http://dailyfete.com Eating, drinking, and a bit of travel Sun, 19 Aug 2007 18:55:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I don't know about the rest of you, but I have a hard time listening to wine snobs tell me about beer. It makes me think of when it was fashionable for a ballplayer to try his hand at two pro-sports at once. Sure, you could pull a Deion and ... http://dailyfete.com/beer/2007/beer-review-golden-monkey-aka-the-nectar-of-the-gods/ Poured into glass, this beer is opaque and has a dark orange color - if you remember your Crayola Crayon set, you'd know it as "burnt sienna". It's topped by a thick, foamy head that takes about 15 minutes to settle. The label describes it as "a Belgian-style Abbey Ale -- ... http://dailyfete.com/beer/2007/beer-review-ommegang-abbey-ale/ Darna (Our Home) Food style/ethnicity: French-Moroccan Hours: 11:30 AM - Midnight Price: 25 - 60 (US) Location: 633 Second Avenue (between 34th and 35th Streets) New York, NY USA Food rating: 4 out of 5 Decor rating: 4 out of 5 Service rating: 4 out of 5 Darna ... http://dailyfete.com/dining/2007/restaurant-review-nyc-darna/ Philippe Food style/ethnicity: Chinese Hours: 12pm - 12am Price: 25 - 100 (US) Location: 33 East 60 Street New York, NY USA Food rating: 4 out of 5 Decor rating: 4 out of 5 Service rating: 4 out of 5 In the space that was formally RM, ... http://dailyfete.com/dining/2007/french-name-chinese-food/ One of my favorite dishes to prepare is simple roasted chicken -- mostly because it's so darn easy. At least, the way I do it is pretty easy (and foolproof). In a nutshell, you chop, rub, and roast. Here's what I do: preheat the oven to 475 degrees F make sure you ... http://dailyfete.com/recipes/2007/easy-roast-chicken/ 4.9% Alcohol 30 IBU This is a handcrafted wheat beer, so it has a cloudy look to it, though there wasn't any settlement of sediment at the bottom of the bottle nor the glass. It has a nice, fruity aroma with a hint of sweet peat. Not much head, but it does have ... http://dailyfete.com/beer/2007/beer-review-widmer-brothers-hefeweizen/ Mission Impossible: good take-out buffalo wings from a Hoboken establishment. Living next to Hoboken, you'd think I'd be there all the time, sampling victuals from the myriad quality restaurants in that one square mile of eclectic cuisines. I thought that too, when I first moved in to Weehawken. After several ... http://dailyfete.com/takeout/2007/buffalo-wings-from-benny-tudinos/ We keep hearing about "other white meat", how it is so lean and healthy and delicious. At least, that is what the National Pork Board keeps telling us. Mmmm ... how do you get a job there? Can you imagine being at a party, introducing yourself, "Hi, I'm Jane, and ... http://dailyfete.com/cooking-tips/2007/hello-world/