Food Adventure: Oaxaca
This is a special food adventure because I (Caroline, speaking) got to travel all the way to Oaxaca, Mexico to go adventuring. I’m not sure if you’ve noticed but, we, numnum girls, LOVE mexican food. Moving to New York from California was hard on our burrito/taco lovin’ mouths because it was so hard to come by, thankfully times have changed.
Oaxaca is known for their chocolates, coffee, and MOLÉ. Oaxaca is an amazing place for food, everything was super tasty and crazy cheap. We had street food most of the time but it ended up being way better than fancy restaurant meals.
Our first meal was at the local, organic market which sets up every Sunday at the ferrocarrîl museo, an old railroad yard. Dining al fresco, underneath the trees with fresh corn, squash, squash blossoms underneath the trees was the perfect welcome. All the tortillas were being freshly made in front of us, blue corn tortillas were soft and slightly crisp. There’s also a vendor from Italy, whose wife is from Korea (after having met in India, then moving to Oaxaca) so they had some pastries, pizzas, a couple of korean items, and a wonderful chai.
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love, philly
A couple weeks ago, we decided to have an impromptu trip down to Philly. We’ve been hearing great things about the food and drinks, and boy did we eat and drink. This trip was one big ole’ food adventure. We ended up coming back to New York with the biggest raw oyster obsession AND a new love for Philly.
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The Art of Eating In: Espresso Banana Muffins
So far we’ve tackled two whole days of not eating out and these Espresso Banana Muffins have been a huge help. Caroline’s pretty good about eating breakfast at home, but since Joe’s 13th Street location is right on my way to the office, more often than not I’m tempted to pop in for a latte and a croissant (or on a really decadent day, one of the seasonal doughnuts they stock from Doughnut Plant!). Of course that doesn’t fly when you’re supposed to be making all of your meals at home so we decided to bake these muffins over the weekend so we’d have them on hand for a quick a.m. bite during the week. Heated up and served with this surprisingly tasty instant espresso (which is a cinch to make at work; Caroline would never stoop to instant, she is a Gorilla “Espresso-a-go-go” French press gal through and through) they are the perfect way to start the day.
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FRRRRRRREEEENNNCCCCHHH TOAST
Lisa loves brunch and she loves french toast, even more she loves saying: “frrrrrrrrreeeeench TOast,” a la the drunk girl from The 40 Year Old Virgin. So for her birthday, I whipped up some Pumpkin French Toast to start her birthday day off great.
It’s best to make this perfect fall breakfast treat with day old bread, cause fresh bread soaks up too much batter and no one likes mushy french toast. Also, I sliced up super thin slices to make my own cinnamon toast crunch (resourceful!). Read on for the deets.
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hey, laaaaadies!
So, last weekend we had a couple gals over for Sunday brunch. There’s nothing like a summer morning of iced coffee, good company, and a tummy stuffed with comfort food. We have almost as much fun planning the thing as we do eating the fruits of our labor (er, mostly the fruits of Caroline’s labor…though I will take credit for cold-pressing our delicious Gorilla grounds). Wanna host a brunch of your own? Feel free to bite our tried-and-true menu, your friends will thank you (in between mouthfuls)! (Click through for the recipes.)
Menu
Buttermilk biscuits with berry jam from the farmer’s market
Onion, cheddar, and potato scramble
Belgian waffles with blueberry maple sauce
Seasonal fruit salad with créme fraiche whipped cream with mint
Cold-pressed coffee (with diamond-shaped ice cubes!)
Orange juice and mango juice
We like to send the ladies home with a little treat, you know, something to remember us by when the last bite of waffle is gone. Our friend Souther‘s mom has a killer granola recipe (sorry, that one’s a secret!), so we whipped up a batch, and gave a bag to everyone on their way out the door. I hope they ate it with a big scoop of Greek yogurt, drizzled with honey cause that’s my favorite, but I’ve also been known to eat it straight outta the container by the handful.
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