beet, turnip and corn semola puree topped with oregano / mackerel ceviche made with lime juice, plum vinegar and beet-cider vinegar

mackerel ceviche with quinoa and vegetables

rabbit legs au vin rouge

warm bread with fresh tomato, basil, cilantro, garlic & truffle olive oil sauce

fusili al nero di sepia with garlic, dill and olive oil ricotta

the CORNER deli, tacos on lafayette st

TARTINE, on greenwich village

memorial day brunch

spaghetti cooked al dente with fresh ricotta, smoked wild salmon, capers, scallions and pea sprouts

&

delicious peach belgium beer

my 31th birthday, Lisbon

a sunny sunday brunch

eggs with shiitake cilantro and basil, organic aragula and tomatoes, pickled beets, toasts, coffee and strawberry milkshake

Bonsai, the counter

one of the best and oldest sushi places in Lisbon

caras de bacalhau

ok! one of my fav things on earth - boiled cod fish heads seasoned with garlic olive oil. may seem bit scary but isn't - in fact delicious! (in good company with boiled potatoes and steamed broccoli)

pescadinha de rabo na boca com arroz de feijão

fried small hake biting it's own tail with red bean rice - in Lisbon

rediscovery: argolas & pedras de limão (Lisbon)

well, at Bijou, the best argolas - amazing portuguese pastry - and it's good friend, let me introduce you: Mrs. Pedras (natural sparkling water with lemon juice and green tea extract! - i'm addicted : ) )

Vista Alegre tableware, Lisbon

carafes & plates

ginger & lemon peel tea

boil water with a piece of peeled ginger and two bits of lemon peel -- great tea for winter nights

organic farmers market (sat morning, Principe Real, Lisbon)

pumpkin & carrot jam with nuts

alheira de caça com ovo a cavalo

tea time at fabrico infinito

amazing limoges porcelain tea sets, sunday brunch, cool garden with a view in this beautifull&cozy tea house scenario and hand-crafted accessory store on r. D. Pedro V, Lisbon

sake

purple borecole soup

chicken soup

courgettes & beet risotto

Curry-marsala chicken + cardamom rice

Minamoto Kitchoan

Traditional japanese pastry at Minamoto Kitchoan, located at corner of 5th Ave and 49th Street

Saffron-lemon chicken + saffron rice

Prime Burger

Prime Burger is the real thing. Located at 51st St & 5th Ave

dumplings

I was walking around in chinatown and entered a food store on grand st and allen... I was buying prunes and spinach and realised I could buy fresh dumpling doe too! So we made our own dumplings: we tried frying and steaming them - both good. 

the ingredients we used to make 3 different types: chicken & spinach & cilantro, tomato & garlic & cilantro, fresh tuna belly & herbs!

cabbage & squash soups

fresh nero di sepia linguine

just mix the sepia ink while making the fresh pasta!
ingredients: flour, egg, water, olive oil, salt and sepia ink.

oven baked cake-zucchini stuffed with hot pepper rice

we bought these amazing summer squashes shaped as muffins at the Principe Real organic saturday market, and stuffed them with hot rice... hummm

pizza days

alentejo kitchen-wear

fresh linguine

home made lasagna

horseradish tempura + cod/potato/raw oyster & shiitake mushrooms/aragula salad

beet humus

ingredients: boiled chickpeas (230Gr/0,5Lb), boiled beet (1 small), garlic (1/4 head), cilantro (bunch), olive oil (4 tablespoons), lime juice (1-2 fresh limes), sea salt, onion (1 half), tahini (1 tablespoon)

blend them all together = delicious beet humus!

Comporta

italian smoked cheese

Rogil

mackerel marinated in apple vinegar + fresh fig, cucumber & tomato salad

scrambled eggs

Cream Craker

Cream Cracker, Bicesse fruits, Fundão peppers

Barão S. Miguel

boiled mackerel, fresh tomato, onion, cilantro and potato salad \ octopus boiled in white wine, carrots, asparagus and mushroom polenta \ muralhas white wine

Vila do Bispo market

this is one of the best places to buy very good and super local food (veggies, fruit and ultra-fresh fish) in the south of Portugal. Mercado de Vila do Bispo is called, and there you'll find all you need, in a quiet, peaceful and small place. Plus, it is still amazingly cheap!

plat

open studio Wengorovius

Bonsai

humm

Casanova, Lisboa

how to make fresh pasta

link > video of how to make fresh pasta

late lunch

grilled sardines in campo de ourique

prunes

poisson au sel

rosè

spinach pie

bio salad directly from Principe Real organic saturday market, Lisbon

still brooklyn

spring salads, with tomato burger, or sardines...

onion, potato, spinach, orange pepper & sepia ink

Dessert

skate days

memories from comporta & sagres

reds

black, pink, green, brown, yellow, white, purple

gnocchi with sepia ink, black bean hummus, organic chicken liver risotto, steamed broccoli, dark red tomato salad with oregano, pastéis de bacalhau, sautéed nero cabbage bruschetta, a lot of cilantro everywhere...

Freeman's

*at the end of Freeman's Alley (Rivington St, NYC)

florent

http://www.restaurantflorent.com/

the last meal before the closing day of the french diner, open 24/7 since 1985 -- the best place in the meatpacking district. 

swordfish \ lemon \ rosemary

fresh swordfish marinated in lemon juice, and lightly cooked on rosemary. served with plain mixed herbs (+ dill), cucumber carpaccio and white wine

Easter Sunday on the roof deck, Brooklyn

easter eggs

bellini (prosecco with peach purée)

crêpes with salmon eggs

the Chelsea Market, New York

bread, coffee, dairy, italian food, fresh fish, local vegetables, pastry, ...

(amy's bread, lobster place, ronny brook dairy...)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_Market

artichoke

 

boiled artichoke dipped in lemon juice, olive oil and balsamic vinegar 

Artichokes are native to the Mediterranean region, an area of the world with one of the lowest rates of chronic disease and one of the highest life expectancies. Mediterannean cuisine features artichokes, other vegetables and fruits, and little saturated fat.
One large artichoke contains 25 calories, no fat, 170 milligrams of potassium, and is a good source of vitamin C, folate, magnesium and dietary fiber.

Campo dei Fiori, Rome

saturday brunch, Lisbon

ratatouille, bruschetta, plain yogurt, tea

label

Joaninha labels the sauce (boiled fresh salmon, light soy cream, poejo herbs) for the fridge

the beet soup shot

cocktail by Ricardo Aragão and Maria Antónia. Feb 29, 2008

TEST

pre-opening, Lisbon

my 30th birthday, Lisbon

mum brought her famous almond birthday cake, flowers, black chocolate vol-au-vin, strawberries with mint, and a smoked salmon pudding appetizer 

joão cooked vichyssoise, pastéis de bacalhau, pasta nero di sepia with mint and ginger

dad brought 3 bottles of Quinta das Maias red wine and chocolates, sofia a passion fruit tart, mariana a salad 

and i bought chestnut spread + requeijão de seia for dessert

Via Governo Vecchio, Roma

La Danesina

menu

alcachofra à judia

bruschetta

tripas à romana

ossobuco

vinho tinto da casa

a plane to catch

o vinho. um branco para beber a 15/16 graus, a saber, coisa séria. (uva wines, bedford ave. williamsburg)
feito no Mosterio Suore Cistercensi, Trappiste, em Vitorchiano, Italia, por freiras que odeiam quimicos (mas gostam de enológos)
3 castas. a acompanhar fizemos cogumelos shiitake, feijao verde frances, alho, couve rouxa, alho frances, alecrim da comporta, oragaos do vale tojal e flor de sal de tavira, tudo cortado em pequenos pedaços numa panela de ferro com oleo de grainha de uva, durante 3 minutos. no fim azeite extra virgem. esta noite ceio comida de aviao, numa tempestade sobre o atlantico.

the wine. a white to drink at 15/16 degrees - serious stuff. (uva wines, bedford ave. williamsburg)
produced in the Monastery Suore Cistercensi, Trappiste, from Vitorchiano, Italy, made by chemical-hater-nuns (but wine taster lovers). 3 grapes. escorted by shiitake mushrooms, string beans, leeks, garlic, rosemary from comporta, oregano from vale tojal, and sea salt flower from Tavira, all sliced into small cubes in an iron pan with grape seed oil for 3 mins. by the end extra virgin olive oil. tonight I will have a plane supper, in the middle of a tempest, crossing the Atlantic.

Dinner at Passerby, Feb 2, 2008

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Rose Colored Glasses
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We took a chicken-beet-mint-caper-carrot-and-plum galantine (or aspic).