Saturday, March 13, 2010

A Birthday Bowl

The lovely Cate and Nadav gave me the most gorgeous, thoughtful, original gift for my birthday: a perfect large glass mixing bowl lined with cheesecloth and tied with a dishrag bow, heaped with artisanal foodstuffs that they foraged out of NYC's sundry supermarkets. THANK YOU, you two, for all of the following. To everyone else, please leave comments for ideas on what to concoct with these ingredients!!


  • A portly brick of Semi-sweet French vanilla chocolate
  • A pretty, slender bottle of Mymoune Rose Water
  • A foreign-looking jar of kumquats in syrup
  • An even more foreign-looking stout can of harissa
  • A thrilling jar of whole preserved lemons
  • A completely adorable package of Zoo animal-shapes pasta
  • An entire candied orange
  • a kitschy box of Red & Black Licorice Piglets
  • A stunningly aromatic tray of whole green cardamom pods
  • A dainty box of chive crackers
  • A sunshiny marigold-hued bottle of mustard seed oil
  • An authentic, stamped box of Campanini Carnaroli rice
  • A neatly folded baggie of Sahadi's Turkish ground coffee
Ideas swirl!! Please share!

1 comment:

  1. since you don't drink coffee, i think we need to do some sort of delish rub with some of the grounds.

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