Taste of the South End 2009

Thursday, March 26, 2009

YOU GUYS, I’M ON YOUTUBE. I’M, LIKE, FAMOUS OR SOMETHING.

So a couple of weeks ago, I hadn’t decided what to have for dinner that night.

Then I got a message from my friend Martha, looking for a volunteer videographer for the Taste of the South End happening that night.

I think you can all guess how quickly I responded back. ;)

I consider being paid with pork and beef rillettes, kitfo, steak and tuna tartare, various flavors of mousses, bagna cauda, profiteroles, assorted cookies, and Picco’s cinnamon ice cream a more than equitable exchange. ;) If Micha hadn’t introduced me to Picco last month, that ice cream would have shot it up to the top of my MUST TRY list. It’s better than even Christina’s, and I ♥ Christina’s.

Also, I got to see Mumbles Menino slurp down an oyster. That was amusing.

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This Week In Goodies

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Thursday: lengua quesadilla from Anna’s on my way home. Mmm, tongue.

Friday: garlic shrimp and country-style pad thai from Thai Moon

Saturday: roasted lamb sandwich from Om

Sunday: brunch buffet at Tavern in the Square, tangerine shrimp and pad see yew from Pho ‘n Rice. In addition to these fine meals, I also went over to Steve’s, and between him and Cris and Fran and Cathy and Jen and Laura and Jack, we made twenty-eight dozen hamantaschen. (Baby Nathan mostly yawned and burbled through the proceedings, but he is only about five weeks old. I believe he slept through any shaking of the grogger that occurred, which is kind of amazing.) This means I have a container full of COOKIES sitting on my counter in the following flavors: apricot, blueberry, cherry, raspberry, strawberry, ginger, and various combos of Nutella and peanut butter. Nom.

Monday: tea-smoked duck and black pepper scallops from Zoe’s.

Tuesday: I should figure this out, shouldn’t I; I can’t just have cookies for dinner. OR CAN I?

Wednesday: My traditional Fluffernutter and a Nutfield.

Anna’s Taqueria. 822 Somerville Ave, Cambridge. 617.661.8500. Thai Moon. 663 Mass Ave, Arlington. 781.646.3334. Om. 92 Winthrop St, Cambridge. 617.576.2800. Tavern in the Square. 1815 Mass Ave, Cambridge. 617.354.7766. Pho ‘n Rice. 289 Beacon St, Somerville. 617.864.8888. Zoe’s Chinese. 296 Beacon St, Somerville. 617.864.6265.

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