Hot Plates Live - Post 2

Sigmund Preztel Shop - German style soft pretzels

I tried the cheese pretzel and it was good. I wish I had room to eat the other 3 pretzel flavors.

Hot Plates Live - cont'd

My photos are very dark, but the event was professionally photographed and I "borrowed" the photos from a website so you can enjoy the beauty of all the wonderful food.

You will easily be able to distinguish which photos were taken by me (with my cell phone) vs. the professional.

Enjoy!

Hot Plates Live - Post 1

Spina - saffron infused malloreddus with bolognese .

These was similar to gnocchi and the bolognese was wonderful. I could have eaten another bowl of this.

Hot Plates Live

was a tasting event held at the Highline Ballroom in NYC's Meatpacking District on 1/25/10. For $15 you received a ticket to enjoy all the tastings you could handle.

Stay tuned for my posts on each of the dishes I tried last night.

Hillstone

(formerly Houston's) is located in NYC's Midtown at 153 East 53rd Street. The name may have changed, but the decor, service and food remains the same - all very good.

I had the Asian Steak Noodle Salad ($19) which had nice juicy chunks of medium rare steak mixed with noodles, peanuts, carrots, avocado, mango, tomatoes, basil and chile flakes.

Since I ate a "salad" I treated myself to dessert - the warm apple walnut cobbler a la mode ($8) which was not very warm and a little too sweet. I also ordered hot tea which was served in a cute, square cast iron tea pot.

I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti

is the title of a memoir by Giuli Melucci.

Thanks to my local library I was able to borrow and read this book about the trials and tribulations of her love life and the cooking that accompanied each relationship. It was a fun, quick read and there were recipes within each chapter.

Marfa AYCE Ribs

Marfa is located in NYC's East Village at 101 East 2nd Street.

On Mondays they offer a Recession menu that includes all you can eat ribs for $12 and all you can eat chicken wings for $9.

"M" and I tried both. The wings were tasteless and so was the white sauce served with them. There were about 7 wings in a serving.

The ribs were very meaty and tender, but heavily sauced (that's why there are no photos - my hands were a saucy mess) and served with coleslaw and baked beans. The ribs were worth the money even though we only had two servings (about 5 ribs each serving).

Marfa is a large place with nice big tables and lots of black and white photos of Texas.