Thanksgiving Dinner 2015 #2 at Montauk

We smoked this turkey for 8 hours then finished it in the oven for 45 minutes more.

Peas and a decorative Thanksgiving serving dish

Great Sweet Potatoes - Amy got the recipe from the Chef at NYU:  Easy, boil the potatoes, slice them, top with butter and sugar, then brulee - DELISH!

Basic bread stuffing... a little too basic for our taste.

Campbell's Green Bean Casserole.  I use frozen sliced beans and NOT canned beans.  Once we made it with fresh mushrooms and it did not take too much more time.

Salt and Vinegar baked shredded potatoes.  Very easy.  Boil two pounds of pealed potatoes for 15-20 minutes.  Meanwhile, thinly slice a medium onion, toss with 2 T white vinegar and a teaspoon salt.  Chill and grate the potatoes, then mix with the pickled onions.  Press into an 8" round cake pan, that has been oiled and lined with parchment. 

Thanksgiving with Family and Friends

We celebrated Thanksgiving with Amy's Cousin's Family at their new new home in Bellmore NY.  In their new home for less than two weeks, and they hosted 15 for THANKSGIVING : brave!

A delicious roasted turkey broken down and ready to eat.

Bruschetta with ricotta cheese, roasted butternut squash, dusted with cinnamon and nutmeg.

Brussel Sprouts with Cauliflower 

Mashed Potatoes

The classic Campbell's green bean casserole

Carrots and mushrooms

Bread stuffing

Dressing with nuts

Carrot Cake!

Pumpkin Cheese Cake

Peanut Butter Mousse Cake

4pm Opening The Point Bar and Grill in Montauk

Baked Clam Appetizers 

THE POINT is a great year round place here in Montauk to stop in and enjoy the appetizer and draft beer happy hour.  As it is the day before Thanksgiving, they did not open until 4, but the bartender and the kitchen were ready to roll!

The Baked Clams are packed with big pieces of clams, as well as well seasoned bread crumbs to make a wonderful hearty app.











The nachos are served hot and are plentiful.

Nachos with chili, cheese, jalapenos, red onion, guacamole, and sour cream

This is the blue cheese burger, good meat, juicy, and cooked perfectly.

Blue Cheese Burger with big pickles, big onion ring, salad, and fries.

Burgers at Murry's Cheese Bar - Somms and Sliders Event

Napa Valley Somms & Sliders in NYC, Nov 9-23

Murray’s Cheese Bar, the dine-in offshoot of iconic Greenwich Village cheesemonger Murray’s, serves up the Murray’s Cheese Bar Goat Burger. (Yep, and this one is really a goat burger.) “Goat is a delicate, flavorful, nutritious, and lean meat, so it’s a perfect pairing for a Napa Valley Pinot Noir,” says beverage director Rachel Freier. “It has hints of strawberry and cherry, plus a little caramel note that melts wonderfully with the sweet and vegetal notes of the goat burger.” It is, Freier promises, a very bright and juicy bite, and it will be served at lunch and dinner, for $25, for two weeks.

Fried Artichoke with Alici Aioli App

Goat Burger and fries

Ottomanellli's Grassfed Burger with Rarebit Cheddar Sauce and fries

A Mano for Happy Hour

Mussels with red sauce

Meatball as an appetizer

Crab meat and shrimp pasta

Ear pasta with veal sausage

We stop by the North Fork on the way home from Montauk this weekend. We'd love to this restaurant when we were here in the spring and decided to give it another try. We came for happy hour with half price cocktails and wine. It seems our recollection of happy hour food specials was incorrect: Thursday is the day for half price pizza.

While we're here we discovered they're participating with Long Island Restaurant Week. So we ordered our three-course dinners and had happy hour wines at the bar.

We were not disappointed with the fare. And we took the desserts to go as we planned on going to the Magic Fountain for ice cream just down the road.

East by Northeast Happy Hour

Spicy tuna roll and a tempura shrimp roll

We came to Montauk to get away and relax with the passing of Irene  yesterday. It being Thursday Town is very quiet, and we came to our usual happy hour here at East North East. Vodka and sushi, as a quick appetizer before we went home and had some leftovers.

Comfort food at the Brickhouse Diner and Pancake Factory

Southwestern grilled chicken sandwich with fries

Montecristo club sandwich. I used to really like this but right now I'm not sure why.

With just come from the hospital where Irene passed away this afternoon. We've come across the street for some comfort food as we process the loss.

Jersey City Taqueria

A huge portion guacamole, we were able to have it with two more meals after this

Green enchiladas

Salt cured flank steak. I have to find a recipe for this at home.

Irene went to Jersey City Medical Center this afternoon, we hope she'll be alright.

We like this place and I've always done take out so we thought we would try eating in. It turns out it's warm enough that their backyard is open and we were able to eat outside. The lively place with music and lights. And the warm November weather really was lucky.