Fatta Cuckoo

Fatta Cuckoo

63 Clinton Street nr. Rivington NYC

My husband is a native of The Lower East Side so we're always intrigued when we see new places opening. This one has me really excited.
Hmmm...I wonder what this is going to be?

Fatta Cuckoo, Neopolitan cockney for "to make crazy" is set to open it's doors next week. Owners, married couple Martin Kirchoff and Leah Tinari describe the reasonably priced fare as "seasonal American food with an Italian influence". Manning the kitchen is chef Brett Ackerman of Marlow & Sons and Diner so it's safe to say the food will be impressive.

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Nom Nom Nom

I spent some time this morning making organic baby food. Anyone whose gone shopping for organic baby food knows that the mark-up on these items is insane. So I decided to go ahead and make my own. It's really quite simple you just steam the veggies and blend them along with some of the steam water.
Then you strain them to get out the fibrous bits like the pea shells. Those get set aside and will go into our compost bin.
Put them into lidded ice-cube trays.
Mine are from Fresh Baby and are BPA and PVC free. After they are frozen you can pop them out and put them in plastic storage bags or whatever container you choose.

Then all you do is take out a cube of this, a cube of that and Voila! You have endless "blends" possibilities. I have a a wonderful book on baby puree recipes by Annabeth Karmel and you can get super creative with them.

After I tackled peas, I moved onto carrots, butternut squash and sweet potatoes.
So far sweet potatoes and carrots are a BIG hits!

Glug Glug

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"A rich red wine with black currant, mocha and chocolate notes."

Yum.

Glug Glug

YUM!

"If velvet had a flavor this would be it. Bittersweet chocolate, dark Italian cherries. Sweet rose petals with a firm, satiny finish. Pure Washington Merlot. HELL YEAH!"

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