Archive for the ‘Table talk’ Category
How ’bout ‘em cupcakes
Who would’ve known there’s so much love for cupcakes in Miami? On Saturday, 10 fortunate Chowhound readers/posters got together at one generous cupcake lover’s home to taste cupcakes from nine local “cupcakers.” What followed were two hours of overindulgence finished with a sugar coma.
A girls’ meal at Chocolate Fashion
I’m not a fan of publicly exposing the private details of my life. Though to some extent I’ve done so in this blog, when and where I eat out is not very revealing. I try to keep the personal out of it, but I feel compelled to share one particular detail for several reasons. One, […]
Saturday pig roast
I promise there’s a valid reason for the slowness in posting, but I’ll leave that for later. Yesterday D and I hosted a pig (shoulder) roast to celebrate two friends’ birthdays. It really wasn’t my idea; a friend suggested it and we agreed despite my warnings that I wanted nothing to do with the pig. […]
This Valentine’s, have a picnic
It’s almost here, Valentine’s day. Some of you may remember my take on eating out on this day. Basically, I don’t want to be out dining out with the crowds. Last year, I put a little more thought into it and cooked a nice dinner for D, but this year we have much going on, so I thought ’screw it, let’s have a picnic.’
Nice to meet you, Giacomo Vico
Don’t you love discovering something you really like? At a wine tasting at Casa Toscana on Thursday, I tried a Giacomo Vico Barbera D’Alba Superiore and right there, I fell in love. This is a full-bodied and intense Piedmontese red wine. Though our tasting notes described it as dry, it was incredibly smooth and so […]
My first CSA box
Here it is, our first Redland Organics CSA box. We picked it up today and I immediately got to finding out more about some of its contents and what I may do with them. Since it’s a lot of food (only full shares are available for trial memberships) I figured I’d try to plan ahead […]
New year, slow start
It’s so hard, to get back into the swing of things after almost two weeks of doing nothing but eating and vegging at my parents’ home in Houston. I’ve been slowly working myself up to full productivity levels, including getting back to blogging — and here I am.
Coming up, expect reports on a few restaurants […]
The Thanksgiving gumbo
Here it is, the Thanksgiving seafood gumbo. The delicious smell in the house was so concentrated that when we arrived at my friend’s house we could smell onions and spices from outside.
It was hearty and delicious, with tons of seafood. We ate it in a bowl, served over rice and added a dollop of potato salad into it […]
Happy Thanksgiving
As you know, today I’ll be heading to a friend’s house for a Louisiana special. At D’s request I made pumpkin pie for the first time — I keep thinking I’m not much of a baker — and I cheated and bought a pre-made apple pie to bring to the feast. Though it may be […]
Share your Thanksgiving food stories
One week ’till Thanksgiving! Last year I wrote about my family’s somewhat unconventional Thanksgiving menu. That of a Thanksgiving barbecue with turkey legs, ribs, potatoes and other foods that don’t really represent what you think of a traditional Thanksgiving meal. But, I reasoned, the spirit of Thanksgiving is about more than food, so who cares […]
A lesson about scallops
Last night I was finally set to try a recipe from Padma Laskhmi’s new cookbook. I found the amchoor I needed. I bought my ingredients. I was ready to go. The recipe: Sea scallops with crushed peanuts and cucumber relish.
The scallops I bought at Publix were large and plump. We were looking forward to eating […]
Discovering mango pickle
The green, white and yellow container looked harmless sitting there on the bar, but it took only one look and a smell to know it was more menacing than it looked. It was mango pickle.
One of the consequences of having a blog titled mango&lime is that I’m urged to try everything mango. Interestingly, it doesn’t happen with […]
Mango — and almost lime — cake
You gotta love friends. The kind that make you laugh, help you out, care for you; the kind that on your birthday surprise you with a mango cake and tell you about their unsuccessful efforts to find little limes to put on it. Hey, thought’s what counts. And I loved my birthday cakes.
They were from […]
Anticipating Bouchon
It’s the closest to Thomas Keller I’ll get for now.
Bouchon Las Vegas. T-minus three days …
Take a peek.
tags: Bouchon, Las Vegas, Thomas Keller
Eating in exile - Gourmet goes Latin
For the past two days, I’ve been reveling in the latest issue of Gourmet magazine – the Latino America issue. If it weren’t for Elise of Simply Recipes and her Puerto Rican friend Maria, I might have missed it, but I’m glad that albeit late I learned about it and got my hands on a […]
Four o’clock sugar bug
It always happens at around 4 p.m. That little voice in your stomach, that little craving sending signals to your brain. That urge for sugar — or caffeine. Work, once again, has my mind spinning and after long hours of meetings, I sat here drained. So I took a little detour to my blog reader […]
To Do: Table 8, Azul, Ortanique…
Not like I’m breaking any news here, but today marks the beginning of Miami Spice. Looking back, I realized that last year’s Miami Spice was the topic of one of the earlier posts on this blog, which means mango&lime is almost one year old. Wow.
Dinner prices this year raised $5 and the lunch prices […]
The state of South Florida dining
The topic keeps coming up. Not long ago I posted about a Chowhound discussion on the changes in some South Florida restaurant menus to accommodate taste. The discussion about recent restaurant closings has also been kicking for some time on Chowhound and others. Today’s Herald takes a look at the situation.
South Florida fancies itself as […]
How Publix killed the Food Network star in me
Yesterday after a lazy afternoon watching The Next Food Network Star marathon, I was inspired to cook and headed to Publix to pick up some ingredients for the chicken tabouleh salad I wanted to make. What a mood killer.
As usual on a Sunday, the store was packed but it has never been so unbearable. […]
Are Miami diners ‘dumbing down’ menus?
Interesting discussion going on at Chowhound this week about the changes some Miami restaurants have made to their menus or wine lists to satisfy the Miami diner’s palate and taste. Florida hounds are looking for a phrase for what they call the dumbing down of menus to satisfy the uneducated South Florida diner. Based on […]
