Feeding Umi

This is along the same line as the tarako spaghetti or salted pollock roe spaghetti. In Sardinia they use bottarga, or smelt roe, to make spaghetti. It’s a block of roe that you grate. Sort of like a parmesan of the sea. It’s fishy, salty, and delicious. Really, it’s easy and perfect for a special [...]

Bar Stuzzichini928 Broadway New York, NY 10010-6008 This place is a LONG TIME favorite of Ryan and I’s. LOVE IT. It’s a huge Italian Bistro that is totally laid back and friendly servers. This is the place we bombard at 10pm when we have a party of 15 that we need to feed. Seriously. The [...]

Ryan’s lease is expiring on July 1st. In the end, we decided to stay in this apartment. Originally, Ryan was looking forward to moving to midtown due to the falling rent prices. However, even then, you aren’t going to get the amount of space you do in Brooklyn. You just won’t. We looked around Washington [...]

This past weekend I was invited to dine at ‘inoteca at Rivington St, in the Lower Eastside. From the outside it was very swank and “sceney.” However, our table was downstairs in a little room that resembled a wine cellar. The lights were low and if it weren’t for the parties in the other table, [...]

(Yikes!! It has almost been a month since anyone has last updated. We should come up with a regular update schedule. I mean, if only for the sole purpose of getting a treat once a week.) We recently went to Roberta’s, a pizza place in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Ryan heard about it and was interested in [...]