seasoned to perfection with a cajun mix, sweet barbecue, adobo seasoning topped with mexican shredded cheeses and fresh slices of avocado with a pinch of sea salt and black pepper, on a kaiser roll, this sandwich will leave you feeling "fully" satisfied.

What can I say, we're a great team! 

Balaboosta!

I recently dined at Balaboosta Restaurant in Nolita with some fellow Israel travellers and my wonderful Significant other, a foodie in the making! Their leading lady, Chef Einat has created a blog to represent the dining facility, her creative food process, personal life, and more! (The Balaboosta-way Blog). Not only does she describe my passionate and creative relationship with food, but shares her feelings and life story with her audience so that we can relate to her on a stronger level. What genius!!!

The photos below are just SOME of the phenomenal dishes in which we enjoyed at the lovely restaurant:

House Made Beet Pasta with Spinach, Garlic, Ricotta, and herbed Breadcrumbs 

Crispy Cauliflower with currants, pine nuts & lemon

Grilled Lamb Chops with persian lime sauce, bulgur imjadra, cucumber-cilantro salad, labne

Spice Rubbed Skirt Steak with roasted salsify, oyster mushroom and sauteed green beans, tomato vinaigrette

As per this gem of a restaurant and it's impeccably talented Chef, I chose this specific post Summertime Craving for your enjoyment.

Get into it and check it out!

Singing off...

Is it real?

Israel. Israel? ISRAEL! What a beautiful, culturally diverse and historically sound country.
For 2 weeks in the summer of 2012, I had the pleasure and opportunity to visit "the motherland" on a Culinary Birthright trip. I was fully immersed in the culture, language, food and people! 30 other candidates from all around the United States, my very own sister included, had joined in on the excursion along with 10 Israeli soldiers (see a photo of the crew below).

This photo was taken just after everyone took a Black Mud Bath at the Dead Sea. Fun fact: It is the lowest point on Earth at 394.6 meters (1269 feet) below sea level.

This was my consistent happy face. 

We travelled from the North (Galilee) to the South (Negev Desert), out to the East by the West Bank and as far West as the Gaza Strip. Along the way, I entrusted the multiple shutter speeds of my camera to collect STILL FRAMES of the EDIBLES along the way. Please enjoy the photos provided:

Jaffa, the city of art and creative freedom

First dinner at Sima's in Jerusalem

Arab Desserts

The best Schnitzel in all of Israel at Cafe Noir

Colorful Candies at the Jerusalem Market

Chocolate Tomatoes

Agricultural Farm in the Negev Desert

Dried Fruits from the Jerusalem Market

Eggplant. One of the seven foods of Israel

Felafel Pita Sandwich with a Berry Ice!

Figs!!!

Hummus with Tahina and Goat Cheeses

Halva Cakes

Olives and Tahina

Assorted Finger Foods!!!

Beautiful Mural in Jerusalem

Mmm. Fresh, rolled breads!

Pomegranates. Super fruits!

Soaps made from Olives

Assorted Spices from the Market

Father's day Feeding

What other cuisine screams "Happy Father's Day" more than good 'ole Barbecue?
Smoked meat, craft beer and beautiful weather!

Featured below are shots taken at Fette Sau, 354 Metropolitain Avenue, between Havemeyer and Roebling Sts., Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York.11211. They do not take Reservations, so its best to have your patience in check while waiting in line and a good group of friends by your side. Go ahead and hit the bar and sip on some cool refreshing brew while you wait for your tender, flavorful, delicious platters of food.

Yours truly.

BEFORE

AFTER

Smiles and full bellies.