September 2010
1 post
July 2009
1 post
June 2009
3 posts
This Lobster Kills Black Swans →
April 2009
2 posts
NYC: Lobster Meatballs Every Wednesday →
UrbanDaddy:
You love lobsters. You love meatballs. But never in your wildest dreams did you think of co-mingling the two delicacies. Luckily, the folks at Ed’s Lobster Bar are of more imaginative stock, swapping out the usual beef for the crustacean, stewing it in marinara and serving it all over linguine—which happens to be your third favorite thing.
March 2009
4 posts
“Two weeks ago, Abe Moscowitz dropped dead of a heart attack and was reincarnated...”
– Woody Allen, “Tails of Manhattan” (New Yorker)
February 2009
16 posts
From the Inbox: Lobster rolls of a different kind
I’d like to talk to you about the lobster roll at Ennju on 17th street which is admittedly horrible. In fact its the worst lobster roll sushi thing I have ever eaten. But I still love it. At only 10 bucks a pop it is lobster for the filthy unwashed masses.
The NYC restaurant in question, for the curious and intrepid, is here. Furthermore, I welcome all tales and yarns regarding any form...
David Foster Wallace: Consider the Lobster →
However stuporous the lobster is from the trip home, for instance, it tends to come alarmingly to life when placed in boiling water. If you’re tilting it from a container into the steaming kettle, the lobster will sometimes try to cling to the container’s sides or even to hook its claws over the kettle’s rim like a person trying to keep from going over the edge of a roof. And worse is when the...
Memory, all alone in the moonlight...
adamiss:
But remember when Murray Hill Goy Bar Mercury Bar had their lobster special a few years ago? You kids are all probably too young:
$12.95 for a one and a quarter pound steamed lobster, with baked potato and corn on the cob.
7.95 for an additional pound and a quarter lobster.
$20 for 2.5 pounds of lobster, any day of the week. Alas, no more.
Lobster's Bear Market →
Tasting Table:
Once upon a time, lobsters were so plentiful that fishermen would use them as bait. While that’s far from the case now, this season’s Maine lobster prices—which are down to 1980s levels—will make your visit to the lobster tank feel like a trip back in time.
Includes a recipe for “crispy lobster tail with warm lobster vinaigrette.” Yum!
