New York Part Two

This is all about food.

Ya shoulda seen it comin'.

Well, this bit should be fun! I only had to eat (almost) every meal for a week and visit 6+ bakeries to collect enough material for a New York food post... Not that it was a sacrifice on my part or anything.

Anyway, I'll dive right in: here are Scout's new rules for cooking/food in general:

1) Use more bean sprouts. Just do it. I'm quite certain they would taste good in anything. Or almost anything.

2) Bread and chocolate? Always a good idea, much like Paris. Pain au chocolates galore, chocolate-almond muffins, fabulous morning rolls gushing melted chocolate from Levain Bakery, brioche with melty chocolate chips, chocolate sour dough twists from Amy's Bread... You gained 5 lbs. just reading that list.

Levain: how do they do it!?

3) Duck is only good if prepared well. If you can't do it, don't.
4) Crinkle fries are not always tacky, in fact, they can be quite good. The key is to make them less salty and oily and more full-figured.
5) Only eat as much steak as you can handle in that hour, even if it is only a few bites. It takes courage to eat such a small amount of steak, let me tell you.
6) Every restaurant, bakery, cafe, etc, has that one WOW item; find it and order it and never regret it.
7) Find the best bakery, and stick to it. It's your fault if it closes.

I concluded that Amy's and Levain were my favorites.

8) Glitter goes with everything, food included. It's the only thing that saved the cupcake from Magnolia's from going down in my book as a complete and total failure. Well, glitter-coated and that it was labeled "Breakfast at Tiffany's"; that certainly helped them.

Terrible flavor and texture, but at least it was super cute. 

9) Find a fabulous pesto recipe and use it until the day you die. And give it to me. :)
10) If they get your order wrong, punch them in the face. Haha juuuust kidding, what you should really do is become an acclaimed food critic, become their nemesis, drive them out of business, arrange for their facility to be demolished, light the wreckage on fire, and dance on the warm ashes until they turn cold. Savor the simple moments. (Again, just kidding. Just politely explain what has happened and get what you ordered and wanted. Savor being the gentleman/woman.)

Well, that's good enough, what with me not being a seasoned food critic or chef and all. Enjoy your week and your food!

Lover of bunny-shaped bread (Amy's),
Scout