Dough in Brooklyn

A beautiful Winter day in Spring called for a day filled with walking in the neighborhood and enjoying the local eats.

Today took us to Dough, a recently opened doughnut shop in Bedford Stuyvesant in Brooklyn. Dough is an offshoot of a local cafe, Choice that sells breakfast, lunch, and dinner. This area of the neighborhood has been yearning for an establishment like Dough, and I thrilled to say that we experienced all of its glory today.

Dough is an unassuming space on the corner of Lafayette Ave. And Franklin Ave. We were a few hearse from the entrance when the sweet smell of doughnuts knocked us off our feet. Oh my goodness! The line wasn't terrible, but we went in around 2pm and they had been open since 7am (close daily @ 4pm).

Once it was our turn we knew that two flavors were sold out that we wanted to try-hibiscus and Nutella. So...we had to pick from all the other amazing flavors that were still available. My friends and I opted for a box of 4 @ $2 a piece.

1) blood orange glazed with candied orange
2) chocolate glazed with cocoa nibs
3) chocolate chipolte
4) cafe o' lei

They looked amazing and smelled amazing. I easily could have tried any other flavors, but felt good about our selection. Other options were lemon poppy, passionfruit, sugar, plain glaze, chocolate/Earl gray, toasted coconut, and lemon meringue. The most wonderful thing was that each donut looked unique and the thought behind each one was well thought out. You could see/watch the pastry creators through the viewing window working at keeping up with the demand. Simply amazing work ladies!!!

Onto the product...
There are no words...these doughnuts are light, crispy, chewy, fluffy, fresh, and delicious. The dough has just the right amount of sweetness and the glazes are superb. My personal favorite was the chocolate glazed with the nibs. The nibs acted as sprinkles and added the crunch. Yummy!!!

Dough gets an A+ from me!

Location:Carlton Ave,Brooklyn,United States

"Medium Raw"

I may be a few months late on this one (almost a year!) but I must put this out there. Tony is an amazing writer. I began his 3rd book last week and am sorry that it took me this long. The details, the stories, the voice. Good stuff!

I am not going to review this book, but I just wanted to say that if you are a fan of No Reservations-this is a book for you. If you love food-this is a book for you. If you want to know the ins and outs of what it is like behind the scenes of the life of a "celebrity chef" (he would kill me if he saw that)-READ THIS.

I cried laughing and got a great view of life in the food and tv world. Worth every minute I spend reading this. I hear Tony's voice whole I read. Truly great!!

I am not a book reviewer or a expert by any means, I just wanted to offer a book suggestion to anyone who has a passion for all things food, writing and life.

Happy Reading!

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Late Night Snack

VANILLA ICE CREAM...SALTED CARAMEL SWIRL...CHOCOLATE COVERED POTATO CHIP CLUSTERS...this is a salty + sweet lovers dream. This is also a dream come true for yours truly.

We are loyal Jimmy Fallon viewers in this house and never miss an episode. I should also mention that we are also known to ALWAYS have ice cream in our home on any given day. With all of these things considered, you can imagine our joy when we heard that Late Night with Jimmy Fallon was having an ice cream made for the 2nd Anniversary of the show.

It took us searching through 10-15 stores in Brooklyn/Manhattan and about 6 days from release date to find this creation. I feel it was worth the journey and the joy in my eyes when we found it that fateful Sunday afternoon.

Ok, so enough of my babbling, onto the ice cream!

I must say that Ben and Jerry's ice creams have continued to get better and better at making sure that the add ins are plentiful in every pint. "Late Night Snack" did not disappoint. First spoonful out of the pint was filled with the salted caramel and had 2 potato chip clusters within the vanilla ice cream. OMG, the flavors really melt together beautifully and if you are a true caramel lover, this one is for you.

To sum up the different parts of this flavor:

1) The vanilla ice cream was smooth with specks of vanilla bean throughout

2) The caramel was very creamy as well, but I found myself wanting some more salty kick with every spoonful. If you are so inclined, I would add a dash of flake sea salt to your bowl or spoon.

3) For some reason I was expecting potato chip pieces, but they were little balls of chips that were covered in chocolate. This is where the salt lived. Only complaint is that some were hard (really hard) and others were soggy. So, there was a lack of consistency with the chips, but the chip flavor was there.

I would say that you shouldn't run out and pick up a pint of this new flavor, but it is worth it if you are in the mood for something new and different.

My #1 flavor will forever be Coffee HealthBar Crunch.

Thank you Ben and Jerry's for being creative and giving us all something to smile about!

Late Night Snack- B+

Getting started...

This is a freshman attempt at writing a food blog, so please bear with us as we get our feet wet.

Today we had the opportunity to travel to the NOLITA section of NYC to one of our favorite places to have pizza in all of New York City, Lombardi's. Located @ 32 Spring Street, Lombardi's is a name in pizza that is often used in the same breathe with Grimaldi's and Patsy's. This is me is THE BEST pizza that I have had. I would venture to also say that this is the meal I would like to have as my last. Yes, it is that good!

The space and tourists leave something to be desired, but that is to be expected when a pizza joint like this one has been on many shows about pizza and is an institution. The dough is wonderful and creates a perfectly chewy and thin crust. The oozing fresh cheese, San Marzano tomatoes, and basil round out this pizza and the coal oven allows all the ingredients to melt together in what I would call, AMAZING! We shared a small sausage pie for $14 and a salad. This lunch was worth every penny and we happily finished every bite. I would say that we could have easily gotten the large and polished it off, but it was good to not leave too full. If you take some time to walk around the SOHO/NOLITA area after lunch, it is a hotbed for yummy snacks too :)

We really try to stay far away from anything that is considered "touristy" on a beautiful Sunday afternoon, but Lombardi's truly is worth the wait, atmosphere, and the CASH ONLY rule. All in all, Lombardi's is a must when in the NYC area.

HAPPY 1st DAY OF SPRING

and

HAPPY EATING!