Lunchtime Links for January 16th, 2013

• Serious Eats: Astro Doughnuts and Fried Chicken in DC. 
• Kirbie's Cravings: French Laundry's gougeres. 
• Cookies & Cups: Biscoff crescent roll cookies. 
• A Kitchen Addiction: Buffalo chicken quesadillas. 
• The Kitchn: Chicken pot pie with biscuit topping. 

Lunchtime Links for January 7th, 2013

• How Sweet It Is: Creamy tomato soup with brown butter garlic croutons. 
• Kirbie's Cravings: Dinner at the French Laundry. 
• Two Peas and Their Pod: Roasted cauliflower and cheddar soup. 
• Top Chef: Recap from TVGasm. 
• Cookies & Cups: Peanut butter cup spread. 

Lunchtime Links for September 24th, 2010

• Pioneer Woman: I also love the cuffed boot trend, already have two pairs!
• Rachel Zoe: Recap from NYMag.
• The Kitchn: Avocado smoothies.
• Serious Eats: Fluffernutter S'mores.
• Momofuku for 2: Ad Hoc at Home brownie recipe.

Lunchtime Links for July 16th, 2010

• The Kitchn: 10 watermelon recipes.
• The Budget Babe: Espadrille wedges. 
• Momofuku for 2: Thomas Keller's scallion potato cake recipe.
• Bakerella: Whoopie pies! 
• Serious Eats: Pudding pops from Cakespy.

Lunchtime Links for July 8th, 2010

• The Budget Babe: Nautical style options.
• Serious Eats: Peanut Butter & Co. cookie mix review. 
• Serious Eats: American City Diner in DC. 
• Metrocurean: Mike Isabella is planning on opening his own place in DC.
• Momofuku for 2: Thomas Keller's creamed summer corn recipe.

Ad Hoc Cookbook

 

<3 Thomas Keller <3

Like many food-lovers I know, I loooooove collecting cookbooks.  And I really mean "collect", as I unfortunately wind up oohing and aahing over the photographs and then never make anything from the book, haha.  That being said, I was SUPER excited to win a copy of Thomas Keller's Ad Hoc at Home, because a) Thomas Keller is amazing (as you can see from my numeous Bouchon posts); and b) I've had this on my Amazon wishlist for a while but never pulled the trigger and bought it.  I haven't had much time to really read through the book yet, but I'm super excited to sit and drool over the recipes and photographs, haha.  Maybe even one day I'll actually make something from there :o)  A huge "Thank you!" to Artisan Books for hosting such an awesome giveaway!!

Lunchtime Links for April 27th, 2010

• TV Shows: Mysterious sitcom disapperances/changes, haha.
• Serious Eats: Test your ice cream IQ.
• Oreos: Dulce de leche Oreos.
• Serious Eats: Thomas Keller's one-pot roast chicken.
• Levain Bakery: Ships nationwide...I probably would be better off not knowing, haha.
• Gossip Girl: Reality Index from NYMag.

Review: Bouchon Bakery, NYC

Chef Thomas Keller is definitely one of the big names in the culinary industry, mostly due to The French Laundry restaurant.  It's definitely on my lifetime To-Do List, that's for sure.  Another Keller establishment is Bouchon Bakery, where the menu has a mix of classic items plus a few special items that are Keller-ized :o)   The NYC outpost of Bouchon Bakery is located in the Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle.  More importantly, it is v. close to my friend E's apartment, and she was happy to try out a few items with me for breakfast.   

One portion of the bakery selection.

So cute- Pumpkin Cupcakes!

Coffee Cake + Pumpkin Brioche

We wound up getting two items to share- the Coffee Cake and the Pumpkin Brioche.  The Coffee Cake had a great crumble topping and was v. sweet- went really well with my unsugared latte that I also got.  It was dense as most Coffee Cakes can be, but didn't feel heavy.  It was a great size for sharing.  The Pumpkin Brioche was really delicious!  I wasn't sure exactly what to expect, but it had a great flavor and not really sweet at all, which I liked (especially since we also had the Coffee Cake).  It was slightly salty and I thought it had a really great depth to it, although I am pretty biased towards loving anything pumpkin these days, haha. 

Caramel Macaron.

We also bought a Caramel Macaron to save for later.  I'm not a huge macaron person, but this one tasted great.  I loved the caramel filling and the overall taste of this macaron- it's just too bad I carried it in my bag all day and it got pretty squashed by the time we ate it, haha. 

Overall I'm v. happy I got to try out the NYC store, and it was a delicious way to start out a fun day in the city!  Next time I would like to eat at the sit-down section of the Bakery, and/or try out more of the prepared meal items like the sandwiches, for sure.