On a recent trip to California, me and that wonderful Canadian found ourselves in a defcon situation. (Defcon scale+amount of hunger=how processed your food is). After a day of wine and beer tasting in Paso Robles, we made a quick detour to wack down these beautiful In-N-Out burgers. The glory of...
Last month we had our second curated REEL TASTY. First it was bachelorettes this time is was teachers. Nine teachers and their husbands joined us on the deck for Kindergarten Cop and our take on some cafeteria favorites. As you can see by the home made Whoopie Pie above, we really pushed the...
We all know Greenpoint is home to many Polish families. Maybe you don’t, but if you have ever walked down Manhattan Ave. north of Greenpoint Ave it takes but a block to realize. Three butcher shops and 2 bakeries in the first block all with too many consonants in their name is a good tip off....
I am always amazed how hot food can silence 16 talkative, jovial and passionate conversationists in mere seconds. Perhaps food is the great equalizer. Perhaps it is the key to that ubiquitous and intangible “world peace” idea. If it is, we are doing our part every week on a big deck in...
When I was a little kid we always had a garden. I hated it. It was a lot of work. When you are 5 the last thing you want to do is clean up weeds, pick ripe specimens and protect the growing crops from horn worms, flying things and the occasional 4 legged mammal. The garden was large, about a third...
I usually don’t start a post with a pic of dessert. In fact, I don’t usually order dessert. As it turns out, that recurring Canadian I mention on this blog has some influence over my consumption after all. A few weeks ago I traveled south to Carroll Gardens to dine with some friends who...
After this week, finding this in my kitchen was a pleasant surprise. I will be visiting this establishment tonight for sure. Although the patrons are tiny they carry BIG personalities. I like that. Ok, you got me. I built it from my recently acquired, retro set of pre-lego-building-fantastico...
Last week we packed out the deck with another set of 16 friends (and friends of friends) to have dinner with Cary Grant. As he was chased across America our guests sat comfortably satiated sampling dishes from the places he visited and the era he lived in. For those who are unfamiliar with the...
With a name like that there was no need to craft a witty title to this post. When I first saw the commercial for this revolutionary new sandwich from Kentucky Fried Chicken…ohhh, sorry should I say Kentucky Grilled Chicken because… Really? Colonel, you ain’t foolin’ nobody....
Pelmeni – Juneau Alaska from Anthony Anello on Vimeo. Diabetic Blood Sugar Count Pre-meal: 128 | Post-meal (1 hour): 123 | Insulin: 5 Units My last day in Juneau I took a canoe to the Mendenhall Glacier. We were paddling for a while to get to the glacier and I worked up an appetite. Usually...
You thought it was a myth. Worse you thought it was impossible to make. Well, you were wrong. Dead wrong. Here’s how to make turducken. This past Tuesday Aimee, Mark (a good supperclub buddy) and I took on the task of making a turducken from scratch for the Gastronauts. The Gastronauts is a...
View NYC Food Tour 1 in a larger map This blog has proven that I have a disposition to over indulge. It’s a problem and a constant battle between my brain and my waistline. I rationalize my decisions to stuff myself with the idea that the opportunity at hand is unique and once in a lifetime....
Smoke ’em if ya got ’em. And, WE JUST GOT ‘EM!!!! My first foray into smoking. I have been putting it off for a longtime while I enjoyed the professionals excellent smoked tasty. What’s inside? A rack of ribs and a half a pork butt. Both covered in Rendevous BBQ dry rub....
There has to be some sort of subsidizing here right? The exact same cup of coffee costs me $1.85 in Brooklyn. If we were comparing Seattle to New York I’d be fine with this. But we are not. We are comparing the locked down, price gouging internal airport food service world with a regular...
Vera’s Burger Shack, Vancouver from Anthony Anello on Vimeo. Diabetic Blood Sugar Count Pre-meal: 108 | Post-meal (1 hour): 176 | Insulin: 5 Units The Burgers I have experienced in Vancouver have horrible but after talking to a few locals they confirmed my choices of burgers. My friend from...
Food can’t get faster than this. I need not say more. But, I will. For our Dad’s 60th birthday we took him on a car tour like no other. Six exotic cars on a convoy from Englewood, New Jersey to Bear Mountain, New York and back. To prep up for the high speed voyage we fueled up with a...
