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January 19, 2010

katherine

January 19, 2010 - katherine. Tags: New York City, NY

breakfast: 2 slices toast, both with Earth Balance, one with strawberry jam; coffee; blueberries

lunch: lunch as NY Dosas food cart. 4 vegetable pancakes served with chutney and other sauces (I need to figure out what these are exactly; one is green and one has coconut…) and samosa ($6). Also, 2 vegan wings with sugar cane stick (2 for $3). Oh, and complimentary soup. This place is amazing.

snack: leftovers of above, orange juice, soymilk

dinner: dry leftover Chinese-take-out white rice reconstituted with tomato sauce, tomato chunks, chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, balsamic vinegar, olive oil, water, salt, pepper. Tofu and cherry tomatoes baked in the leftover barbecue sauce from 1/13. Dogfish Head Burton Baton (vegan). Sparks (ONE OF FEW REMAINING CAFFEINATED SPARKS. New option: Joose).

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adam's comment:
January 21, 2010 at 10:40 am

I assume you did Earch Balance first, then jam. Did you clean the knife/use a different knife before putting it into the jam? The next person to use it will be happy if you did!

Where did you find the old Sparks?

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katherine's reply:
January 21st, 2010 at 11:01 pm

I did not clean the knife. Jam be damned!

Maybe I can divulge the Sparks location after the Prohibition.

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emily's comment:
January 21, 2010 at 5:13 pm

can we try joose when you visit?

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marcy's reply:
January 21st, 2010 at 6:30 pm

yeah i want to smell the joose and MAYBE sip it a little

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katherine's reply:
January 21st, 2010 at 11:03 pm

the smell is one of the fouler aspects of Sparks; I hope Joose lives up.

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January 19, 2010

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