Ruminations – Page 8 – Not Eating Out in New York

29 Nov 2008

Thanksgiving ’08: Cathy vs. Tradition

by Cathy Erway | posted in: Ruminations | 28

Wednesday, November 26, 9:00 am: Cathy triple-bags a thirteen and a half pound free-range turkey pre-ordered from DiPaolo Farms via the Greenmarket and tucks it into a camper’s backpack. Heads off to the subway, gets off at Midtown. Explains something to startled co-worker as she takes turkey out of backpack, and stuffs it into office refrigerator. Tradition raises eyebrow. 3:15 pm: Cathy hoists turkey-stuffed backpack onto her back and trudges through the thickly crowded ten blocks to Penn Station, just … Read More

20 Nov 2008

Table Talk

by Cathy Erway | posted in: Ruminations | 9

Since I’m a little behind on my recipe-writing and photo uploading for this week’s eaten-in pleasures, I thought I’d direct you to something I did manage to accomplish: this Brooklyn Based piece on where to find the most clever, crafty, kitschy and most importantly, NOT disposable dinnerware that you can be proud to serve with at your next party.

18 Nov 2008

Write the 27th Reason for Not Eating Out

by Cathy Erway | posted in: Ruminations | 10

Next month, I will be both turning 27 and posting the 27th Reason of the Month for not eating out. (Pretty neat collision of life and blog, isn’t it?) Yes, if you can believe it, you’ve suffered for twenty-six rants from the often irrational, at times delirious, and petty tirade-prone mind of this blogger. I thank you humbly. This time, I thought I’d try something new. I’d like to invite anyone to submit their own “Reason For Not Eating Out” … Read More

6 Nov 2008

I’m not a chicken, I’m getting a free-range turkey

by Cathy Erway | posted in: Ruminations | 11

I can’t over-emphasize the surprise I had last year when biting into my first bit of free-range, organic, all-natural turkey that I’d stuffed and roasted for a Thanksgiving-like feast with friends: Savory. Succulent. Abundantly flavorful. These are words that you seldom think of when you think of turkey breast meat, right? That’s why we traditionally smother it with things like pucker-sweet cranberry sauce and overpowering gravy, and why homes across the country have taken up the turkey brining trend with … Read More

4 Nov 2008

Free food for your vote

by Cathy Erway | posted in: Ruminations | 7

Hi. Perhaps you’re here because you’ve managed to navigate away from Pollster for five seconds, to allow time for some updates to set in. Maybe it’s close to lunchtime, but you don’t have an appetite because you’ve gotten yourself into such a stressful tizzy that your bodily functions are not working quite right, and you’re trying to regain an appetite by checking here for food porn. Or perhaps you can no longer bear to read “real” news, and would simply … Read More

24 Oct 2008

Oh won’t you check out my Neighborbee interview

by Cathy Erway | posted in: Ruminations | 9

As a child of the Mister Rogers generation, it always makes my heart melt a little to hear the word “neighbor.” That’s why I was thrilled to receive an interview request from Neighborbee Blog, and to discover the blog itself. Informative, fun and most of all friendly, this site regularly posts about New York City-based stuff that I want to see, hear, eat or hold hands with as we cross the street. (Plus, they also interviewed my personal blogging heroine, … Read More

29 Sep 2008

Freaky Week

by Cathy Erway | posted in: Ruminations | 13

Well, I’ve just completed a little experiment I’ve begun to call Opposite Week. Following a week’s worth of not eating out – the usual course – I threw myself into a strict diet of only restaurant-prepared foods for one week straight. It was fun, weird, nauseating and wonderful all at times. I tried to plan my days and nights eating more or less like an average working twenty-something, and not go out to nice restaurants all the time. I did, … Read More

18 Sep 2008

You don’t say…

by Cathy Erway | posted in: Ruminations | 1

A big, virtual blog hug to Ms. Lucinda Scala Quinn, Executive Editorial Director of Food at Martha Stewart, co-host of Everyday Food, cookbook author and overall veteran champion of home cooking. Lucinda chose NEOINY as one of her “favorite blogs” in a lovely round-up of editors’ picks. Wow! (Thanks to fellow “favorite” Zach from Midtown Lunch for the tip!) In case you missed it, you can also watch clips from Martha Stewart’s recent show all about blogging on her blog. … Read More

9 Sep 2008

Some explaining to do

by Cathy Erway | posted in: Ruminations, Video | 10

If you’ve been watching the Food Network lately, you may have seen a teaser for a new series called Ask Aida. Its premise is that home cooks pose a question to culinary expert Aida Mollenkamp — how do you make a roux? Quick weeknight supper? That sort of thing. Then Aida goes on to reveal her secrets to making the dish/technique a success. Word on the street has it that my likeness appears briefly in a commercial for the show … Read More

18 Aug 2008

Vote for “The Secrets of Successful Food Blogging” SXSW panel

by Cathy Erway | posted in: Ruminations | 4

Do you like food blogs? Maybe have thought about starting one yourself? Do you wish someone could tell you everything you always wanted to know about food blogging (but were afraid to ask)? Well, cupcake hero Rachel Kramer Bussel (of Cupcakes Take the Cake) has decided to round up a variety of bloggers to address these questions as a fun, free food-filled panel presentation at the 2009 South by Southwest Interactive Festival. But it can’t happen unless the proposal gets … Read More