Please. It’s a Slorebox Reunion. Of COURSE we had a fine Breuckelen Brooklyn dinner followed by Settlers of Catan. Bonus points to guest slore Liz for winning ore-allocation strategy, to Stepho and Crank for visiting from SF, and to Mikey and Veev for being so damn attractive. 

Please. It’s a Slorebox Reunion. Of COURSE we had a fine Breuckelen Brooklyn dinner followed by Settlers of Catan. Bonus points to guest slore Liz for winning ore-allocation strategy, to Stepho and Crank for visiting from SF, and to Mikey and Veev for being so damn attractive. 

practice wedding cake (red velvet): complete. now what to do with the leftovers? slore reunion in sf? come eat cake.

practice wedding cake (red velvet): complete. now what to do with the leftovers? slore reunion in sf? come eat cake.

$7. 11 minutes. In one 7-11 convenience store. That’s the amount of money and amount of time each person had to buy everything they needed from 7-11. Then the competition moved to the kitchen, and some surprisingly inspired and gourmet (ie, salty) creations were created. Here are the rest of the pictures from the first annual Elliott Manor 7-11 cookoff. Let me know if you can’t get to the link because you’re not friends with Jane. Or just become friends with Jane. She’s okay I guess. http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=170249&id=532951586&ref=mf

$7. 11 minutes. In one 7-11 convenience store. That’s the amount of money and amount of time each person had to buy everything they needed from 7-11. Then the competition moved to the kitchen, and some surprisingly inspired and gourmet (ie, salty) creations were created.

Here are the rest of the pictures from the first annual Elliott Manor 7-11 cookoff. Let me know if you can’t get to the link because you’re not friends with Jane. Or just become friends with Jane. She’s okay I guess.

http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=170249&id=532951586&ref=mf

Oh gee whiz guys, Pies N Thighs is way better than I remember. To be sure, my affinity for the hot sauces has only grown in spite of the slore-sized hole in my heart. And when we ate in back on those rickety picnic benches drinking beer and scarfing down the noms, I remember being in a sour mood. It was a chilly night — early Spring? — when we dropped by the original spot right under the bridge. (My favorite part of that trip, I recall, was the donut? But also maybe I didn’t want fried chicken that night which, right, for shame, moving on…) The new location is right along the B61 — which has been split in two! — at South 4th and Driggs, and it is wonderful. No longer a lovingly jerry-rigged utility closet, they’ve got a solid range-and-counter set-up with room for 5 people. More capacity there means more food and more customers, so they’ve got the entrance + a back area to accommodate the salivating masses. Seating’s arrayed with a wicker chairs and curlicued farm-scenes imprinted on linoleum tables straight from my Swedish ancestry. Even a couple of handmade wood signs to win over the James5’s of the world. But back to the important part: the grub is just as delicious as you likely recall. Pictured atop are 3X chicken boxes ($10 each for 2 drumsticks, a breast, a biscuit and a side) with sides of collards, mac’n’cheese, and baked beans (Mike…) They also have a selection of Avery beers on tap, placating the homer in me. No donuts that I noticed, but plenty of cookies. And lemonade, which I’m saving for another trip. I couldn’t finish the meal, even after a light lunch and 90 minutes of Bikram. The whole shebang left enough for a late-evening snack. Sorry arteries, hello pillow.

Oh gee whiz guys, Pies N Thighs is way better than I remember. To be sure, my affinity for the hot sauces has only grown in spite of the slore-sized hole in my heart. And when we ate in back on those rickety picnic benches drinking beer and scarfing down the noms, I remember being in a sour mood. It was a chilly night — early Spring? — when we dropped by the original spot right under the bridge. (My favorite part of that trip, I recall, was the donut? But also maybe I didn’t want fried chicken that night which, right, for shame, moving on…)

The new location is right along the B61 — which has been split in two! — at South 4th and Driggs, and it is wonderful. No longer a lovingly jerry-rigged utility closet, they’ve got a solid range-and-counter set-up with room for 5 people. More capacity there means more food and more customers, so they’ve got the entrance + a back area to accommodate the salivating masses. Seating’s arrayed with a wicker chairs and curlicued farm-scenes imprinted on linoleum tables straight from my Swedish ancestry.

Even a couple of handmade wood signs to win over the James5’s of the world.

But back to the important part: the grub is just as delicious as you likely recall. Pictured atop are 3X chicken boxes ($10 each for 2 drumsticks, a breast, a biscuit and a side) with sides of collards, mac’n’cheese, and baked beans (Mike…) They also have a selection of Avery beers on tap, placating the homer in me. No donuts that I noticed, but plenty of cookies. And lemonade, which I’m saving for another trip. I couldn’t finish the meal, even after a light lunch and 90 minutes of Bikram. The whole shebang left enough for a late-evening snack. Sorry arteries, hello pillow.

Puddle Cookies!

Puddle Cookies!

Nothing like a good Friday night of fish tacos and friends. Has it gone wrong yet?

Nothing like a good Friday night of fish tacos and friends. Has it gone wrong yet?

ryanbrown: williamsburgeats: Eater NY: Pies ‘n’ Thighs, Thankfully, Finally, Amazingly Certified Open It’s true, and it’s spectacular. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will have a review up for you slores as soon as humanly possible.

ryanbrown:

williamsburgeats:

Eater NY: Pies ‘n’ Thighs, Thankfully, Finally, Amazingly Certified Open

It’s true, and it’s spectacular.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will have a review up for you slores as soon as humanly possible.

Movie night last night. Liz and Jeff came over for pre-movie dinner of…. Chicken Piccata (recipe from the slorebook). De-licious. Thought of you all. Maybe it’s time for some new recipes to add to the slorebook?? Which ones to add? love love, s

Movie night last night. Liz and Jeff came over for pre-movie dinner of…. Chicken Piccata (recipe from the slorebook). De-licious. Thought of you all.

Maybe it’s time for some new recipes to add to the slorebook?? Which ones to add?

love love,

s

thedailywhat: Kickass Cake of the Day: Amy Kucharik admits to becoming “obsessed with the idea of making a cake in the shape of Appa, the flying bison from Avatar: The Last Airbender.” I must say, of all the things one can become obsessed with, this is by far the most rewarding. Check out her step-by-step tutorial here. [geekcrafts.]

thedailywhat:

Kickass Cake of the Day: Amy Kucharik admits to becoming “obsessed with the idea of making a cake in the shape of Appa, the flying bison from Avatar: The Last Airbender.” I must say, of all the things one can become obsessed with, this is by far the most rewarding.

Check out her step-by-step tutorial here.

[geekcrafts.]