Pork and Congress

Hola mi amigos.

Last few days been good to you?  I hope so.

So today was a primary election in NYC and I did my duty and stumped for a candidate I think does a good job.  And two of my good friends used to work for her and I happen to live in her district in NYC.  I didn't do too much.  I just hung out on the Lower East Side and handed out some pamphlets and said, "Hello, did you vote today?" with a wide, Eddie Haskell-esque smile.

After a draining evening of stumping with my two fine friends and their fine toddler (okay an hour...), we heard our candidate was winning by a landslide....so we got the go-ahead to high tail it out of there and eat.  Location:  Edwards on West Broadway.  (Forgo the burger and order the fresh grilled tuna sandwich.  You will eat it in two seconds flat.)


While I love a good political campaign or restaurant (seriously...I'm obsessed...from my salad days as a sub maker to my days  as a li'l waiter dude to my daydreaming cafe moments of zen) but I also love to cook at home.

That's not Porkchops, Slaw or Cob!

Porkchops, Slaw and Cob

One inch thick bone-in French cut porkchops.

A few splotches of EVOO, vinegar, South African seasoning, broccoli slaw mixed with low-fat parmesan ranch dressing and a few dashed of chipoltle hot sauce, some corn on the cob mixed with fresh-squeezed lime juice and a pat of butter…made for a fantastically tasty yet not too complicated meal.

Fresh, minimally processed ingredients and food. 

On a cast iron grill (with a loose sheet of aluminum foil to capture the juice and smoke!) porkchops took about 8 minutes on each side with a 4-5 minute rest. 

Corn = ten minutes

Slaw = 2 minutes

Clean up was a snap!  A little elbow grease on the cast iron grill plus a quick rinse for the corn pot.  Let the digestion begin!

Lunder and Thightning

Holy Smokes!

It was dark and stormy...in my head and in the air.  I was in a funk this morning.  (Okay - the past two weeks actually...)

Thankfully, a rollicking and elaborate thunder, electric and rain storm was traveling through town and put on quite a show.  Wicked and dramatic. 

Everyone was standing at the windows and watching.  A few of us born in suburbia waxed nostalgic at putting on bathing suits and playing in the rain.  We watched lightning strike.  And then we went back to our computers...but there was more to come. 

Sci-fi effect-grade lightning rained supreme and the skies were darker than a King novel.  Grand.

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