#Gail Monaghan

[preacherman316]

How to Grow in Godliness?

Thomas Monaghan,  the founder of Domino’s Pizza and its CEO from 1970 to 1985 grew a small debt ridden business to what is today the largest Pizza chain in the world with sales exceeding 8.6 billion dollars in 2021. Once asked to account for the incredible growth of the company, Monaghan explained,  “I programed everything for growth. Everyday we develop people–the key to growth is developing…

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#Donald S. Whitney #Dr. Jay E. Adams #Gail Sheehy #Godliness #Phillips Brooks #Thomas Monaghan #Vance Havner

[gailmonaghan]

Raspberry Sauce 

Ingredients

2 bags of frozen organic raspberries

1/2 cup sugar (or more to taste)

Pinch of salt

Finely grated lemon zest

Juice of 1 lemon

Directions

1. Mix all your ingredients in a pot over medium-high heat.

2. Stir frequently for about 10 minutes, or until the raspberries have lost their shape completely.

3. Taste throughout and add sugar accordingly. When sweet enough, let cool and jar for further use.

#raspberry sauce #Recipes #Gail Monaghan #foodie #fruit sauce

[parttimerper]

misc muses

Ok I have joined in the past those indie groups, where you could have as many characters a you wanted. Because of that, I’ve created a looooong list of muses I never got to play much, but would lot. So under the cut are those I’d be most interested in trying out again. If you’d be interested in playing against one of them, please message me!

Alessandra “Sandy” Caravalho: Camila Mendes fc, cisfemale(she/her), panromantic asexual, actress(most principally in musicals), quite popular but she tries to act and live as normally as possible.

Amber Jackson: Emily Browning fc, cisfemale(she/her), pansexual, “looks like a cinnamon roll but could actually kill you” trope, acts like a vigilante, I also have a superpower AU in which she has pyrokinesis.

Angelica Cain: Crystal Reed fc, cisfemale(she/her), bisexual, inherited the family business which includes a crime ring.

Anthony Powell(Anton Popov): Skeet Ulrich fc, cismale(he/him), heterosexual, part of the Russian mafia, was expatriated to the States for his own safety, had a daughter when he was 18 that he loves a lot but the mother is now deceased.

Arina Kosolova: Natalie Dormer fc, cisfemale(she/her), bisexual, kinda Black Widow inspired, she moved to the States after the Russian organization she worked for was disbanded.

Beverly Jordan: Vanessa Morgan fc, cisfemale(she/her), pansexual, a science nerd, she ran away from home because of a gang harassing her and had to stop her studies, she now works as a cashier.

Bianca Rutherford: Caitlin Stasey fc, cisfemale(she/her), homosexual, a hacker with a thing against men, I have a vampire AU for her in which she was turned by a men who manipulated her centuries ago.

Bradley Hines(Patrick Langford): Zane Holtz fc, cismale(he/him), bisexual, an hired assassin/spy, he was hired to track a specific target, get close to them, and take them down.

Cassiopée Monaghan: Lily Collins fc, cisfemale(she/her), heterosexual, has a twin, her father was a big time criminal in Russia but her mother moved her and her twin to the States to protect them, totally boy obsessed.

Cecelia Rose: Shailene Woodley fc, cisfemale(she/her), pansexual, a writer who took time off to travel the world after her mentor overworked her to the point she couldn’t write anything anymore.

Charles Myers: Matthew Daddario fc, cismale(he/him), bisexual, a police officer dating his work partner’s kid.

Darren Bates: Ryan Mccartan fc, cismale(he/him), homosexual, a quite popular model who’s been on/off with his non celeb boyfriend for a long time, kinda stupid.

Elliott Whitley: Luke Bilyk fc, cismale(he/him), homosexual, was kicked out of his house and now works as a bouncer, definitely dates girls just to cover up the fact he’s gay.

Emely Lindner: Alexandra Daddario fc, cisfemale(she/her), bisexual, a ballerina dancer turned model, she moved to the States in order to find out who her real father is.

Evan Rendall: Harry Lloyd fc, cismale(he/him), bisexual, Norman Bates inspired, owns a motel that rarely gets clients, and the clients often disappear.

Felicia Porter: Elizabeth Olsen fc, cisfemale(she/her), pansexual, an overly sweet journalist who got pulled into a polyamorous relationship and is trying to make it work as best as she could.

Finlay Ainsworth: Jack Falahee fc, cismale(he/him), pansexual, a recovering addict who now works as a waiter in a restaurant, I have a supernatural AU in which he is a hybrid.

Gail Erickson: Katie McGrath fc, cisfemale(she/her), bisexual, an artist who opened her own little gallery, but she also does forgery.

Isabella Perez: Becky G fc, cisfemale(she/her), homosexual, comes form a dysfunctional family, ran away many times but always came back home, but now it’s been almost a year and she doesn’t plan on going back soon, works in a movie theater.

Janet Montrose: Evangeline Lilly fc, cisfemale(she/her), pansexual, a con artist who doesn’t trust anyone.

Kavia Desai: Naomi Scott fc, demigirl(she/her/they/them), homosexual, an ex popular soft child turned rock singer, she has a twin sister.

Kieran Doyle: Aidan Turner fc, cismale(he/him), demiromantic bisexual, part of the Irish mafia, also a forensic pathologist, I have mythology AUs for him in which he’s either a son of Thanatos or Thanatos himself.

Laurence Juneau: Bryce Dallas Howard fc, cisfemale(she/her), bisexual, a fashion designer with a growing brand across the country, has definitely designed a dress for a celeb at one point.

Madeleine Stokes: Kylie Bunbury fc, cisfemale(she/her), bisexual, Regina George is her idol, complete bitch with an actual burn book, became a weather girl for the visibility.

Monica Hunt: Felicity Jones fc, cisfemale(she/her), pansexual, stupid/innocent girl who was abandoned by her parents, she still thinks they’re coming back soon, works as a barmaid now.

Natalie Calloway: Jenna Louise Coleman fc, cisfemale(she/her), heteroflexible, a corrupt detective, married to a criminal and helping him in secret without him knowing that.

Natasha Grimes: Danielle Campbell fc, cisfemale(she/her), bisexual, Michelle Richardson inspired, she was in a toxic relationship and just got out from it, but is lowkey still into her ex.

Philip McGee: Dacre Montgomery fc, cismale(he/him), bisexual, has anger issues he got from his dad, his mom abandoned him when he was a kid because of that, but he’s actually a softie.

Preston Wagner: Cody Christian fc, cismale(he/him), pansexual, a college student who was facetiming his ex when she was murdered.

Raphaelle Delong: Zoey Deutch fc, cisfemale(she/her), pansexual, a personal assistant who takes her job very seriously, definitely needs someone to make her loosen up.

Rebecca Blackstone: Eliza Taylor fc, cisfemale(she/her), bisexual, had a kid when she was 19 and has been struggling a lot with money, single mom who changes job often.

Robert Jefferson: Tom Hiddleston fc, cismale(he/him), bisexual, a politician son who was forced into this life even if he doesn’t want it.

Timothy Watts: Landon Liboiron fc, cismale(he/him), bisexual, soft boy who got mixed in the wrong crowd and now has a bad reputation, he’s a mechanics.

Valda Blake: Chloe Bridges fc, cisfemale(she/her), bisexual, an ex pageant queen and Queen Bee who fell down and now works as a barmaid, still a total bitch.

THE FINAL GIRLS: they’re a group of sorority sisters, and the only survivors of a serial killer targetting their sorority. They’re also heavily inspired by Scream and Scream Queens characters, obviously.

Alyssa Mullins: Carlson Young fc, cisfemale(she/her), pansexual, she was the mayor’s daughter and vice resident of the sorority, she never got over the incident and stopped her studies to become a stripper.

Lea Cole: Billie Lourd fc, cisfemale(she/her), pansexual, a ‘bastard’ child with a criminal father, her emotions have always been a little dissociated but she’s working on that, during the killings, she was saved by someone who had a crush on her so she’s been trying to explore that possibility, she’s an on-set assistant for tv shows.

Phoebe Newton: Abigail Breslin fc, cisfemale(she/her), bisexual, she was kind of the idiot of the sorority, the one they made fun of, but she had money so they wanted her, after the incident she started studying in pre-med.

Seraphina Brisbane: Willa Fitzgerald fc, cisfemale(she/her), bisexual, the only reason the sorority wanted her in the first place was because she was smart and pretty, but she didn’t come from a privileged family like any of them, she has a lot of PTSD and has continued her journalism and criminology studies.

THE CONFECTIONERY BROTHERS: just two brothers who started a confectionery because they felt there weren’t enough of those in their town.

Edward Hale: Luke Benward fc, cismale(he/him), bisexual, the soft one in the two, he grew up in the shadows of his brother, he usually work the front of the shop since he never pursued studies after high school.

Terrence Hale: Glen Powell fc, cismale(he/him), pansexual, a complete mess, but a smart mess, studied accounting because that’s what his parents wanted, decided he wanted a confectionery after watching Harry Potter.

THE RUNAWAY SIBLINGS: they have a complicated backstory, he was taken at 7, she was 1, and she ended up in an orphanage. When they finally found each other, they just ran away.

Elena Richmond: Alycia Debnam-Carey fc, cisfemale(she/her), pansexual, at 10, her parents were murdered in front of her, and she was taken to an orphanage, she was always troubled and went out to find her brother when she was 18, thinking he’d abandoned her.

Tyler Oaks: Nicholas Hoult fc, cismale(he/him), bisexual, he was taken from his family at 7 and was forced into the mafia and hitman life, very mentally troubled with the only goal being to find his sister.

#wanted muse #wanted #look they've mostly all lived in my head for so long i need to write them now

[linguavert]

Lost (and Found) in Translation

“All translators are liars,” my first mentor liked to tell me.

Years later, I learned the Italian proverb “Traduttori Traditori” -- literally: Translators are traitors. And I had a fine time pointing out to my mentor that one of his catchphrases might itself be an inaccurate translation, and therefore . . . a lie.

That’s a very dramatic view, of course. Translators don’t intend to be dishonest; they’re also the first to point out that there are nuances in one language that simply have no equivalent in another. I think we all agree that it’s ideal to enjoy media in its original language. But there are only so many languages one can pick up at a time. Is it better to wall ourselves off from the media of other cultures just because we don’t know their languages well enough yet?

I know we fear losing things in translation. But something I’ve discovered is that we can find things in translation, too.

One of my favorite methods for learning German is watching German-dubbed US series and movies. I started with those I was already familiar with; these days, I watch most things for the first time in German. Such as LOST.

A friend who loves LOST had been trying to get me to watch it for years. So he’s quite happy about this new development. But he also thinks that my decision to watch it in German is a mistake. “You’re missing so much!” he reminds me from time to time. And it’s true that if I hadn’t already known Dominic Monaghan was British, I wouldn’t have known his character Charlie was British. It also took me several episodes to learn that Claire is Australian and Sawyer is from the US South. Missing these details may well bite me in the butt later . . . but that’s not enough to change my mind now.

For before I started watching German LOST, I was watching German Supernatural. And very occasionally, also French Supernatural. I watched the original American version only when I couldn’t understand the German after multiple tries -- and even then, only those tricky scenes. But I saw enough to realize that the German SPN sometimes revealed things that the American SPN tended to push to the background.

Take Sam’s sensitivity, which Wanja Gerick plays up really well. When watching German SPN, I was often reminded of how much Dean unconsciously hurt Sam’s feelings. And I saw little of the “sass” that English-speaking fans said that Sam, as voiced by Jared Padalecki, often tossed Dean’s way. But the sensitivity and the sass don’t contradict each other; instead, they’re facets of the same character. I’d say that Sam learned to be sassy in order to shield his sensitive nature from his more abrasive older brother. English just plays up one quality and German plays up another. If my French were better, I could tell you much more about Sam!

Right now, I’m also reading a translated novel: Ich, Eleanor Oliphant -- originally Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman. My copy was a gift from a friend who had read it first and really loved it.

Yesterday, when we met up for the first time in weeks, she asked me what I thought of Eleanor. “Isn’t she so funny?” 

“Funny?” I replied. “I actually find her kind of . . . unlikeable.”

“Unlikeable? Oh, now I know I should never have bought you the German version. Would you read it in English, please? I love her!”

Maybe Eleanor Oliphant really is more pleasant in English. Maybe she would have been more pleasant in German, had another translator been hired for the job. Maybe it’s not about the language or the translator, and I’d dislike her as much in English. Maybe if my French-learning friend had read Eleanor Oliphant va très bien, she’d have a different opinion today. And as I juggle all these possibilities, I hear my first mentor’s warning about translators again.

But the story isn’t over yet! Not just Eleanor Oliphant’s story, which I have yet to finish reading, but also the story of the discussion my friend wants to have about it. I’m sure that when that day comes, when we get to set English Eleanor and German Eleanor side by side, we will see that we have a much bigger and more complete sense of her as a character.

#langblr #lingblr #langblrnet #translation #LOST #Supernatural #SPN #Eleanor Oliphant #Gail Honeyman #German #Deutsch #French #dubbing

[talesfrothewateringhole]

Tales from the watering hole

Hello and greetings to my fellow water quality citizen science community and research orientated aficionados! My name is Cathal Flood. I am a post graduate reserarcher in Maynooth University. I am also a member of a local citizen science project in Emyvale, Co. Monaghan in Ireland led by Enda Fields of DKIT and Leo McMahon, a local angler whose father was bailiff of emy lough for many years. Local knowledge I have found so informative and inspiring as I did my thesis. What do we do?? Well we take part in monthly testing of various water quality parameters in the Emyvale catchment and also compare this testing to some taking place in Maynooth University that started there with the DCU water blitz with fourth year biology students in the college and Dr. Gail Maher of the department of Biology last September. Obviously given the strange times we are in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak, it is unfeasable for us to continue our regular testing which had only just expanded into nutrient testing for Nitrates thanks to the help and support of DCUs water Institute with Dr.Fiona Regan in particular...but for now we cannot go rouge with our pipettes and cuvettes to break the law in the name of water quality :D  Stay home and stay safe I encourage you all of course. 

However as a water quality enthusiast it is hard for my mind to switch off water and one day on the farm (I am also a part time farmer) which I still have to attend to as an essential service, an epiphany came to me. What if I test here? I always have a great belief  that farmers are part of the solution of our environmental conflicts today and not the problem as some would point to them as. I decided given by luck I still had access to the citizen science basic water monitoring equipment via my nutrient test kits (still had some left) and phosphate testing equipment from Enda (Hanna low range checker) that I could perform some nutrient tests actually on my own farm looking at the effects of land use activities such as slurry and fertilizer application with best practice on the local river and streams which flow through the small 30 acre farm in Ardagh, Co. Longford.

 There are four stream access points for cattle drinking acess or "watering holes" if you will on this farm. I have them restricted as my father did for minimal access but access nonetheless to local water bodies for obvious animal consumption and welfare reasons. My core thought was if I monitored before, during and after grazing of livestock what would it show? What would I see (testing when I am back on the farm every couple of days) . I think the mini study will be interesing first to me to see effects my farm management is having on my local water body. Secondly important to assess nutrient management planning on the farm and compare to other nutrient management systems in general. And finally to show how farmers can learn about their local catchment issues, become advocates of best practice on farm dealing with their local water source for their livestock and become not only custodians of the fruitful land but also of the fresh water! My first I guess experiment was simple. A before and after nutrient test for Nitrates and phosphates during fertilizer/FYM application (April 17th and 23rd). My second nutrient test or experiment is on recently moved livestock from housing to grazing (May 1st) on a 1.5 acre field with one single limited stream access for water consumption as seen in the picture above to assess physical changes in the water body and nutrient changes of course while they are grazing near there. They will be there with maybe some livestock changes (but same quantity of cattle and their poos) til 15th May. I will test again on Friday 8th May.  You are all welcome to provide thoughts or feedback. I am learning too in this process of how to be a more environmentally aware farmer, citizen scientist as well as researcher. Please follow my tales from the watering hole!

Best regards, Cathal. 

#water quality #citizen science #environmental science #farming

[wherenyc-blog]

Review: "Master the Ultimate Dinner Party"with Gail Monaghan at the French Cheese Board Jan 19, 2017

Review: “Master the Ultimate Dinner Party”with Gail Monaghan at the French Cheese Board Jan 19, 2017

Gail Monaghan at the French Cheese Board © Gary Duff It’s all in the Timing © Gary Duff “We entertain a lot but don’t have that skill,” food author and culinary expert Gail Monaghan said at the French Cheese Board in SoHo. It is true. Few things will fill me with more dread than hosting a dinner party, which often means tons of work and minimal satisfaction. Gail’s latest book, It’s all in the…

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Midnighter and Apollo #2

White covers like this make me realize I really need to clean the glass on my scanner. Gross.

For a nerdy Lobot motherfucker, Bendix isn't as smart as I would have thought he was programmed to be.

The gauntlet that Midnighter must run to escape from the Bendix's Samoan Bunker (that sounds like a dessert I might one day invent) consists of a swarm of eagles with lasers on their heads, a screaming holograph of Thomas Jefferson that shoots eyeball lasers, GI Robot, a hail of throwing stars and arrows, vanilla pudding dropped from the ceiling like boiling oil, and a pit full of hungry babies. Midnighter manages to get through it all in time to stop Mawzir from shooting Apollo in the head. But I still think he's too late because the cover of the third issue shows Midnighter at the gates of Hell. The Mawzir flees from Midnighter for some reason. Maybe because Midnighter reminds him too much of Tommy Monaghan. Or maybe The Mawzir is just smarter than me and knows when it's gone too far. Not that I've ever gone too far! Pshaw! Oh! I've got an aside. Don't worry, it isn't about how truly stupid Donald Trump is. It's about the other Republicans in our government! Hey, Republican voters? I'm a big time liberal pinktard (is that what you call us?) and I don't totally disagree with some of Republican policies. I mean, I disagree with all of them currently (and probably have sense they decided governing should be closely related to elementary school recess interactions without an adult supervising (as I perceive it, that was sometime in the 90s after Clinton was elected and they were all butthurt that they weren't in control of filling their pockets with corporate and lobbyist money)). What I'm suggesting, Republican voters, is fucking do something about the people you want representing you. They're all selfish assholes who only care about maintaining their position of power and easy income. They don't fucking care about anybody and Trump is the best example of these monsters you've decided are somehow representative of the white working class (they're not. I'm fucking white working class and I would never agree with anything any of these current load of smegma-smelling idiots ever). Oh, I guess this was a little bit about Trump. Shit. I just realized that off-topic paragraph was probably a waste of time. This is a comic book about two gay dudes! Why would a Republican be reading it?!

Stop fucking the bullet wound and get him to a hospital, you sicko perv!

Midnighter decides to put Apollo in a room pumping in solar energy to try to bring him back to life. I really hope that we don't have to put up with an Apollo Boy and a Cyborg Apollo and Apollo Steel followed by Red and Blue Electric Powered Apollo! I don't know if I could go through that again and I didn't even really pay attention to it the first time. When the infusion of solar radiation doesn't seem to be working, Midnighter visits some guy named Extraño to find out where Apollo's soul went. It's so fucking obvious he went to Hell. You know why I think that. You know. I mentioned earlier how I've already seen the cover to Issue #3. Midnighter discovers Apollo is in Hell being tortured by Neron. Uh oh. Apollo is in for a terrible time. Not because he's in Hell! But because shit rolls downhill and Neron has just recently been shat all over by Constantine. He's definitely looking to make somebody else's life crazy miserable. And by life, I guess I mean death? Midnighter decides he's going to go save Apollo. Do you think he already knows how this ends? I do and he'd better not fucking look back on the way out! The Ranking! +1 Ranking! Reading well-written Midnighter stories makes me happy. It's like reading Batman stories but where Batman doesn't have a huge stick up his ass. Instead he has a huge dick up his ass! Har har! That joke was entirely too immature even for this blog because I really meant the thing about Midnighter being like Batman minus the stick up his ass. Comparing it to another thing that happened to me today — finding a used sanitary napkin on top of my work clothes — I'd say this is the best comic book I've ever read in my entire life! Also enjoyable today: using the term "sanitary napkin"! Now I'm picturing a vagina dabbing daintily at its ketchup-stained lips after removing the hot dog from its orifice. At a picnic, of course!

#Midnighter and Apollo #DC Comics #Steve Orlando #Fernando Blanco #Romulo Fajardo Jr

[gailmonaghan]

This is my favorite tomato sauce recipe as well as the easiest one I know. It's perfect on all sorts of tossed pasta but also on lasagna, and veal and eggplant Parmesan as well.  Really, it's just right for any dish that includes tomato sauce. And if you're in a super hurry,  make it with nothing but oil, onions, garlic, tomatoes, salt and pepper. Still divine. 

Quick Tomato Sauce

1 large onion chopped

Scant 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes

3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

2 large cans chopped San Marzano tomatoes (28 ounces)

6 cloves of minced or pressed garlic

1/2 teaspoon sugar

1/2 teaspoon balsamic vinegar

1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper or more to taste

Lots of chopped basil at end (optional)

Directions

1. In a large skillet sauté the onions with the red pepper flakes until the onions are golden.

2. Add everything else and cook over high heat, stirring for 10 or 15 minutes until a thick sauce consistency is reached.

3. Add basil at the end. Adjust salt and pepper to taste.

#Tomatoes #Tomato Sauce #Recipes #Yummy #Easy Recipes #Quick Recipes #Gail Monaghan #Cooking #Homemade tomato sauce

[gailmonaghan]

When I was in Serenbe, a small visionary community outside of Atlanta, I visited the small but charming farmers market. Everything was grown on the property and/or artisan-produced. And because I was in the South, produce was way ahead of the still semi-frozen northeast.

#Farmer #Farmer's Market #Serenbe #Gail Monaghan #Atlanta

[gailmonaghan]

King, a restaurant that opened last September on the corner of King Street and Sixth Avenue in Soho, has quickly become my go-to dining spot after seeing a movie at the Film Forum. The delicious, northern Italian food proclaims chefs Clare de Boer's and Jess Shadbolt's roots, London's legendary River Cafe.  The menu changes daily, so there are always surprises, and you can dine there frequently without tiring of the food IF you can get a reservation.

I ate there again on Friday after seeing two Melville movies at the Film Forum. Reminded how good the place is, and once again entranced, I searched the web for King recipes. The only one I found was for Pissaladiere, a classic savory tart from the South of France. I decided to try their version although I already had perfectly good recipes for the dish. I'm glad I did as it was delicious. I plan to make it for a picnic basket and buffet dining -- and to serve small pieces along with cocktails -- as we move into summer.

Pissaladière

Ingredients

7 ounces cold, unsalted butter, cut into cubes 2 ⅓ cups flour ½ teaspoon fine salt Pinch of granulated sugar Ice water 6 large red onions Maldon sea salt Cracked black pepper 20 anchovy fillets (we use salted Ortiz, which we rinse and fillet) 1 cup black niçoise olives 1 bunch fresh thyme Olive oil

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.

2. Start by making the dough: Using a food processor, bring together the butter, flour, salt and sugar until it resembles a fine breadcrumb. Slowly add the ice water, a little at a time, until the dough barely comes together.

3. Wrap the dough in plastic and chill for two to three hours before using. (This can be made a couple of days in advance and will keep in the fridge.)

4. To make the topping, peel and cut the onions in half. Slice thinly. In a large, wide, heavy-bottomed saucepan, gently sweat the onions in a little olive oil, Maldon sea salt and cracked black pepper, covered with a cartouche. When the onions are soft, remove the cartouche to evaporate the excess liquid. Do not allow the onions to color — they should be soft and intensely sweet but not caramelized. This should take an hour. Remove from the pan and leave to cool.

5. Using a box grater, grate the pastry onto a lined 11-by-17-inch baking sheet. Grating breaks up the gluten strands, which gives you a much thinner crust. Then press the dough into the base to form a thin layer along the bottom of the tray. Cover again and chill for a further 30 minutes.

6. Remove the tray from the fridge and prick the base a couple of times with a fork. Bake in the oven for 40 minutes until crisp but not browned.

7. Remove the crust from the oven and allow to cool slightly. Top with the onions and smooth out to form a thin layer. Lattice the anchovies across the top of the onions and place an olive in each square. Sprinkle with thyme, black pepper and olive oil and bake in the oven for a further 20 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.

#Pissaladière #Gail Monaghan #King #NYC #Restaurants #foodie #yummy #delish

[gailmonaghan]

Danny Meyer's Pizzeria Marta is my neighborhood hangout. In fact it's right next door. Every pizza on the menu is a standout. Nonetheless--possibly because I'm a sucker for mushrooms or maybe just because it's spectacularly good--my favorite by far is the Funghi Pizza where mixed mushrooms, red onion, thyme and lots of mozzarella and fontina come together in ultimate deliciousness. Chef Nick Anderers' crust is excellent, but if making your own dough is the last straw, check out your local pizzeria.  Most will sell you a ball of raw dough (or even one already rolled out) -- especially if you call ahead.

#Pizza #Marta #Danny Meyer #Nick Anderer #Gail Monaghan

[gailmonaghan]

Last week, I taught a particularly fun cooking class in the form of a bachelorette party. And because the bride-to-be was  in the wine industry, each person brought their favorite wine,  and they were all great. I got to taste a number of wines I'd never had before (but plan to try again) and  learned at least as much about wine as the group did about cooking.

The menu chosen by the hosts began with individual cheese and garlic souffles. Roast pork loin with caramelized fennel, figs and honey followed along with sides including a potato and veggie smash and a melange of green and sugar snap peas, haricots verts, hazelnuts and orange. Last but not least, ginger-caramelized pears dolloped with vanilla creme fraiche provided a delicious finale. 

#gail monaghan #food #foodie #cooking classes #party #bachelorette party #wines

[gailmonaghan]

I realize I am in the minority (certainly among my family and friends anyway) but I adore black licorice. For me, red licorice---like white chocolate--is borderline OK but not the real thing by a long shot. When I was in Stratford-Upon-Avon last week (to see plays....but also it turned out, to eat and buy licorice) I discovered The Stratford Sweet Shop, home to jars and jars of the best imported licorice (from Germany, the Netherlands, Scandinavia and Australia) imaginable. I loaded up, but now have almost finished all of it and have been trolling the internet for more.

If you too are a licorice addict, click here to order soft licorice drops quite similar to what I found in Stratford.

#Candy #Black Licorice #Gail Monaghan #Stratford #Stratford Sweet Shop #yummy #delish #sweet #sweets #sweet tooth

[gailmonaghan]

When Jane Kramer (known for her brilliant and extensive New Yorker articles) arrived for dinner the other night, she proudly presented me with The London Cookbook: Recipes from the Restaurants, Cafes, and Hole-in-the-Wall Gems of a Modern City, written by her daughter, Aleksandra Crapanzano, a James Beard award-winning food writer.  These 100 recipes from the city’s best restaurants, dessert boutiques, tea and coffee houses, and cocktail lounges are varied and tasty and most of them easy to make.  In addition, the author knows London well, and her amusing, informative text is a love letter to this hip and most international of cites, an insider’s guide to its most delicious haunts as well as a highly curated and tested collection of its best recipes. The eclectic melange ranges from The Cinnamon Club’s Seared Aubergine Steaks with Sesame and Tamarind to the River Cafe’s Tagliatelle with Lemon, and from Trashed’s Indian Rock Chicken Curry to Nopi’s Sage and Cardamom Gin.

Click here to get your copy.

#The London Cookbook #Products #Cookbooks #Best Cookbooks #Gail Monaghan

[gailmonaghan]

In preparation for summer fruit, use this simple pie crust recipe for your own berry or fruit pies.

Pie Crust

1/2 pound very cold unsalted butter

2 cups plus 3 tablespoons flour

1/4 cup sugar

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 cup ice water

Directions

1. Put the flour, sugar and salt in a food processor and process to combine.

2. Cut butter into 1-inch cubes, toss with dry ingredients

2. Pulse about 15 times or until the butter particles or the size of small peas.

3. With the motor running add the ice water all at once through the feed tube and process for about 10 seconds, stopping the machine long before the dough becomes a solid mass.

4. Form dough into a ball and then a disk. Roll between pieces of waxed paper. Roll very thin for individual crostatas or about 1/8 to 3/16 inch thick for one big crostata. Refrigerate at least one hour, preferably overnight before using.

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[gailmonaghan]

I'm loving Small Victories, Julia Turshen's new cookbook. Useful, fun and great recipes. With summer coming, I highly suggest you try her Greek-Ish Grilled Shrimp. Easy and delicious.

Greek-Ish Grilled Shrimp

Ingredients

1 1⁄2 lbs medium shrimp, peeled and deveined

6 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

1⁄2 teaspoon  kosher salt

2 lemons, halved

3⁄4cup crumbled feta cheese

1 teaspoon  dried oregano

Directions

1. Soak twenty-four wooden skewers in warm water for about 1 hour (this keeps them from burning on the grill). Drain the skewers and set aside.

2. Prepare the grill for medium-high heat (or heat a large grill pan set over a couple of burners) and make sure your grates are super-clean.

3. Meanwhile, put the shrimp in a large bowl, drizzle with 3 Tbsp of the olive oil, and sprinkle with the salt. Use your hands to toss everything together so that each shrimp gets properly oiled and salted. Thread the shrimp onto the skewers, using two skewers per kabob, so that you end up with a dozen sturdy kabobs.

4. Transfer the shrimp kabobs and the lemon halves, cut-side down, to the grill. Let the shrimp cook until the undersides are ever so slightly charred, about 2 minutes. Flip the kabobs and cook until the shrimp are slightly charred on the second side, opaque, and firm to the touch, just about 1 minute longer. At this point, the cut sides of the lemons should be nicely charred.

5. Transfer the shrimp and lemon halves to a serving platter and use tongs to help you remove the skewers (discard the skewers; they’ve done their job). Scatter the feta and oregano over the shrimp and drizzle with the remaining 3 Tbsp olive oil. Use your tongs to help you squeeze the smoky juice from the lemons over the shrimp. I like to leave the juiced halves on the platter along with the shrimp so you and your guests can get a little bit more juice out of them as you eat the shrimp, plus they’re kinda beautiful, don’t you think? Serve immediately.

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