Etcetera | Friday Fanfare, 2012.09.07

Hope you all had a wonderful week after bidding goodbye to the summer months over Labor Day! Marcus and I had such a fabulous time in Block Island (don't worry -- a comprehensive post is on its way, with a teaser photograph below), and though I was very sad to leave it, we're already thinking about making plans to go next summer. Anyways, here's this week's roundup in noms/reads/links/eats. Happy, happy Friday!

Glimpse of the fleeting sunrise whilst in Block Island, Rhode Island on September 2, 2012.

Some noteworthy eats from this week:

• "killer" cinnamon and sugar doughnuts from Payne's Donuts on Block Island
• raw oysters from Noank, Connecticut
• lobster BLT on marble rye bread from Dead Eye Dick's on Block Island
• sandwiches from Three Sisters on Block Island
• truffle mac 'n' cheese and wild mushroom tart from Death & Co. with Ari

This week's list of ruminating reads:

• A history of New York City in fifty objects, including the Automat, oyster, bagel, artichoke, and Anthora (i.e., the New York Coffe Cup).
• The correlation between restaurant prices and reservation times through services like Savored (thanks, Jia!).
• Lots of love all around to Chef Daniel Humm and general manager, Will Guidara, of Eleven Madison Park and The NoMad Hotel from The New Yorker, Grub Street New York , and The New York Times about the radical changes happening this fall and a family meal.
• Kitchen 101 by Chasing Delicious on meat cuts.
• The Nitpicker, Jason Kessler of Bon Appetit, gripes about food being served in martini glasses.
• Slate magazine on eating every variation of Pepperidge Farm cookies (Milanos and Genevas included).
• Why some restaurants are exempt from letter grades in New York City.

In case you missed it:

• Digging these delicious city print designs and these cool tilted teacups via Acquired Taste magazine.
• Green tea Kit-Kat bars spotted on Oh Joy!
• Campbell's special edition cans of condensed tomato soup to commemorating the 50th anniversary of Andy Warhol's pop art canvases featuring the brand.
• Twenty unusual uses for Coca-Cola, rounded up at Ecosalon.
• The world's first pizza museum is to open in Philadelphia.
• A chocolate éclair hot dog? This you have to see.
• Nice piece on a food photography workshop with Aran Goyoaga of Cannelle et Vanille over at Eat Live Travel Write.
• The Big Gay Ice Cream Cookbook is set to be released in 2014 during the spring.
• New York City restaurant wishlist compiled by the Dining & Wine folks at The New York Times as well as a preview of new bars and restaurants this fall.

A round-up of drool-worthy recipes:

• orange and dark chocolate buttermilk scones from Joy the Baker
• the best hummus you'll ever have from Sprouted Kitchen via A Cup of Jo
• tiramisu cake from Call Me Cupcake
• lobster macaroni and cheese from From Away
• Fruit Loop cocktail popsicles from Clockwork Lemon
• roasted corn chowder from Spoon Fork Bacon
• salmon rillettes from Chef Eric Ripert's Le Bernardin in Bon Appetit
• sparkling sweet tea from Snippet and Ink
• black coffee ice cream with toasted almonds and chocolate flecks from A Sweet Spoonful

On the blotter for upcoming noms:

• Gorgeous photographs by Celeste's Wanderlust of Mindy's Hot Chocolate in Chicago -- definitely need to go next time I'm in town!
• Yebisu Ramen review by Yaokui -- another ramen-ya to hit up in Brooklyn!
• Would love to do this one evening -- a sunset cruise along the Hudson River with wine and cheese!
• Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams' truck is coming to New York City next week to promote vendors that are now carrying its brand of frozen pints -- see calendar for various stops/dates/times!