From Mario BataliThis Spaghetti with Crab Sauce may not be too much to look at and the limited recipe list may indicate a lack of flavor, but it will surprise you.
Hearty and delicious, this simple meal focuses on the crab, which I have never tried in a tomato based sauce before.
Mario Batali calls for fresh Dungeness Crab, but, come on – it is still yummy with the canned stuff.
Various LocationsJim and his co-wokers lucked out when they discovered the Korilla mobile Korean BBQ truck outside their office one afternoon.
The line moved rapidly and everyone opted for bowls (there are also tacos and burritos on the menu), but I guess when you’re used to eating at least one Chipotle burrito bowl per week, tacos and burritos just don’t do it any more…
Jim got the spicy pork with the bacon fried kimchi rice (his workers unilaterally went for beef), kimchi slaw salsa, cheese, vegetables and the smoky/mayonnaise Korilla sauce. It must have been pretty good, because he ate all of it (which is surprising, considering it included a healthy dose of vegetables) in about 10 minutes.
Great FoodEating at home was a joy with these delicious recipes:
1. Bucatini All’Amatriciana with Spicy Smoked Mozzarella Meatballs
2. Minced Pork with Soba Noodles
3. Baked Grits with Country Ham, Wild Mushrooms, Fresh Thyme, and Parmesan
5. A Selection of Momofuku Recipes
Great FunTake time to laugh with some amature singing sensations, business advice, a window into your next adults only vacation, trailer madness, and p-i-z-z-a!
1. Giallothon
2. PIZZA
5. Hedo Rick
6. Jan Terri
Great ShowsIf it’s true that TV rots the brain, then you better make it worthwhile shows like the ones in my shortlist that feature high fashion, monsters, odd humor, and drugs:
1. Signe Chanel
2. Breaking Bad
3. True Blood
4. Jam
5. Snuff Box
6. Walking Dead
Great SitesThere’s never a lack of interesting things to find online and here’s my shortlist of some of the best I’ve come across this year. Please excuse the self promotion.
5. The Look
Great VacationsAs you can tell, our Barcelona trip was amazing.. but me took in some fantastic sites closer to home too:
1. Park Guell
3. Figueres
4. Museum of Jurassic Technology
Great ThingsIt will only take a minute to read my short list of the best ways I spent a few minutes this last year:
1. Hipstamatic
3. Rags to Richesse: Rugs from Morocco
4. The Highline
6. Eye Candy
Great ActivitiesFashion, woodcuts, one man bands, razor clams and bedazzled nails – these are the best ways I wasted away the hours this year:
2. Graphic Heroes, Magic Monsters: Japanese Prints by Utagawa Kuniyoshi
3. Brooklyn Museum: American High Style: Fashioning a National Collection
4. Eataly
Great BevviesTalk about going out with a bang. One of my last alcoholic drinks before ten months of pregnant sobriety was the best (I looked forward to having it again all ten months but have yet to). The rest of the year found me taking in my fair share of decaf lattes and iced coffees – fortunately I live in one of the best neighborhoods for coffee. Rounding out the short list is low brow strip mall sweetness and high brow Upper East Side daintiness.
1. Nama Sake
2. Blue Bottle
3. Coke Slurpee
4. Five Leaves
5. Cafe Grumpy
6. High Tea at Kings Carriage House
