Brooklyn BBQ

On Friday night, a must-know, must-love bosom friend of mine had a 30th birthday bash at Mable's Smokehouse in Brooklyn, NY. It was one of those last minute decisions to go when afterward you say "was there ever any doubt that I would be there?". If you can't go there with Anslee, at least get yourself some pulled pork and collard greens. Also awesome - Dad's Cough Syrup -whiskey and Dr. Pepper.



http://www.mablessmokehouse.com/index.html

Blueberry Bay

Paradise, an oasis, heavenly is Blueberry Bay. It's in Stratham, New Hampshire. If you can't get to it this summer then know that I enjoyed it to the fullest on your behalf. They have blueberries to pick and flowers to cut and it's one of the more perfect places on earth.



http://www.blueberrybayfarm.com/

And we're back.

After moving from Lancaster, Pennsylvania to Somerville, Massachusetts, having one baby girl, and consuming many meals not blog-worthy (and some that were), We Are Back. I didn't know what would get us rolling again until last Saturday night. Now it is clear that I was waiting for Russ Parsons' Lamb-Stuffed Cabbage Rolls. I'm not sure who this man is but he has a gift. I found the recipe on Wednesday Chef, which if I remember correctly is exactly where I first found inspiration a year and a half ago when this blog began. Now the Wednesday Chef is living in Berlin with a book contract and I'm sitting in my living room with my black-eyed peas soaking and a baby asleep in the next room.

But back to Saturday night when a craving for meat led us on a recipe hunt which then led us on a walk to Savenor's where the nicest butcher in the neighborhood ground us some fresh lamb. When he reemerged from the back and held out the meat, I knew it was going to be a good night. And it was. The dish turned out better than we could have hoped and I'm still thinking about it, and definitely still talking about it.