http://www.offbeateating.com Eating my way through life Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:11:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Toaster pastry experiment #2, still not what I'm looking for. These turned out like mini fruit pies and not pop tarts. The crust is perfectly flaky and quite tasty, but too flaky and brittle for this purpose. Also, too much dough-to-filling ratio. And the dough puffed too high, much like ... http://www.offbeateating.com/2008/06/30/tarts-that-popped/ I spent last weekend dining out on Clement Street: curry eggplant from Burma Superstar, and the special of the night, pork spare ribs from Q. We hit Burma Superstar as soon as it opened at 5pm to avoid the dreaded long line, but the strict time planning was soo worth it. ... http://www.offbeateating.com/2008/06/29/eating-my-neighborhood/ The Broccoli Rabe was on sale and since I've been hitting the doughnuts pretty hard, figured it was time to add more greens into the diet. - Half 1 pint cherry or grape tomatoes. - Boil 1 pound whole wheat pasta for 6-8 minutes in salted, boiling water. Remove when still al ... http://www.offbeateating.com/2008/06/28/pasta-with-broccoli-rabe/ Playing around with a recipe for chocolate/Nutella toaster pastries, this one was too rich and too sweet. This is the recipe, mostly notes so I can change sugar/cocoa amounts. 1 1/4 c flour 1/2 c + 1 Tbl butter 1/3 c cocoa powder 1/3 c granulated sugar 2 - 3 Tbls ice water Nutella 450 degrees  7-8 ... http://www.offbeateating.com/2008/06/15/toaster-pastries-not-quite-there/ Having recently arrived in SF from the land of Dunkin Donuts (1) I have to admit that I suffered from mediocre (at best) doughnut fatigue. But I’ve been pleasantly surprised at the large number of independent doughnuts shops in the city that bake on the premises. As a result I’m ... http://www.offbeateating.com/2008/06/08/re-discovering-the-doughnut/ For those who consider cheese a food group of its own there's a new destination in Providence--Farmstead Lunch in Downcity. It's from the same folks who own Farmstead and La Laiterie in Wayland Square. (Photo: Farmstead Lunch) They offer a selection of sandwiches, salads, tortas, cured meats, cheeses and baked goods and ... http://www.offbeateating.com/2008/06/04/a-shout-out-to-providence/ I made cherry limeade cupcakes for cupcakecamp. The recipe for the cupcake is here, as noted in the post I use all butter and no shortening. That's the only difference to my recipe, oh, and I don't add nuts. Then frost. Buttercream Frosting  3 cups confectioners' sugar 1 cup butter 3 tablespoons lime juice (fresh) zest ... http://www.offbeateating.com/2008/06/01/cherry-limeade-cupcake-recipe/ Did a little snacking and shopping at the Ferry Building Farmer's Market this morning and came back with both food and honey, as well as a poem about honey. Had chocolate bomboloni from Boriana. I love chocolate, but I think this would have been better with no filling. The dough, fried ... http://www.offbeateating.com/2008/05/31/farmers-market/ I'll be attending CupcakeCamp on Sunday here in SF. I'm making the cherry limeade cupcakes for the event--with lime buttercream, of course. Hope to meet some new folks and talk all things geekery and cupcakes! http://www.offbeateating.com/2008/05/30/cupcakecamp/ I love my new neighborhood in the inner richmond. It's full of restaurants, shops and plenty of produce stands. There is also a crepe shop -- Genki Crepes & Mini Mart. They offer everything from Nutella crepes (above) to beef and cheese crepes. I'm afraid this might become a habit, ... http://www.offbeateating.com/2008/04/20/crepes/