Dining

Food on the Hill: Harissa Bean Dip

April 29, 2014 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

This Week’s Recipe: Harissa Bean Dip

Ingredients:

15 oz. cannellini beans, drained

¼ cup of very finely chopped onions

2-3 cloves of pressed garlic cloves

1 can of Harissa chili blend (can be found at Whole Foods)

Directions:

Mix together in a small food processer

Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com

Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com

Chill and eat with chips, veggies, pita bread or crackers

Harissa Bean Dip

Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com

Manhattan Project Bar & Grill Launching All-You-Can-Eat Buffet Breakfast Sundays May 18

April 24, 2014 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

Manhattan Project Bar & Grill launching all-you-can-eat buffet breakfast on Sunday’s beginning May 16. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

RESTAURANT News:

The Manhattan Project Bar & Grill on Central Avenue will close Sunday, April 26 and Sunday, May 4 so the Utilities Department can install new meters for the entire complex.

The restaurant will reopen Sunday May 11 with a Mother’s Day Buffet and beginning Sunday, May 18, will feature an all-you-can-eat buffet breakfast. Read More

Food on the Hill: Asparagus Salad

April 22, 2014 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

This Week’s Recipe: Asparagus Salad

Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com

Ingredients:

1 ½ pounds asparagus

½ cup olive oil

Ziploc bag

1 clove of garlic, pressed

Salt and cracked pepper

½ of a red pepper sliced and chopped into 1 inch pieces

½ cup of red onions sliced thin and chopped to 1 inch pieces

1 jalapeño chili, seeded and sliced thin and chopped into 1.2 inch pieces

½ cup fresh cilantro, chopped

1/3 cup olive oil

Fresh lime juice to taste

Directions:

Bend the asparagus and where it breaks off, use the top and throw away the bottom.

Photo by Sue

Craig Martin Experience Packs Blue Window Bistro

April 20, 2014 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

The finger-snapping, toe-tapping jazz from The Craig Martin Experience brought dancers to their feet Saturday night at the Blue Window Bistro. The band entertained the sold-out crowd who dined on a special selection of entrees, desserts and beverages. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Craig Martin, center, and his band, The Craig Martin Experience performed to a sold-out crowd Saturday night at the Blue Window Bistro. Together since 2012, the band features a three-horn front line backed by a solid rhythm section. Martin plays tenor sax and is joined by alto sax player Quinn Marksteiner Read More

Food on the Hill: Loco Moco

April 15, 2014 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

This Week’s Recipe: Loco Moco

This is considered Hawaiian comfort food.

Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com

Ingredients:

1 cup of cooked rice

cooked hamburger patty (I like to smoke it on the grill)

Slice of cheddar cheese

3/4 cup of brown gravy, heated

1 or 2 poached eggs

Directions:

Poach eggs in simmering water with a tablespoon of vinegar.

Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com

You can also use an egg poacher, usually use an egg poacher, you end up losing less of the egg white that way.

Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com

Layer this in a bowl, rice, hamburger,

Beer Co-op Hosts Five Course Dinner

April 14, 2014 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

Creole Nouvelle Opens For Dinner Thursday

April 13, 2014 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

Owner Ester Lucchini, right, of Creole Nouvelle with Donna Johnson announce that the restaurant will begin serving dinner 5:30-8 p.m. Thursdays. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More

Thursday Night Dinner Coming To Creole Nouvelle

April 8, 2014 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

Creole Nouvelle opened Dec. 17, 2012 at 1793 Deacon St. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Staff Report

The top vote getter in the recent survey asking which night Creole Nouvelle Restaurant should reopen for dinner is Saturday night.

However, it turns out that some of the staff cannot work Saturday night so co-owner Ester Lucchini said the decision has been made to reopen for dinner every Thursday, which voters selected as the second most popular night.

Creole Nouvelle is open 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday through Friday and Lucchini and her husband co-owner Peter Lucchini have been reopening Read More