Category Archives: On Eating Around

A quick list of food related Commentary, Rants & Raves

Dinner from Sophies Uptown – @SophiesUptown

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Tossed in the second of the frozen casseroles I picked up from Sophie’s Uptown here in Atlanta last night while waiting for Shadow to arrive. 
Have to say for the taste, quality and the convenience of fresh cooked, frozen casseroles this good, I’m not sure I could make it for the price I bought it. Tonight’s option was the crunchy chicken white meat chicken withbroccoli and white cream sauce. 30 minutes and it was done!

Check them out on Facebook  for the specials of the week, or on twitter @sophiesuptown or visit them on online
They donate 25% of all profits to local animal rescue organizations
  
  
   

When “cookies for breakfast” is a good thing

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Its my new alternative patio; not provincetown but sure fits the bill for great coffee, food and baked goods worth waiting for! Some people don’t realize how hard it is to make a really good fried egg with the right amount of runny yolk and crisp edges but they knocked it out of the park in my egg & bacon sandwhich. The egg casseroles which are somewhat like mini individual dence quiches come in different flavors and are very good offering both vegetarian and meat-based versions. The cookies, pastries and baked all rock with flavor and freshness. Hint: try the spicy chocolate cookie with it’s perfect combination of rich chocolate flavor with a hint of spiciness. They’re using Intelligentsia coffee which has a deep rich flavor; yes you can also get lattes and cappuccinos they’ve got a full coffee barista set up too. With a huge front patio, you will want to sit a minute and enjoy all the goodness here. Ohh and they have wifi if you must.
The Cookie Studio

30 Pharr Rd, Buckhead, Atlanta, GA 30305, (404) 373-8527

 

   
  

Must be the weather change; Chocolate Cream Cheese Stuffed Monkey Bread

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Because I am starting to crave some dishes I rarely look for.. this Chocolate Cream Cheese Stuffed Monkey Bread one I caught on FB recently is a perfect example of everything I shouldn’t eat – but so think would take good on this rainy day.

https://www.facebook.com/buzzfeedtasty/videos/1636525969933379/

 

Chocolate Cream Cheese Stuffed Monkey Bread

2 16 oz containers of biscuit dough (16 big biscuits total) 
8-12 oz Cream Cheese
Chocolate Chips (we used dark chocolate) 

1 cup White Sugar
2 tsp Cinnamon
1/2 cup Butter
1 cup Brown Sugar
1/2 cup Walnuts (optional) 

Preheat oven to 350˚F (175˚C)

Cut biscuits in half and cube the cream cheese (32 pieces). Flatten each biscuit and place one cube of cream cheese and a few chocolate chips in the center of each. Fold the biscuit dough around the cream cheese and chocolate and form into a ball. 

In a 1 gallon plastic bag combine 1 cup of white sugar and 2 tsp of cinnamon. Add 6-8 dough balls to the bag, seal the bag, and shake until well coated. Repeat for the remainder of the stuffed dough pieces. 

In a microwave safe bowl add 1 cup brown sugar and 1/2 cup butter. Microwave on high for 70 seconds – stopping halfway to stir. Remove from microwave and stir until it reaches a caramel consistency. 

To a greased Bundt pan sprinkle half of the walnuts, half the dough pieces, and drizzle half the caramel glaze. Repeat with remaining walnuts, dough, and glaze. 

Bake in preheated oven for 30-35 minutes. Remove from oven and turn upside down onto a plate to cool for 10 minutes before lifting off the pan (this way the warm glaze runs back through and fully coats all the bread)

Lift off the bundt pan, pull apart, and enjoy

American Mission Comfort Food Done Right

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Oh my. Rocken good food tonight to celebrate my a pals bday.

I hadn’t been to  Blue Plate before – but it sure does comfort food with more twists than a slnky.

The food could not be any better. They add just enough twists on old standards that instead of  your first thought being ” this isn’t home Mom used to make it” instead it becomes now why “didn’t Mom make it this way!”

 

Reservations suggested & worth it. Great staff and its a night to be engaged.

A new American restaurant in San Francisco.

3218 Mission St. @ Valencia San Francisco, Ca. 94110 Map 415 282 6777 Mon – Thur 5:30–10p, Fri – Sat 5:30–10:30p, Sun 5:30 – 9:30p

Deviled Eggs for Adults!

Pork Chop for a hearty eater

Meatloaf with beans and mashed

Butterscotch Pudding with pecan brittle

Fresh Tomato salad with a punch

Fried Chicken you just can’t wait to dig into

Key Lime pie

Chocolate ganache tart

Sardine Brucceta

 

Castro’s Woodhouse Fish Company

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Growing up in the East Coast but living here now over 20 years, I still get a urge for a few distinct foods that I always find hard time getting here. Fried clams with the belly is one of them. So when woodhouse first moved into the neighborhood we noticed that it was on the menu right off. It’s one of the reasons we continually go back. But it had been a while, so tonight was a perfect rainy night to stop in for dinner. I have to say the super friendly staff, make it easy to be out after a long week. Food wise, we had the clam chowder and the fried belly clams for our starters tonight and they were exactly the way we craved; the chowder was rich, creamy and hot and the clams were hot, crunchy and still tasted like clams. For entrées tonight we had fish and chips and I had their grilled stuffed artichokes with small shrimp on the other side with crab on salad greens. Now, word tp the wise, it’s the kind of place where the people sitting next to you are likely to ask what you’re eating, or laughing at “overheard comments”. So f you like privacy while dining, it’s a small place. The tables are kind of close– much easier just to go and have a time of it. It often has a crowd here so plan for a wait if you go after 730 on the weekends. But go!

2073 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94114
http://www.yelp.com/biz/woodhouse-fish-company-san-francisco