Cathy Erway – Page 77 – Not Eating Out in New York

9 Apr 2008

Here’s Lookin’ at You Cook, Scott Gold

by Cathy Erway | posted in: Profiles | 4

In my kitchen, no less! The author of the just-released manifesto for meat lovers, The Shameless Carnivore, Scott Gold paid a trip to my humble ‘hood this weekend for a rather labor-intensive interview. With three squabs in tow, he test-drove a recipe for pigeon pot pie that he’s contributing to a certain casserole cookbook. (These profiles just keep getting better — pretty soon I’m going to have all subjects air-mail me samples of their cooking before we begin. Kidding.)

7 Apr 2008

Vegetarian Stuffed Cabbage

by Cathy Erway | posted in: Grains, Recipes, vegan, vegetarian | 37

This is the kind of comfort food that I’m talking about when I talk about comfort food — hearty, uncomplicated, slow-cooked and pleasantly easy on your tastebuds. Only I’m not talking about any comfort food from my own sensory memory. This one belongs to Arthur Schwartz, as told in his new cookbook, Jewish Home Cooking: Yiddish Recipes Revisited.

5 Apr 2008

Reason for Not Eating Out #20: Book Deal

by Cathy Erway | posted in: Reason of the Month | 39

I couldn’t resist compounding this very attractive reason for not eating out with all the rest, even though it has less to do with eating than it does writing about it. For instance, I could go on not eating out for a lifetime and die fairly happily, I think. But half the fun of this whole experience has been about sharing the obsession with… you. Is it worth my while to do without blogging? Absolutely. But if a tree belches … Read More

3 Apr 2008

Risotto Loco

by Cathy Erway | posted in: Cook-Offs, gluten-free, Grains, My Events, NYC Events, vegetarian | 10

Challah! The Risotto Challenge has been fought, and by “fought” I mean “feasted”! I hate to say, ‘You kind of had to be there’ about this event, but I seriously can’t even remember enough of it. All I know is that I had to replenish the plates and forks and one point, and we’d put out 100 each. (And not everyone was eating!) Billiardsburg took a field trip to the swank tables of the ‘Slope (or just Loki Lounge‘s), the … Read More

1 Apr 2008

Riso-oh-oh-to Challenge Tomorr(oh!)ow

by Cathy Erway | posted in: NYC Events | 6

Ladies and fellas: It is with dreadful anticipation that I kick off the twenty-four hour countdown to what I surely hope becomes the risotto event of the year. Big words, huh? But I am confident that our 18 contestants’ entries will dazzle the crowds; and that our astute judges’ decisions will be wise.

30 Mar 2008

Curried Sweet Potato Soup

by Cathy Erway | posted in: gluten-free, Recipes, Soups & Stews, vegan, vegetarian | 20

Seasonality is often a blessing in disguise. Just as much as anyone else, I’ve been chomping at the bit for summer produce to arrive, if not the whole shebang then at least some of the early spring greens. But we seem to be in limbo this weekend in late March: no peas in the pod yet, no sugar snaps or asparagus. No tender dandelion leaves to forage yet in no lush parks. When I arrived at the Grand Army Plaza … Read More

27 Mar 2008

Green Villains

by Cathy Erway | posted in: Ruminations | 17

In the current “Dirty New York” issue of The L Magazine, I let loose with a mini-tirade on Jamba Juice. But along with stopping slurping up styrene, I strongly encourage you to check out the New York “Green Villain” in the article just before that one: FreshDirect. I didn’t write this blurb, or any others for that matter, but who could have put it better than this: “Dear New Yorker who supporters idling, double-parked, bike-hitting trucks by forking over the … Read More

26 Mar 2008

Breakfast Lasagna

by Cathy Erway | posted in: Breakfast & Eggs, Pasta & Noodles, Recipes | 13

What do breakfast, lasagna, free pool tables and cheap pints of beer have to do with one another? Nothing. Except that they’re sloshing around inside of me as I write this (the free pool more figuratively, say an X-ray glimpse into my stomach with sound effects) a few short hours and not enough sleep after indulging in all. I trust that you could skip the last two items in that equation and have yourself a mighty fine meal out of … Read More

24 Mar 2008

Rosemary Crusted Rack of Lamb with Wild Rice Ragout, Asparagus and Red Wine Reduction

by Cathy Erway | posted in: gluten-free, Meat & Poultry, Recipes | 24

Happy day after Easter, everyone. This recipe may be a day late, but as you’ll see later on in the Cost Calculator, not lacking in dollar value. Admittedly, the most important Christian holiday has little significance for me other than being a time to see my family, and together obsess over having something really nice to eat. (Is that so sacrilegious?) The fruit of this year’s obsessions was a nice rack of lamb, French trimmed by the butcher, and simply … Read More

22 Mar 2008

Reason for Not Eating Out #19: Because you can almost afford to live alone

by Cathy Erway | posted in: Reason of the Month | 17

In the words of Roy Orbison, only the lonely know the way I feel tonight. I’m putting my feet up on a coffee table, pulling a blanket up to my chin, trying to decide which channel to turn on, or which of the eight magazines in front of me to pick up and look through, then relinquishing in contented inactivity, the only sounds in the entire apartment from stock simmering on the stove, ever so lightly, underneath the pot’s lid. … Read More

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