An affair with food(s)

it wasn't until a year or two ago that i realized how often i took pictures of food- i was putting together a collage of food and eating with family/friends for my kitchen when i found that i had more pictures than i could possibly use. and that's more so the case now with a digital camera (no more guilt around looking at many many developed pictures of food). and every time i go to boston i make a mental list of all the places i want to eat at because i can't get that type of food in denver and every time i go to nyc the question is always "so where are we eating next?"

i think the main reason i have so many pictures of food is that i often meet up with friends around meals or cook with friends so i associate food with warmth and fond memories. or maybe i'm just food motivated :)

here are some pics from my most recent trip:


Canolis from Mike's Pastry. It's a Boston-ritual for Carla and I to buy Canolis and coffee/tea and sit on one of the round stone benches in Quincy Market to enjoy the dessert and watch people go by






the Black and Blue burger from O'Sullivan's Pub in Cambridge. I maintain that they have the best burgers ever. They have handcrafted patties, steak-cut fries and huge onion rings. It's where I always go with my Boston-based burger eating friends when I'm there. It's also where we celebrated the end of a long recruitment season (and we would've won the trivia night if we weren't all so tired and decided to go home)


the hazelnutetorte from cafe sabarksy. it's a nice little treat when you want to indulge a little but don't want to indulge too much for the sake of your wallet. the cafe itself is really cute and i can't vouch for the other food, but the desserts look and taste heavenly. i bought it for my friend Anny as a thank you for having me while i was in NYC and we're both huge fans of dessert (we went all the way from manhattan to brooklyn just to buy cupcakes from the chocolate room!)




it's very tricky to balance your dessert on the railings by the Rockefeller Center. I guess another theme is that i enjoy eating outside when i'm not eating in front of my computer at work :p It's fun to eat and chat and watch people go by. And at this time of the year, there's usually a pretty good of tourists and people who work in the area and take their lunchbreaks there




mixed rice with white sauce from 53rd and 6th (right in front of the hilton if you're walking toward central park). apparently there is an art to ordering (friends of the guy in front of me in line asked to make sure he knew how to order) and different carts vary in quality and strengths. i haven't tried many carts but this one came highly recommended so i always make it a point to eat there when i'm in nyc. there's usually a line and this time the guy was so intent on cooking the meat he caught on fire! (the flames burnt a hole into his t-shirt but thankfully he wasn't injured)