Feeding Umi

I don’t know whether it’s getting away from the rough and tumble of the week, or just having a lazy morning, but I love brunch. I love the “carby” fluffy and eggy brunch foods. I love something salty and hearty accompanying that. I love bloody mary’s, I just love everything about brunch. And great deals [...]

So, another explanation for those pesky pounds I gained might be all the sweets I’ve had in Portland. Basbousa, bachlava, and german pancakes. This was my first time ever having these fluffy things. You sprinkle them with confectionary sugar and drizzle lemon juice over that, to “melt” the sugar with the acid. That, coupled with [...]

What would this blog be without a weekly report of our brunch? Well, I love the bread-making, obviously! This weekend, I baked bread for a friend’s birthday (to the left) and glazed it with olive oil, garlic, and rosemary. Otherwise, I used my first batch of bread that I made a few days ago and [...]

I had some left over baguettes, today, so I decided to make some french toast. It was quick, easy, and delicious. The bread was pretty hard, so cutting it crumbled some of the pieces into large chunks. That produced really fluffy nuggets of eggy french toast. I had around half of a large baguette left. [...]

After my last batch of pancakes, I wanted to make some lemon ricotta pancakes. I used to get these amazing little pancakes at Henry’s, on 105th st. and Broadway on the upper west side. My friend Daniel used to say, “they are like a little burst of sunshine in your mouth.” They were light, fluffy, [...]