Becky & Bob's Ravioli

Hi there food lovers,

First off, I wanted to thank Catherine for sharing her favorite restaurants in NYC. I can't wait to try one the next time I'm visiting. Also, I'm going to start a section of restaurants by city so there easily accessible and hopefully I can figure out a way for us to rate them. If any of you have suggestions let me know.

This past weekend Scott and I were treated to a Ravioli making session by Becky and Bob. Becky is one of my co-workers and part Italian so we were thrilled when she invited us over so we could get a taste of her Italian heritage. The boys were on Pasta while the girls handled four different types of filling .... the main filling was ricotta cheese and we also used goat, mozzarella and Gorgonzola. Below are our filling mixtures:

1. Herbs, Ricotta & Mozzarella
2. Fig, Ricotta & Gorgonzola
3. Mushroom, Ricotta & Goat
4. Mango, Ricotta & Goat with Cumin Spice

If you've never made pasta I highly recommend it but know that you may need a few extra hands to help you out.

Thank you Becky and Bob for an unforgettable Italian feast.

yum yum ! jillian

New York Restaurant List

Just for anyone out there thinking of heading to New York, here are my must go tos for food and drink:
Prune: delicious a la carte bistro. mmm
La Esquina: a cute hidden tequila bar and amazing restaurant, make sure to make a reservation though. enter through the secret door right inside (the door says employees only) it's secret, so just remember, you want to go downstairs! not eat upstairs
Home: sustainable and local, what more do you want
Bubby's: well maybe in addition to sustainable and local, you want a place that makes their own pies and homemade sodas, they are also known for their approach to using the whole steer and not wasting a bit of meat.
Public: the apps and drinks were amazing and the atsmosphere is super elegant and cute. i can only imagine that the food is supurb!
Bar Tabac: brooklyn restaurant. great brunch and cute homey feel. eat outside for some fresh air.
Casa Mono: Just one of Mario Batali's New York brainchild's. all tapas and all great. try out the attached wine bar right next door too for an expensive glass of wine; Bar Jamon

New York Prune

Hi all! Just returned from an amazing trip to NYC! I was so impressed with the quality of food at all of the places Brett and I went to. There are numerous restaurants that have local and organic produce to compliment amazing wines and drinks. I'll be uploading numerous restaurants that we went to. The first of which is Prune. This little jem, found in the east village, is packed with comfort foodish/unfussy dishes all served a la cart. We started out with some drinks paired with an appetizer of lightly buttered brown bread with aged goat cheese and salted red onion. Since the meals were a la cart, we shared a smokey eggplant with parsley potato chips on top and a prime ribeye steak for 2. delish! the best ribeye ever, and the eggplant was pureed and seasoned in such a way that abandoned the bitter taste many of us aquaint with eggplant. For the lack of photo for the dessert you'll figure out that we didn't even have enough time to take a picture. The dessert was light and delish; macerated raw rhubarb, greek yogurt and almond-Cardamom Candy. mmmm.

Stay tuned for more restaurants.

cool logo from side dish

hi gals,

I had to share with you this very creative logo mark from a group called sidedish which is being featured today on designsponge. If you haven't already check it out they have some great photos and picnic recipes.

I'm off to a wedding in Napa and then I have another wedding at the end of the month so I'm thinking this would be a good opportunity to post some wedding food ideas. Be on the look out later this month.

Also, next week Catherine will be posting about her first trip to NYC. It will be great to hear about all her foodie finds in the big apple.

Have a great weekend.

yum yum! Jillian

Slow Food Nation 2008

Kendra and I had an amazing foodie weekend here in SF at the Slow Food Nation Convention. We kicked things off at the Market in front of City Hall eating, Scott Peterson of Watershed in Atlanta's, Ham Biscuits. The southern girl in me is bound to sniff out some hot biscuits and not until now did I realize that it's a collaborative creation of Indigo Girls' Emily Saliers who also owns The Flying Biscuit in Atlanta. No wonder it was one of my favorites treats.

I was so glad that Kendra told me about this event b/c it truly opened my eyes to the world of Agriculture and it's toll on the world. Kendra will be elaborating on all of are happening and diving into the amazing lectures we attended.

Thanks Kendra : )