Peasant

It’s almost the weekend! Last night included a little hump day treat: a visit to Peasant! Peasant is one of my favorite restaurants in NYC. It’s a simple Italian menu, which, in my opinion, is the best kind

Please excuse the grainy, dark iPhone photos! Still drooling over the Canon S90. Someday.

Peasant serves olives at the bar only — luckily we had some time to kill before our reservation so we got to snack on them. They’re delish. People who dislike olives baffle me.

There’s a huge exposed wood fired oven — the pizza at Peasant is obviously fantastic.

My #1 favorite thing about Peasant is that they serve you fresh ricotta along with their amazing bread. It literally melts in your mouth. My favorite way to eat it is with a little bit of olive oil and the ricotta smeared on top. My mouth is watering now just thinking about it!

We shared the beet salad that was a special last night. I believe it had: red and golden beets, Gorgonzola, apple, fennel and arugula. As Ina would say, “who wouldn’t want that?”

I ordered the seasonal risotto. It is currently being served with wild mushrooms. ‘Twas fantastic. I love risotto — it’s one of my all-time favorite dishes.

My friend Lucy ordered pasta with goat ragu. This was my favorite dish at the table. The sauce was really light and downright delicious. It reminded me of my grandmother’s sauce!

And Hannah ordered the mushroom gnocchi. Peasant’s gnocchi is some of the best I’ve ever had.

All in all, a glorious meal! Love, love, love Peasant!

I might be a bit MIA for the next week or so. The first draft of my thesis is due Monday and I have two midterms on Wednesday. Yikes. That does mean, however, that a week from right now I will be on spring break! I’ll be in Mexico, laying on a beach, sipping cocktails in Boston, freezing, editing the crap out of my thesis. At least I’ll get to hang out with Kev

I plan on making some soup this weekend with my brand new immersion blender! I have dreamed of having an immersion blender for so long since I love pureed soups, and finally just bought one! I haven’t chosen a recipe yet, but I promise it will be good!

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