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As I was craving bologna pretty hard, for dinner this evening, I went to the Bagelsmith on Bedford and North 7th, and got a bologna sandwich on a plain bagel with mayo, mustard, lettuce, tomato, and onion. Oh man, the bologna was thin-sliced instead of that quarter inch thick stuff I was used to, and it was piled on an inch thick. Pretty amazing, like a delicate puff pastry, except with bologna. I ate half the sandwich and called it a night. With the dinner I had Mountain Dew and these chips:
I had never seen this flavor for potato chips before, so I gave them a try. As repulsive as “Cajun Crawtators” might sound to most people, these chips had very mild, if any, crawfish flavor. They were not even spicy. The chips were still golden yellow instead of having red powder all over them, like most spicy chips. So if you see these chips, don’t feel threatened, just expect disappointment, like I did.
Look at this man, he is made of corn. He is standing on top of a snowy mountain, but he is not cold. In fact, he is warm and full of joy in his heart. The air is cold and dark, small white flakes of ice fall from the sky, mysterious movements make their way towards him. But the Corn Man, he is unafraid. He feels no fear, no hate, no pain.
Look for us at the Deitch Project Art Parade, Saturday Sept. 8 sometime between 4pm and 5pm. We will look something like this:
Crazy huh?!
Helping us will be Ben Kinsley who will be putting together a marching band of chefs in the style of “Barf” from “You Can’t Do That on Television.”
So, I love to eat corn. For lunch this afternoon, I ate a WHOLE BOWL of corn (cereal bowl-sized). This is what the bowl looked like as I am typing this:
I took this photo with my cellphone.
I seasoned this bowl of corn with:
-kewpie mayo
-parmesan cheese
-ancho chili powder
As a result the flavor is sweet, creamy and a little spicy. Try it! You won’t regret it.
Jed’s birthday was August 2nd. We did karaoke in Redhook at this place called Hope and Anchor, where everyone was serious about karaoke, and so were we, but in a different way. Jed sang some Tina Turner and some Dreamgirls soundtrack, and I sang a little Mariah. The majority of the regulars at the karaoke place all left a little after we all got there, so we got to sing so many times! At the end of the night, we left and I surprised Jed with this cake I baked from scratch!!
These images were taken with my cellphone.
Look, he is so surprised!
In reality, I think he was less surprised and more AMAZED! I would not be able to accurately tell you the recipe, but if you want to try to make your own blueberry espresso dark chocolate cake at home, this is all you need to do:
1. Find a chocolate cake recipe that you trust.
2. Replace the normal chocolate with DARK CHOCOLATE.
3. Replace the water in the recipe (or a watery element) with good strong espresso.
4. Add about a cup of fresh blueberries to the cake batter right before you dump it into the baking pan.
5. Don’t forget the LOVE.
P.S.- After the cake had properly cooled (or cooled enough), I made a standard dark chocolate ganache, spread it on the cake, and decoratively placed the fresh blueberries on it before the ganache set.
