Word: risotto
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...food is basic but nicely prepared. I started with half a dozen oysters in a mignonette sauce and followed with lobster tail atop a bed of risotto. Both dishes were fine, as were the asparagus soup and rack of lamb my companion ordered...
Mincing garlic focuses this attention. Blending pine nuts and basil into pesto, caramelizing onions, stirring chicken broth into risotto until precisely the correct amount of liquid has evaporated, sprinkling a touch more turmeric into a pot of chicken curry—these things are all food focuses, they nurture the part of my brain that inevitably wanders to the pantry. but they are productive and do not involve eating. I know this is sort of an alarming thing to say; however much olive oil I use in place of butter to create healthy meals, the root of my love...
...thin servers dressed in black glide around the three-story space, carrying lacquered trays of fanciful sushi combinations no Japanese diner would recognize. The sushi chefs, young Japanese expats, add to the din by shouting orders in unison. A Hispanic chef creates the hot entrées - like soba risotto in smoked-trout butter under a mountain of shaved bonito flakes. "You see," says Moore proudly, "it's nothing like those places in midtown...
...next part of the story. Crime drops dramatically (murder in the area falls 73%, robbery 66%). New immigrants restore the creaky dwellings of those who fled. Yuppies arrive. Ray's Chirpin' Chicken on once dangerous Clinton Street is replaced by a restaurant that offers seared scallops atop black-olive risotto cakes for $20, about the price of four hits of crack...
...very poor use of time, and basketball is perilous for the older guy. He fights for a rebound and snaps an Achilles tendon and spends six months in a walking cast--I wouldn't even want to be in the cast of The King and I for six months. Risotto is the sport for me. It's easy, it takes an hour, you get a feeling of accomplishment; then you get to sit down...