pasta – as we venture

Pasta with Cherry Tomatoes

August 11, 2020August 30, 2020cooking, Uncategorized2 Comments

I love YouTube and spent one evening searching through new food channels and stumbled on Lidia Bastianich’s page. I must have watched 15 of her videos’ in a row because she is so confident and approachable about cooking. During the pandemic I have been making all my meals. Where is my award??? But seriously, thanks to Lidia I have added new meals into my rotation.

This spaghetti dish requires a handful of ingredients and is still extremely flavor. I highly recommend making this dish while tomatoes are in season. So now, run don’t walk to your garden or the nearest farmers market.

Recipe via Lidia Bastianich website and watch her video below.

Lidia in action

I can’t wait to make this again, hopefully for a group of people. Feel free to substitute the ricotta salata, if you can’t find it in store, I used parmigiano-reggiano. This recipe goes fast so get organized and be ready to sit and eat once you add the tomatoes and cheese. Don’t clean any dishes, go eat.

Mangia bene!

PF Market- A Sea Food Lovers Mecca

August 5, 2015July 28, 2015dinning, restaurantLeave a Comment

For over 35 years, PF Market has been a top purveyor to local businesses and has also established it’s name as a top seafood restaurant in New Jersey.

I love this place because the food is truly fresh and filling in a relaxed environment, which is likely the reason this establishment has been the Winner of OpenTable’s Diner’s Choice Award.

The last three times I’ve dinned at this restaurant was for a birthday and because they have two floors they can accommodate large parties, not to mention all the portions are more than generous so all your dining companions can sample away.

Service: Friendly; multiple staff will attend to your table.

Food: Fresh food and wide range menu- something for everyone.

Décor: Downstairs features fish market décor.

Beverage: BYOB.

Midtown East Oasis

April 13, 2015April 13, 2015UncategorizedLeave a Comment

Tommy Bahama clothing is synonymous with athletes and boating aficionados. I had a bathing growing up that was tropical patterned, which lasted me years because of the great quality. What I actually loved about this brand is their food.
I’ve only been to their restaurants in tropical settings, but just recently family friends suggested we visit their NYC location. They were guests before and said it was great. They have great taste and the experience was just that.

Fifth Avenue is flooded with shoppers and tourists some on a mission, some lost, so I was blown away by the soothing vibe restaurant sets. Between the live jazz, tranquil decor and potted Palm trees my group and I melted into our seats for over three hours. I had the crab bisque, which is a must for me, supremely classic. We all sampled the crispy calamari, coconut crusted crab cakes, and world famous coconut shrimp with an awesome chutney. The entrees were wide ranging from the Tiger Shrimp pasta, Jerk pork tenderloin, Blackened fish tacos and Parmesan crusted chicken.

Our meal ended not reluctantly, by sampling all their desserts, as pictured above, which were all so delicious and overly sugary, just purely simple. I always envy the European style dinning where you can leave a restaurant when you are good and ready, Tommy Bahama hit the mark!