October 2007


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Bananas en Fuego con Chocolate

Bananas en Fuego con Chocolate

I’m sure no one in the ES community thought I could improve upon my delicious Bourbon-caramelized bananas over vanilla ice cream…but, oh, I thought of a new addition.

Some very excited dinner guests and a few glasses of wine into the night, and inspiration hit me—add chocolate shavings over top the already luscious dessert.

Click HERE for starter directions. Then, take your veggie peeler and scrape milk (or dark – what you have) chocolate over the already assembled dessert.

We’ll see what I can find in my pantry next time 80 Proof and I are entertaining…

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Sunnyside Up Insanity

My little brother made this for dinner last night, and again this morning for breakfast. He thought Endless Simmer should know.

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Clearly, such an inventive recipe can’t be shared via the Interwebs. If you’d like a copy, email your street address to crazyeats@endlesssimmer.com

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L’Enfant Cafe

le enfant cafe

Editors Note: This is the restaurant where 80 Proof and I ate before the whole appendix debacle went down. We thought his stomach ache was from their sausage, not from an internal body malfunction. We will always have fond memories of this place.

Amid the rough-and-tumble neighborhood bar scene, L’Enfant Cafe aims to be an escape to a quaint Parisian eatery. Forget French bistro staples such as steak frites and mussels; instead L’Enfant Cafe features a light menu of crepes, sandwiches, and salads. Crepes here swing both ways, with savory options such as goat cheese, spicy sausage, and roasted red pepper sauce, and sweet choices such as Nutella and banana. Beers are Belgian, and expensive, but the selection is impressive. The small patio outside lends itself to relaxing people-watching and inside is equally cozy, with only a few tables and a dark wood bar.
For: Your ABCs—Adams Morgan, beer, and crepes.

Entress: $7-$15. 202- 319-1800. 2000 18th St, NW

Originally in the Onion / DC local edition /October 11, 2007

Photo: L’Enfant Cafe

L'Enfant in Washington

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Wham Bam Thank You Lamb

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With no Top Chef to watch or blog about this week, I found myself with some free time, so I figured, why not? I’ll cook something. I mean, I do have a food blog after all.

So I went to the local butcher Saturday and picked myself out some tasty-looking lamb shoulder chops. I wanted to get a little crazy (obv) but since my experience with lamb is rather young (haha) I decided to keep the cooking part simple and got creative with the after-saucing.

My inspiration here was E-double’s fantastic Chimichurri sauce that she puts on her steaks. I subbed in spinach for the parsley, and because it’s me, added some pine nuts. In a way, this is more of a pesto than a chimichurri, but in reality, it’s neither. Whatever you call it, this baby was delicious, and the recipe is after the jump.

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Last Chance for Solanum Lycopersicum

tomato salat

With October finally (and unfortunately) behaving like a normal cold weather month, you have a very limited time to find tasteful, local tomatoes. I’m hoping that my farmer’s market will yield some this weekend, and if so, I know exactly what to do with all of them.

My Oma used to make a tomato “salat” for the Jewish fall holidays. I think her tomatoes came from her very own garden, though. My dad’s garden hadn’t produced enough ripe tomatoes for this, so we had to use Wegmans’.

So in keeping with tradition, my brother, SAG, (with my guidance) whipped up our version of her classic for Yom Kippur dinner.

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