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three tarts sunday january 18 2009 waffle smackdown will and i would like to announce the formation of the weekend waffle federation waffles are our weekend ritual pecan today so we ve decided to formalize things our waffles will whoop your waffles don t think i m kidding our waffles have caused injuries in 2006 during the waffle whallop will reached for a waffle and ended up pulling a back muscle if you think your waffles stand a chance against ours we re ready for a smackdown the wwf championship belt could be yours labels smackdown waffles whoopass posted by lis at 9 43 am 10 comments thursday january 08 2009 squirrel it s what s for dinner since moving to ottawa i have spent a lot of time watching squirrels scamper about they are everywhere and they provide a certain amount of entertainment while i am sitting at my computer grading papers or standing at the kitchen sink washing dishes they have also scared the shit out of me a few times by jumping up on the windowsill unexpectedly the squirrels are everywhere and they are sort of adorable now though i get to contemplate making them my dinner according to the ny times squirrel meat is all the rage in england look economic times are hard and they re right there they practically come inside if the window is open they are also quite fond of our compost bin so there s a trap right there will did say he would get me a bb gun if i wanted one the article did mention that squirrels are very hard to skin but i don t think that will be a problem for me with this handy guide from the joy of cooking labels cooking hard times squirrel posted by lis at 7 18 am 4 comments tuesday december 09 2008 a candy coated cruciferous christmas found while searching for a recipe for chocolate covered pretzels for my in laws annual candy making extravaganza labels candy no one puts cauliflower in my chocolate recipes scary food wtf posted by sarah baby bilingual at 8 24 pm 3 comments thursday september 11 2008 it s like they ve been waiting for me look a bakery called 3 tarts in my neighborhood it s fate i tell you we went there yesterday and had little pecan tarts they were delicious buttery creamy filling with a touch of lemon none of that syrupy cloying filling of the bad pecan tart they also have pretty cakes and cookies that look pretty good they don t have a place to sit down which is lame especially since they have plenty of room for a few chairs and some cafe tables instead they have a sad and too large display of quick breads i love quick bread don t get me wrong but i need a place to sit and devour my tasty tarts we solved the problem by going across the street to another bakery buying some bread and sitting on their patio labels fate lack of seating tarts posted by lis at 7 12 am 6 comments sunday july 06 2008 dinner at citronelle forget elaborate gifts or weekend getaways mark and i usually celebrate anniversaries and or birthdays by eating somewhere we wouldn t be able to justify any other time of the year my personal shortlist of d c restaurants special enough for that once a year trip include komi restaurant eve cityzen citronelle minibar and the inn at little washington we ve done komi and eve so this year for our second wedding anniversary we made a reservation at citronelle michel richard s flagship restaurant citronelle definitely has a different atmosphere than komi or eve the latter both feel comfy while citronelle is more of an officious french waiter d c dealmaking sort of place that s not to say the service isn t excellent it is and if you can get over feeling intimidated by it it s fun to sit back and admire the complicated dance anyway we went with the promenade gourmande the more reasonably sized of the two tasting menus if it hadn t been a weeknight we d have done the wine pairings but when i ve gotta work the next day that s just too much for me so i started with a glass of sancerre for the first few courses than asked the waiter to recommend a red that would go well with my heavier courses it was a bordeaux and it was fabulous but that s all i remember i was a little put off that he didn t even ask me about my preferences though i asked and he just nodded and whooshed off and reappeared with a bottle first came the amuse bouche or rather a trio of them egg surprise escargot crumble and vitello tonnato the egg surprise was a mousse like cauliflower puree topped with smoked salmon served in a perfect eggshell half the top half had a little handle that you lifted up to reveal the puree the escargot was in a tiny thimble sized ramekin and the vitello tonnato looked like a tiny pretty wedge of layer cake one of richard s many whimsical presentation touches next was a silky vichyssoise with house made potato chips fried in clarified butter yum that was followed by a fried soft shell crab on a bed of chilled ratatouille i felt like the crab itself wasn t all that special but the ratatouille was nice next a melt in your mouth broiled sablefish with a swoon worthy caramelized sake miso glaze however this was one course where mark s vegetarian counterpart got short shrift my fish came with a little mound of veggies baby bok choy etc with asian flavors his dish simply three mounds of those same side dish veggies it felt like such a dated attitude toward vegetarians a place that respected them as diners with equally sophisticated palates would have aimed a little higher in fact now that i m on the topic when we sat down our waiter acted befuddled when mark wanted to order a vegetarian version of the tasting menu this was after mark told them he was vegetarian twice once when he made the reservation on opentable and again following up on the phone we re aware this is the sort of thing a place needs to know in advance the waiter said something like are you sure you want that i think there was some confusion because i was getting the regular tasting menu and the waiter said mark would have gaps where i had courses and he didn t because the vegetarian tasting menu was shorter mark said that was fine with him but then the waiter said no no it s no problem the kitchen can do it i have to say komi and eve were never confused by the request or anything less than gracious about it in fact i think when we first arrived at komi the waiter came over right away to ask mark whether he ate cheese and eggs before he could even remind them he was a vegetarian in retrospect mark would ve been better off with the shorter vegetarian tasting menu because they don t seem to have enough ideas to sustain a longer one hence the three piles of the side veggies from the sablefish dish anyway next came the lobster burger my favorite dish of the night it was a perfect little slider on a brioche roll with what i think was a tomato ginger jam i think it s available in a full sized entree version at citronelle s casual dining counterpart central that would certainly lure me in there perfectly moist and just the right ratio of lobster to bread it was served with more of those buttery potato chips they were delicious and certainly made sense with this fine dining take on the burger but then again i d just had them a few courses back hmmm similarly mark was served asparagus two or three times and not really in an asparagus three ways sort of way maybe if we d gone with the wine pairings we d be tipsy enough to not remember next black angus steak with veal sweetbreads morels and asparagus it was good but it had a tough act to follow after that superstar lobster burger next the cheese course then a strawberry cocktail a little dish with a sort of strawberry compote in the bottom then a nice little mousse layer topped with a mint granita that was so fresh and clean and herbal tasting one of the best palate cleanser courses i ve had dessert richard s take on a kit kat bar was fabulous a dense chocolate hazelnut crispy layered thing with pistachio ice cream and rhubarb tuiles sigh oh and then somehow we found room for the petit fours and managed to waddle home overall though i sort of felt like we d been sized up and mentally seated at the kids table they have a certain number of star dishes to trot out and they re incredible but a lot of mark s dishes felt like afterthoughts maybe they figured we didn t know any better but we do in the future i ll get my lobster burger fix at citronelle s casual sibling central and we ll do our special occasion dining at places that treat us like we know what s going on labels citronelle michel richard restaurants posted by tara at 6 24 pm 5 comments sunday may 11 2008 oat apricot bars and a great springtime cocktail so what do you make when you re craving something sweet that s also portable for lunches and such and you re also impatient for summer stone fruit to make its debut chow s crumbly oat apricot bars made with dried apricots and apricot jam do the trick aren t those gorgeous they turn out just like the picture the crust reminds me of the salty oat cookies at teaism one of my favorite neighborhood snacks as noted in the comments on the chow website it s important to use kosher salt for this not only because table salt is saltier and more densely packed for its volume they d be salty indeed if you used a tablespoon of table salt but also because kosher salt won t totally dissolve in the crust mixture resulting in appealing little bursts of salt playing off the sweet i was almost dissuaded from trying this recipe because of the user comments but having made this and having had them turn out fabulously i have to say i have no idea what these people are talking about raw flour taste not sweet enough what did they do seriously these are great and as for the drink i think i have perfected my version of a pomegranate martini two shots of vodka one shot of grand marnier a splash of rosewater a generous squeeze of lemon topped off with pomegranate juice the rosewater is nice with pomegranate and it makes the drink something more than just spiked fruit juice got the idea from a similarly embellished sangria i had recently and it s not cloyingly sweet some boys might even drink it just don t tell them about the girly rosewater i m watching dirty dancing on cable as i type this what was jennifer grey thinking in the 90s when she got that thoroughly generic nose job why did she do that what was wrong with her real one that is all gotta go it s time for the big finale ooh here they all come marching down toward the stage for the big lift nobody puts baby in a corner labels dessert posted by tara at 12 52 pm 2 comments wednesday march 26 2008 just in case you re sick of winter labels colors that aren t gray farmer s market veggies how will this grow in a city that gets 13 feet of snow posted by lis at 7 00 am 4 comments about three tarts the three tarts have been friends since graduate school since they are all living in different states and can no longer share meals together they ve set this virtual table enjoy food blogs the amateur gourmet chocolate 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