Instafood: Bacon + Eggs

Posted by Erin L. in Instafood and tagged with bacon, eggs, Instagram, photography, photos, pics, picture, sriracha April 16, 2011

Sriracha sunny’s! Can’t eat eggs w.o it anymore.

Bacon on my Breville panini press.
Fat just slides away… for me to save and cook w. later!

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VDay Din: Crab Cakes + Dill Scalloped Potatoes + Asparagus a la Dre <3

Posted by Erin L. in Quickie, Weekend Update and tagged with asparagus, au gratin, crab, crab cake, dinner, potato, potatoes, romantic, scalloped potatoes, Valentine, Valentines, Valentines Day April 15, 2011

Last Valentine’s Day, Dre outdid himself with delicious fried chicken cordon bleu and asparagus-champagne risotto. This year was even better, as Dre spent the afternoon crafting another impressive dinner. I may let him take the reigns in the kitchen more often!

Crab Cakes + Dill Scalloped Potatoes + Asparagus

VDay Bfast: Pecan Bananas Foster French Toast a la Dre <3

Posted by Erin L. in Quickie, Weekend Update and tagged with breakfast, brunch, croissant, french toast, in bed, maple, maple syrup, pecan, pecans, Valentine, Valentines, Valentines Day April 15, 2011

Each Valentine’s Day, Dre takes over the kitchen and cooks up his own food love for me. This year was no different as I waited anxiously for breakfast in bed. Mmmm…

Pecan Bananas Foster French Toast in bed

Quickie: Marathon Catering

Posted by Erin L. in Quickie and tagged with breakfast, catering, corporate, delivery, dessert, events, food, lunch, marathon, Marathon Catering, marathon grill, Marathon restaurants, pastries, Philadelphia, restaurant, restaurants, salad, salads, sandwich, sandwiches April 13, 2011

I can’t believe it’s been 10 months still I started at Marathon. I’ve learned so much about how a family-run six-restaurant local chain with successful catering & private event departments functions and thrives. My role began as the Director of Sales & Marketing, but when our event planner left, I was tossed right back into the private events world and juggling many hats. There’s certainly pros and cons to every job, but I truly appreciate the times I get to let my talents shine. With the recent update of our catering menu, I had the opportunity to shoot some photos of the amazing food we deliver to Philadelphia businesses every day. Let’s eat!

Rise + Shine

Jay’s Hand-Cut Turkey Sandwich

Market Salad

Sweet + Salty

I can’t speak of Marathon Catering & Events without a shout-out to my office ladies.
You bring (update: brought) sunshine into each of my work days! Thank you.

Marathon Catering & Private Events
215.561.0500 | www.eatmarathon.com/catering

Restaurant Rewind: Barbuzzo

Posted by Erin L. in Restaurant Rewind and tagged with barbuzzo, bowl, branzino, budino, center city, cocktail, cocktails, crostini, dinner, fork, gnocchi, knife, meatball, menu, midtown village, napkin, Philadelphia, place setting, placesetting, restaurant, restaurant week, restaurants, salted caramel, slider April 11, 2011

The food was pretty outstanding. The Salted Caramel Budino is HEAVEN!

The service was fairly underwhelming – pretty typical during Restaurant Week.

The pictures sum it up.

Barbuzzo
110 S. 13th St. | Philadelphia, PA 19107 |215.546.9300
www.barbuzzo.com

Family-Style: Grandma’s Ham Sandwich

Posted by Erin L. in @ Your Table, Family-Style and tagged with bread, bun, family, Grandma, ham, ham sandwich, honey mustard, love, mustard, napkin, sandwich, squeeze April 8, 2011

I love my Grandma and I have such a deep food love because of her. Some may call it sacrifice, but I consider her life-long dedication to feeding others a home-cooked meal a true, honest labor of love. Stories of prized fresh cream skimmed from the top of milk; years of entertaining trustees at The Hill School; the freshest, purest applesauce in all the universe – no matter the menu, she insisted that hard work and integrity were the best ingredients.

Something about a Grandma’s touch makes even the simplest of meals taste even better and, these days, her 90-year-old hands can only do so much. You can’t visit Grandma without being offered a snack and, on this trip, she was so proud to make me and Gramps ham & mustard sandwiches. Built with the sincerest food love, I savored the best ham & mustard sandwich I’ve ever tasted. Thank you, Grandma. Thank you for everything you’ve ever done for me.

Restaurant Rewind: Green Eggs Cafe

Posted by Erin L. in Restaurant Rewind and tagged with artichoke, berries, berry compote, breakfast, brunch, compote, cream, creme anglaise, creme brulee, egg, eggs, french toast, green eggs cafe, maple syrup, mushroom, Philadelphia, prosecco. orange juice, South Philly, toast, truffle, waffle, waffles, whipped cream April 8, 2011

While a I fully agree with Saveur that there’s no better place for lunch on a roll than Philly, I think we’re also a serious contender for best brunch, too. There’s notorious waits at Sabrina’s & Honey’s Sit-n-Eat and Carman’s eccentric interpretation of “down home” at her Country Kitchen and a South Philly spot proud to where its heart on its chef sleeve, Green Eggs Cafe.

Green Eggs’ namesake is about taking care of our Mother Earth, as noted in their mission. Their full commitment to conservation, sustainability, & environmental responsibility deserves respect as does the locally-sourced food they gracefully deliver. They don’t even have freezers so they’re certainly not faking the funk like many other places w. their guarantee of freshness.

As most solid brunch places go, a wait is expected on the weekends. Green Eggs alleviates that with comfy couches & free coffee in their next door waiting room. Finally seated, Dre, my sis, & I mulled over what deliciousness to order and indulged in a “complimentary” bottle of prosecco paired with a carafe of chilled fresh-squeezed orange juice. Just as the mimosa buzz hit, our youthful server delivered the best of their sweet & savory breakfast selections.