Wednesday, May 22, 2013

New York - The Empire State

What's not to love about New York?  New York has everything; beaches, mountains and a city like none other.

We ate from the state back in January and I am just now getting to write about it, sometimes life gets in the way.  I love New York... That said, I had a bad cooking day.  I have decided I need a do over with NY since the food is so fantastic there.  The company was wonderful. Lauren, Louise, Leslie, Sam and Joe all came to celebrate along with the 5 of us.

For beverages we had Egg Creams (for the under 21) and Manhattans for the adults. The Egg Creams were disgusting, it consists of seltzer, milk and chocolate syrup.  All three ingredients are wonderful by themselves but not together.  None of the kids drank their egg creams.  The Manhattans were delicious and the adults enjoyed their beverage.

The New York Style Pizza was perfect.  The recipe for the dough and the sauce were fantastic.  I will definitely do this recipe again.  The Waldorf Salad was OK, if I did this one again I would only use half the mayonnaise.

I was really excited to make the NY Style Cheese Cake.  It looked great until I cut into it and it wasn't cooked in the middle.  It was really good on the edges.

I haven't been to NYC in over 20 years but one of my best friends is moving there this week so I will definitely be visiting soon.  I will redo NY after my visit to the Big Apple.