Etcetera | Friday Fanfare, 2012.10.12

Happy Friday to you! Lots of exciting things happening in the NYC food universe this weekend, including the New York City Wine and Food Festival (yours truly will be attending a TimesTalk lecture with Nathan Myhrvold of Modernist Cuisine at The Times Center on Saturday) and the release of "The Food & Drink Issue" of The New York Times magazine on Sunday. On top of this, I'll be tackling sweetbreads in the kitchen for Table Conviviale with Lisa on Saturday evening, so I can't wait to report back on that!

Have a fabulous weekend, and stay warm! :D


Variety of macarons from Bisous Ciao in the West Village.

This week's noteworthy eats:

• brunch with my grandparents, featuring homemade pancakes with sugar-cured bacon  (both using recipes from Clinton Street Baking Co. Cookbook) and hashbrowns
• all vegetable, three-course dinner at Dirt Candy
• lunch with Alice from Kortako: tacos filled with chuck rib, iceberg lettuce, tomato salsa, sesame ginger coleslaw, and bulgogi mayo
• self-made uni and ikura donburi, courtesy of Katagiri Market

Some ruminating reads:

• It's that time of year again -- The New York Times magazine's "Food & Drink" issue is out this Sunday. Don't forget to pick up your copy!
• The history of the traditional bouillabaisse, i.e., the French fish stew, is shared by NPR.
• The Wall Street Journal on Nutella.
• Laura Letinskys approach to food photography -- using leftovers instead of striving for perfection.
• Dinner: A Love Story shares why she wants to marry marinating.
• The New York Times magazine notes Brooklyn's trailblazing female bartenders.
• Melissa Clark shows how renaming a dish can turn any kitchen disaster (i.e., a dish gone awry) into a smashing success.

In case you missed it:

• From Away on how to roast a chicken.
• Loving these awesome scotch glasses with popular U.S. cities' maps etched onto them. 
• Travel + Leisure rounds up the best seafood restaurants in America. 
• Huffington Post and its best of #literaryrestaurants on Twitter.
• Too busy to peel garlic? Try this twenty-second microwave trick from NPR.

A roundup of drool-worthy recipes:

• butternut squash ravioli with caramelized onions from Reclaiming Provincial
• tomato and egg over rice from Eat to Blog
• sous vide egg with sunchoke veloute, crispy prosciutto, and hazelnuts
• homemade chicken noodle soup from Smitten Kitchen
• pork chops with apples and cider from The New York Times "City Kitchen" column
• pork loin with figs and port sauce from Martha Stewart Everyday Food (with Sarah Carey)

On the blotter for upcoming noms:

• Adam Platt's review on Blanca, Roberta's "new tasting room" has me even more curious. Will I ever make it here? Only time will tell...
• Mast Brothers Chocolate of Brooklyn expands to South Street Seaport.
• This icebox cake from Lark Cake Shop in Los Angeles looks awesome.
• Wafels + Dinges opening up a brick-and-mortar in Alphabet City!
• Smorgasburg is coming to Manhattan and doing a series of pop-ups on Saturdays beginning this weekend at Whole Foods Bowery.
• Grub Street Food Festival vendor list for 2012 was announced!
• Tiny Urban Kitchen's photographs in her review of Uni Sashimi Bar in Boston look fantastic!
• Cider Revival