Top 10 (Things I Love) :: 2011 / Happy New Year!

Well the end of 2011 is finally here. WOW. What a crazy, awesome, long year it’s been! I started my food blog last year around the holidays, and since then I have met so many amazing people in the food industry, learned amazing skills in my cooking classes, food styling and photography and food writing classes that I feel like a whole new person and am so happy I have paved new paths and opportunities in my food media career. Hoping everyone has also had an amazing year, with lots of love, laughter, cooking and eating – wishing you all a prosperous and Happy New Year 2012! 

Here are a few of my favorite posts, recipes, people and more from 2011 ::

IACP Conference, Austin TX

Food Network Wine and Food Festival, NYC

Tasting Table/KitchenAid Event in Soho, NYC

Favorite Recipes

1. The Black Dog Tavern Clam Chowder

2. Black Cherry Clafouti

3. Lamb and Fennel Stew

4. Gnocchi and Gorgonzola Sauce

5. Crab Cakes with Spicy Remoulade

6. Chicken Valentino, Jimmy Canora

7. Beef Stroganoff

8. Truffle Oil, 3 Cheese & Pancetta Pasta

9. Filet Mignon with Mushroom and Rosemary Sauce

10. Caribbean Chicken with Caramelized Mango, Black Beans and Rice

11. Artful Gourmet Featured Recipes 

Favorite Culinary Markets

1. Eataly

2. Todaro Bros. Murray Hill, NYC

3. Smorgasburg, Brooklyn NYC

Favorite Culinary Tools

1. KitchenAid Hand Blender

2. Cuisinart Prep 7 Food Processor

3. OXO Microplane

4. Kuhn Rikon Paring Knives

5. Kyocera Adjustable Mandoline 

Favorite Cooking Spices, Oils and Sauces

1. The Meadow (Gourmet Sea Salts)

2. Spices and Teases

3. Tavern Direct

4. Instant Gourmet Spices

5. Kikkoman

Favorite Cookbooks

1. Cook Like a Rock Star, Anne Burrell
   

2. Frankie’s Spuntino Cookbook

3. One Big Table, Molly O’Neill

4. Saveur The New Comfort Food, James Osland

5. Slim & Scrumptious, Joy Bauer

6. Good Food to Share, Sara Kate Gillingham-Ryan

7. Fried Chicken and Champagne, Lisa Dupar

8. Comfort Food, Williams-Sonoma

9. Cooking In Season, Fine Cooking

10. Family Meal, Tyler Florence

Favorite Restaurants

1. MacBar, Soho NYC

2. Gemma, The Bowery Hotel, NYC

3. Legal Test Kitchen, Boston MA

4. The Black Dog Tavern, Martha’s Vineyard

5. Smorgas Chef, W. Vlg NYC

6. Soho Grand, NYC

7. Teqa Taqueria, Murray Hill NYC

8. Oficina Latina, Noho NYC

9. Rubirosa, Nolita NYC

10. Stuzzicheria, TriBeCa NYC

11. Antique Garage, Soho NYC

12. Extra Virgin, W. Vlg NYC

13. Papatzul, Soho NYC

14. The Spotted Pig, W. Vlg NYC

15. dell ‘Anima, W. Vlg NYC

Favorite Cooking Websites and Blogs

1. OpenSky.com

2. TastingTable.com

3. Huff Post Food

4. NY Times Dining & Wine

5. Saveur.com

6. Fabulous Foodie

7. Average Betty

8. This Girl Can Eat

9. Leite’s Culinaria

10. Dianne Jacobs Will Write for Food

11. Food Nouveau

12. How Sweet Eats 

13. White on Rice 

14. Tartelette

15. What Katie Ate

16. Penny de Los Santos

Of course there is plenty more things I loved in 2011, but this is just a list of my favorites. Wishing all of you a happy and prosperous New Year 2012. Happy eating, cooking and living! ~AG

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