Cathy Erway – Page 95 – Not Eating Out in New York

17 Feb 2007

Chickpea Leek Soup

by Cathy Erway | posted in: Beans, gluten-free, Recipes, Soups & Stews, vegan, vegetarian | 14

In celebration of “soup month” February and all the cold, soup-worthy weather we’ve been having recently, here’s my contribution to Soup’s On at A Veggie Venture. It’s funny how much the texture of warm chickpeas can parallel that other vegetable commonly paired with leek in a soup–the potato. While leeks cook up insistently savory, the chickpea balances as a more neutral, slightly nutty accoutrement. Thinking more or less of hummous, a little cumin went into this, soft roasted garlic, a … Read More

15 Feb 2007

Sour Cream Banana Oatmeal Crunch Bread

by Cathy Erway | posted in: Breakfast & Eggs, Desserts, Grains, Recipes | 7

The other day my co-workers and I polished this off so quickly that I didn’t even get to snag a picture of the thing. The problem was, I didn’t think to take a picture of it; it was unexpectedly good. So good. Good good good good good. And good for you. I had no such aspirations for it. I don’t recall ever trying to make banana bread before, and I have one highly underdeveloped sense of baking, as seen in … Read More

14 Feb 2007

New Toys

by Cathy Erway | posted in: Ruminations | 4

What am I going to do with you, good-looking? How do I treat myself? Let me count the ways. Trudging my way from the camp of the kitchen toy have nots to the enviable haves, this week I made a soaring leap with the purchase of a double-pronged sword—er, blade: this Cuisinart food processor and blender.

12 Feb 2007

Pork. Chop. Noodles.

by Cathy Erway | posted in: Meat & Poultry, Pasta & Noodles, Recipes, Soups & Stews | 7

Slurrrp. I do miss a hearty bowl of pork chop soup noodles, the kind you might get for $3 at any number of noodle shops in the lower east realms of Chinatown. Most people think of soup noodles as a wintery dish, but I’ve seen them devoured by all kinds of people as a summer lunch, shoveling yards of noodles down the chute as perspiration threatens to dot the soup.

9 Feb 2007

Better Tuna Noodle Casserole

by Cathy Erway | posted in: Pasta & Noodles, Recipes, Seafood | 19

I watched Jacques Pepin make a dish on public television that was so appealing for a cold weeknight, a casserole of pasta baked with peas, corn and diced French ham in a simple beschamel with cheese sprinkled on top. He put it in the broiler–one of the most overlooked part of your kitchen, according to Mark Bittman–to brown a warm, cheesy crust on the top, and voila! Gooey and liquid inside, contrasting crisp. Countryish warm fuzzy feelings abound.

8 Feb 2007

Camaje Cooking Class: A Taste of Thai

by Cathy Erway | posted in: Demos & Workshops, Ruminations | 17

As a Christmas gift, I was given a one-night class at Camaje cooking classes. The course for the evening at the West Village French bistro that my benefactor chose to enroll me in was “A Taste of Thai.” This was the first cooking class I had taken since seventh grade home economics, and I couldn’t wait.

6 Feb 2007

Not with the ‘Times’

by Cathy Erway | posted in: Ruminations | 2

“Unlike an earlier wave of food blogs focused on home cooking, recipes and basic restaurant recommendations, the new breed is gossipy and competitive; it trafficks in pointed restaurant criticism and tidbits of news — Craftsteak has installed a new stove!” Whatever, New York Times. I’d rather be cooking at my tiny stove than trumpeting the most hoity-toity restaurant news, and reading the other article in the Magazine section on the American-Taiwanese-Hunanese roots of that ubiquitous dish “General Tso’s Chicken” anyway. … Read More

6 Feb 2007

Sweet Potato Chips and Sour Green Dip

by Cathy Erway | posted in: gluten-free, Recipes, vegan, vegetarian | 4

This is probably two days past the point to bother saying, but I don’t really do football. I just don’t watch it. And I don’t feel left out of an annual popular culture event by not going to a Super Bowl party, sitting on a friend’s couch and routing for a team, catching the first glimpse of all the “great” commercials, and snacking on endless bowls and mountains of appetizers: tasty fried, stuffed, dipped, blanketed morsels. Okay, maybe I feel … Read More

5 Feb 2007

Red Wine Pork Stroganoff

by Cathy Erway | posted in: Meat & Poultry, Recipes, Soups & Stews | 3

For the coldest weekend to date this winter in New York, I had a mind for stew. With far too many types fighting for attention inside it. Beef bourguignon was foremost, then marsalas or perhaps a scallopini, then I thought of making a scallopini of pork medallions instead of veal (which I haven’t eaten in ages, and most of my peers don’t eat as a rule). And then it all kind of jumbled into one dish, finished with sour cream. … Read More

30 Jan 2007

Reason for Not Eating Out #6: Dinner parties are contagious

by Cathy Erway | posted in: Reason of the Month | 15

Here’s what I ate on Sunday: Chicken chilaquiles with green sauce and black beans for brunch made by Sam and Richard. Baked brie and mango spread on crackers for a dinner appetizer made by Sean and Meredith.

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