Forking Tasty

Bike-In-Theater

UPDATE: Last night our first Bike-in-Theater rolled into Greenpoint Brooklyn. Despite the weather we had a fantastic turnout. Look for the recap post soon, with video. In the meantime, make sure you are on the list for our next one.

This year we thought we’d pay homage to spring, bike month and season three of REEL TASTY, our monthly dinema supperclub, by launching with a very special FREE event in May. Over at Forking Tasty HQ we have been percolating the reinvention of an american classic, the Drive-In. We love the idea of this lost bit of Americana and wondered if their was a modern, urban, twist on this mid-20th century weekend fad. As we dug around we started to focus on the come back of the bicycle in all styles, colors and types. We are guessing you’ve noticed this too. We’re not saying New York has become Copenhagen but we are on our way. With so many of us riding these days we thought a Ride-In-Theater would be a great way to enjoy the beginning of the warmth here in NYC.

Of course, we like a little mystery so we have to keep the location, day and time undisclosed at the moment. That’s what the list below is all about. Once you sign up, we will send you a note with some specifics on the Ride-In. A day before show time we will send those who signed up information on where to go and when to arrive. A few things you can expect; lots of bikers, an old school hit movie and some delicious snacks. It wouldn’t be Forking Tasty if we didn’t provide some delectable morsels to munch on.

So, jump on the list and join us for our first FREE Ride-In-Theater. Read on to see the list.

Fresh Strawberries

Forking Tasty – Lever Farms South Carolina from Anthony Anello on Vimeo.

I went strawberry picking with the southerner this past week. It kicked off a week long road trip to Key West, more posts to come on that. We went over to Lever Farms on the opening day of picking. We ended up with five baskets of strawberries and one strawberry pastry. We ended up even using the southerners ice cream maker and made fresh strawberry ice cream and strawberry shortcakes later on in the road trip. Strawberries are the best.

Nuptial Nosh

As promised this post is all about the food at my wedding. Although, it is 3 months tardy. I can’t really believe how quickly the time has past. I am not exactly sure what happened but a little 48 hour mini-honeymoon in Philadelphia this weekend (stay tuned for that post soon) reminded me of what happens when my wife and I are left to plan eating a day at a time. Before we get into all this I feel compelled to give some of you a bit more context on the days events. First off, I married the Canadian. I have been coy in keeping her identity a bit secret over the years in this blog. Now that she is officially in the family you can expect some guest posts.

The Canadian, in case you have not followed the sloppy hidden path backwards to her identity, is of pure Indian decent. Her wonderful parents, my new in-laws, are from Bangalore and Mysore so her South Indian roots run deep. This has everything to do with the day starting with a traditional South Indian breakfast in the Gnesha temple in flushing Queens. The fact that we visited a year prior just to eat in the temple canteen, as did Tony Bourdain, heavily influenced our decision to have our ceremony here. Breakfast was straight from the heart of what South Indians eat daily and the preparation was…

A Hidden Gem

Momma Anello’s birthday was last Wednesday and the southerner and I headed to Long Island to have some dinner. We went to a little hidden gem that is always packed called the West End Cafe. The food is always great. There was a little confusion at the table and we ended up ordering about six appitizers. One of the more unique dishes we got were duck sliders. I thought it was going to come more like a pulled pork but it was in a paddy. It really had some good flavors. Speaking of flavors the crab tower was flavorful but I felt it needed more crab in it. (see above). The dinner rolls were also a highlight on the table. Really fresh and was baked with pesto and olive oil inside it. You never want to fill p on bread before the meal but this bread was worth every bit.

Finally Forking Spicy

It took over a year but chef Ben Long and I finally made it into the kitchen together. It had become our mission to collaborate on a 4-course meal since our mutual supperclubs, Spice and FT Suppers, came into existence. In our vision we cooked a magnificent, over-abundant, delicate and rich meal for over 40 bi-coastal diners who flew, walked and rode in just for the occasion. As it turns out we spent a random weekday evening crafting 4 succulent dishes for Ben’s wife, my friend and business partner, Kelly. Sometimes your vision is wrong and reality is the only thing that can prove what’s perfect. Shedding the pressure of the guests, the craziness of the kitchen and the perfection we both demand of ourselves we were left…

Caveman Turkey Leg

Today was the southerners first NY Yankee game. It was bitter cold at the game and we needed some stadium food to warm up. I have done a post on the new Yankee Stadium and stopped by all the vendors but as we were walking by the NYSteak vendor something intrigued me. What looked like rotisserie chickens turned out to be giant Turkey legs. I have never seen that in the stadium before. I had to have one. It was about an hour before the game started and I new they would be the freshest before it starts sitting around for a while. This leg was almost the size of my head.

Our First Food Truck

Ant and I launched a food truck last week. Actually, it was more a Manifold thing. I do love when my day job and play job overlap. Regardless of the origin, I wound up designing and building a coffee truck to promote LinkedIn’s new product “Today”. Ant became the manager of the NY Truck while one of my Manifold partners completed and managed the San Francisco truck. Ohh yes, we…