Bread is on my mind lately and I have no idea why. Mom has promised to make a batch of homemade bread with me this weekend... perhaps even two - one mom wheat/nutty style and one sourdough. I have to remember to take notes and pay attention. Although I've watched mom make bread about a zillion times in these short 25 years, I have yet to be able to successfully duplicate her method. Updates on that to come...

I did, however, pick up a really good baguette from this Belgian Bakery/Restaurant I read about called Le Pain Quotidien. I cut it up and froze a lot of it, much to the chagrin of Melik. I've brought it out to have along with a meal on several occasions and upon our last meal Melik proclaimed "where is this bread coming from!! I search for it whenever I'm having breakfast on the weekend and I can't find it!" Moohahahaha, I shouldn't have let him in on my freezer trick...

Organic Mucho $$ Bread

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Saw a program that featured this place - Nicky's Vietnamese Sandwiches on 2nd st between Ave A and B. It's on my list to check out...

Ok, it wasn't on my list for long! On a lazy and beautiful Saturday Sept 16, I wandered the city with Ashleigh and we made our way down to Nicky's, a seemingly hole-in-the-wall sandwich joint. Very small, not so pretty, but they make a mean sandwich with incredibly fresh ingredients. We tried the "classic" and the portabello. Both were on good quality, crispy french bread with pickled carrots and cucumber. The "classic" sandwich added to this a shmear of pate, ham, and cilantro. The vegetarian friendly portabello version added marinated and grilled portabello. We walked to Thompson Sq Park and ate our treats listening to a lively rendition of "take 'em home", a troup of actors singing with a band to bring our troops home. Our bench neighbors were two animated french guys to our right and a couple cracked out, half-asleep "trippers" to our left. Great day :)

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Frankies Spuntino
457 Court St, Brooklyn, NY
(718) 403-0033

Supposed to be like tapas. Might be interesting to try...

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Heard of this, and I'll try and put it to memory so I can try if in the LES area: Supper http://newyork.citysearch.com/profile/35698496/new_york_ny/supper.html?

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