Life In Da Burbs

White Alba Truffles... I don't know if it's worth all the stress that comes with bringing these white turds in from Europe. US Customs, FDA, USDA... then all the Primadona chefs I have to deal with in NYC. C'est La Vie. fyi - These puppies are going for $2150 / lbs. this week. If you want some, let me know. I'll give you a Blogspot Special.

I had a great conversation (highly intelligent dialogue) with my friend Wayne the other day about cheeseburgers. What we prefered and what were key elements in making a good burger good. Me : Ground sirloin (80/20) with sauteed mushrooms, caramelized onions and gorgonzola cheese. Wayne : Ground sirloin with onions, bacon and swiss cheese (gruyere). We spent most of the conversation around the topic of the perfect cheese. I chose a creamy young gorgonzola while he chose a sharp swiss. here's part of our conversation copy and pasted... please feel free to comment on your "perfect burger." The picture is a sirloin burger with chopped onions mixed into the patty, comte cheese and some shaved Alba Truffles. (Obsurd, I know, but I needed to use them up) wayne : I'm a bigger fan of gruyere, but gorgonzola could be nice. george : on a burger? i'm going to have to say no with swiss and go with bleu all the way.. i've actually thought about this and let me tell you why....

Filmed in 1976, the revered short film by seminal French director Claude Lelouch is regarded as the ultimate in chase scenes - the connoisseurs' trump card in response to "Bullitt" or "The French Connection". Absolutely compulsive - this astonishing, exhilarating and now legendary drive through a beautiful 70s Paris with its surprise ending is shrouded in myths. ** *Wikipedia article ***The route mapped out on google. Hit PLAY and then GO 4 seconds after it starts playing.

Seriously guys... Man vs Beast... Never a good outcome. Tribute Video for the one and only. Kobayashi Takeru.

My buddy Kohji had a birthday party in the city friday. Here are some pictures from later that evening at Japas 55(karaoke).

J and I just came back from a weekend trip to Baltimore, MD. Wayne and Winnie came down with us. Good times. Here are some pictures from o ur trip. We stayed at Joe and Elaines place near DC and had a blast. We arrived saturday and had a year's worth of crabs. Then for dinner, we tried Etheopian food. On our drive back, we hit some terrible traffic, but we made the most of it by cracking jokes and looking up stuff on wikipedia. We are such geeks.

It's White Truffle Season, and restaurants are loading up on big ticket items like these bad boys. I brought these home from work today and my house has since appreciated in value. My kitchen smells like White Truffles... No, I take that back, my whole house smells like White Alba Truffles... I've been walking around Manhattan all day with these in my James Bond-esque aluminum attache case. Along with my scale, calculator, and invoices neatly tucked away in the compartments. To your left, this particular nugget weighed in at over 200 grams. And the one on the right was about 150 grams. So in total, they retail at about $3,000. Holy Schnikeys!!!