#Bittmans

[cmlotus]

Mark Bittmans Apple UpsideDown Cake

[xpuigc-bloc]

Exquisite esquites

By Mia Leimkuhler

If I were mayor of Picnictown, every picnic would have the following: a blanket, a 1:1 dog-to-human ratio and esquites. The blanket’s there because grass is itchy no matter what the most outdoorsy person in the group says; the dogs because dogs are great. The esquites are essential because my favorite outdoor corn is elotes, but they don’t travel nearly as well as esquites. (The laws of Picnictown consider how easy it is to carry your picnic things on public transportation.)

This is barely a compromise, though, because Kay Chun’s esquites capture all the beloved and balanced elements of elotes: sweet summer corn, tangy lime, creamy cotija (and crema), spicy ancho chile. The smoky flavor you get from grilled corn is here, too, as the kernels are charred in a hot skillet until browned and caramelized. Perhaps the most enticing part of the recipe is this note from Kay: “Leftovers transform quickly into a great pasta salad the next day; simply toss with cooked pasta and olive oil.” Picnictown loves a resourceful pasta salad.

More picnic decrees, because it’s the first day of summer! Make Zainab Shah’s sheet-pan chicken tikka thighs ahead of time, and then toss some roti or naan in your tote bag for effortless but extremely delicious sandwiches. Ali Slagle’s green bean salad with dill pickles and feta is perfect all by itself, but if someone else wanted to bring a container of cooked barley or farro, that would be a really nice collaborative grain bowl picnic moment. (For even more lovely, easy picnic ideas that travel well, check out this recipe collection.)

Every June, the summer produce flows into and overwhelms my corner grocery store, and every June I am positively giddy about it. Right now the shelves are buckling from so many cherry tomatoes, and I’m doing my part with salad e-shirazi, basil and tomato fried rice and salmon and tomatoes in foil, a five-star, five-ingredient dinner from Mark Bittman.

I am trying to be more adventurous with my vegetables, branching out and bringing home goodies I don’t usually cook. I’ve never really loved bitter melon (I’m not alone), but I do like bitter things — extra dark chocolate, dandelion greens, Campari. So I’m going to try this stir-fried bitter melon with eggs, a recipe from Chutatip Suntaranon (known as Nok) adapted by Cathy Erway.

The creamy scrambled eggs, salty soy sauce and molasses-y brown sugar will mellow out the harshest edges of the bitter melon. And I trust Nok — I’ve had the pleasure of dining at Kalaya, Nok’s restaurant in Philadelphia, and Nok never misses.

Lastly: It’s hot out there, and I’d like to give you an excuse to stand in front of the open refrigerator after a long afternoon in Picnictown. Here’s Lisa Donovan’s new recipe for buttermilk tres leches cake, which is best served extremely chilled, straight from the pan. I interpret this as spooning giant mouthfuls of cold, creamy cake into my mouth while bending into the fridge, but if you’d like to use plates and forks and a table, by all means.

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[starstuffandalotofcoffee]

beans and greens my beloved

[icarus-suraki]

I don't want to clown on the original post because it seems like a lot of people agree with it but at the same time...

...this is like how Mark Bittman writes recipes lmao

[eurovision-facts]

Eurovision Fact #735:

The 1994 Eurovision Song Contest saw the most new countries competing since the very first competition in 1956. Each nation also debuted their national language during this competition.

The seven nations that debuted were Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia and Slovakia.

[Source]

"30 years on from the 1994 Contest and a Eurovision record that won’t be broken," Eurovision.tv.

[submarinerwrites]

guys okay i finally took the plunge and started using diamond crystal kosher salt and.......... im sorry to say but the hype is real. it’s soft and fluffy and the crystals are all the perfect size and it tastes genuinely so good: airy and more delicate and less intense than morton’s with none of that kind of harsh almost metallic aftertaste. texturally ive never felt a salt like it. cooking with it is insane. it melts right into food and bc of the texture it seasons everything so evenly. unfortunately all the salt snobs are right. i didnt want them to be but oh my god. if you’re on the fence about it. this is your sign.

[flintandpyrite]

And this is what we did for dinner. Sourdough spread with cultured butter and sprinkled with minced garlic. Oil-packed sardines and chives on top. Pickles on the side, plus a simple green salad with the yogurt-herb-anchovy dressing from Andy Baraghani I blogged about back in February. Top 10 summer dinners. Or anytime dinners tbh.

[wanderingmind867]

I've seen close to 4 seasons of SCTV, and I think I know what they should probably do (or what I would do) if they did a reunion special: I'd want to do a Mockumentary film or miniseries. A where are they now type thing. Since I think I've heard the show ended with SCTV going off the air because they didn't have enough money, I think it'd make sense to do a fake documentary covering what happened to all their many stars. I could still see a comedic tribute to John Candy and his characters being written in, because I could see Johnny LaRue dying in some embarrassing way (like David Carradine).

I really think I'm onto something here. At the very least, it seems like a fun idea. Who wouldn't want to see where SCTV's many personalities ended up?

Since I'm still largely stumped on what could happen in this mockumentary, I'll ask you (maybe we can get some sort of idea discussion going). Where do you see the characters from SCTV today? Where do you see Bobby Bittman? Guy Caballero? Lola Heatherton? Etc.

[hellohaters]

Samantha Bittman

[writerly-ramblings]

Books Read in March:

1). Garments Against Women (Anne Boyer)

2). Our Spoons Came from Woolworths (Barbara Comyns)

3). Enter Ghost (Isabella Hammad)

4). During the Reign of the Queen of Persia (Joan Chase)

5). Animal, Vegetable, Junk (Mark Bittman)

6). The Gospel of Orla (Eoghan Walls)

7). State of Wonder (Ann Patchett)

8). Occasional Prose (Mary McCarthy)

9). The Hero of This Book (Elizabeth McCracken)

10). The Tea Ceremony (Gina Berriault)

11). Double Blind (Edward St. Aubyn)

12). Rapture (Susan Minot)

13). Remembered Rapture: The Writer at Work (bell hooks)

14). The Friend Who Got Away (ed. Jenny Offill and Elissa Schappell)

15). The Art of Waiting: On Fertility, Medicine, and Motherhood (Belle Boggs)

16). Birnam Wood (Eleanor Catton)

17). How to Think Like a Woman (Regan Penaluna)

[nostalgia-eh52]

SCTV - Bittman Does Dallas (Promo) 📺 

Bobby sings ("Abeline"), gives a stirring speech ("Remember the Alamo!"), and dances with the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. "How are ya, y'all!" 

[sagapulastation]

și îngerii au demonii lor

UAAAAAA-OOOOO.

[handibles]

Bittman Grills

[markyrph]

Mark Bittman Dot ComFor Real

[dearest-klaroline]

Mark Bittman Dot ComFor Real

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Bittman Grills