Surprise for Shannon

Portland Cake by me and Mattie Siegal.

Magnolia Mini Cupcakes from JoJo Cohen (at the advisory of Sam Stern).

Dunkin Donuts from David Stern and Brian Indig.

Various Butter Cookies from Guin Frehling.

Quinoa Salad by Sam Skarstad.

Pasta with Pesto and Veggies by Miles Debas.

Baked Zitti by Erik Gundel.

Beet Salad by Stephanie Terao.

Zucchini and Beef Casserole by myself.

Yaki Soba by Cole Giordano.

Curried chicken, also by Alex Pauline.

Jerked chicken by Alex Pauline.

Homemade bread by Matt Caldamone.

Cheese platter by Hailey Harmon.

Cheese platter by Erin Anderson.

Veggie and hummus platter by Joli Latini.

There was a lot of different types of alcohol involved, but I will only post one picture of this red wine.

Sorry to any of my bloggees, once again I have been slacking on my duties. On May 12th, a week and a couple days before Shannon headed west for some Oregon tail, myself a bunch of her closest friends held a surprise potluck at my apartment under the pretense that I alone was cooking her dinner. Here's some of the grub that was involved.

Kate's Birthday BBQ

Carrot cake and chocolate cake!

Various Grillables.

Peter and Jordan threw a BBQ on their roof for Kate's birthday on the 11th (her birthday was the following day). I didn't manage to photograph all the grub, but here are some shots.

Late Night Grand Morelos

David and I split some chicken fingers and mozzarella sticks.

Poor Mike- I think he only got to eat one third of his chilaquiles before the rest of us ravished them.

Went for some late-night Grand Morelos with David, Mike, and Nick after a hang out at Matt and Erik's apartment.

Adventures of Seis de Mayo

And during an adventurous walk (which eventually landed us in McCarren Park), we made a pit stop for some Van Leeuwen ice cream. Will got strawberry and and Sam and I went for pistachio.

I ordered the scramble with spinach, butternut squash, and goat's cheese which came with an order of homefries. Deeelish.

After the Skarstad brothers kindly lent me a coach to sleep on, we went for brunch at a cafe around the corner.

After a Snakes Say Hisss show and quite a few cervezas on Cinco de Mayo, Sam, Will, and I headed out on a feverish 4:00am search for french fries. Our efforts landed us at a 24-hour grocery store in Bushwick, where we picked up some specially seasoned french fries, a jar of pickled jalapenos, and a jar of assorted pickled olives.

Cinco de Mayo

Went to Yola for a burrito on Cinco de Mayo with Ben and Shannon.

Dinner with Alexandra

Chicken kebab over pureed potatoes.

Grilled octopus salad.

My parents and I went out to dinner with our friend Alexandra back in April. I will have to post the restaurant name later, because I've forgotten it. It was a French-Mediterranean fusion place. But here's what I ate!

Peacefood Cafe

Quinoa Salad.

Japanese pumpkin and yellow zucchini.