March 15, 2013

Baked Eggs with Spinach + Brioche

March 15, 2013/ Mary McDonald

Let me start with New York City. East Village. Sunday. Brunch. Five Points Restaurant. Delicious. I still miss that place. New York has that way about it, if you've ever lived there there is always something you will miss about it, even though you're glad you've left. The city gets under your skin in good ways and bad, but probably both which makes it all the more mystifying. But all is not lost because I was able to locate the Five Points Brunch cookbook!

January 30, 2013

Like No Other Polenta

January 30, 2013/ Mary McDonald

Last week Jeff and I were over in Oakland and had lunch at Oliveto, a northern Italian restaurant. They had polenta on the menu, with a few choices for topping, farm fresh egg, cheese and herbs or beef spezzatino. We ordered the polenta with egg and polenta with beef. It was so amazing, like no other polenta. It's course-milled, grainy and tasty with a lot of flavor and texture. Served on traditional wood boards. It's called Red Flint Floriani Polenta, grown in Lodi, California. It has much more nutrition than yellow corn and is gluten-free.