Celebrity Cookbook

You may chuckle to yourself slightly whenever you see a celebrity cookbook. Sure, I'd be a little skeptical of Cooking with Kate Moss or 101 Brownie Variations by Tommy Chong but I'd actually like to get my hands on this cookbook. You see, Sophia Loren once cooked dinner for my husband.

Well, not my husband specifically... he was working on Grumpier Old Men and Ms Loren was kind enough to cook for the entire cast and crew. When I asked him how it was he responded, "Delicious." Which then prompted me to ask, "What was delicious? The meal or Sophia Loren?" He said, "Yes."

Check out some fun pics, posts and links for and about this 1971 cookbook at Eat Me Daily.

Fried Baloney for Breakfast

1 Dominick Cafe has great food for breakfast, lunch, snacks, and dinner. One of my favorites is the Fried Baloney Tramezzini.
It's a good, old fashioned fried baloney sandwich, made with falai bakery bread, fra mani mortadella, Italian fontina cheese and the outside of the bread is schmeared with mayonnaise. I would think that writer Josh Ozersky would have tried it by now?

Everybody Goes to 1 Dominick

We've had a busy couple of weeks at the cafe. The staff has been twittering with girlish glee over some of our more... recognizable... patrons.

Daniel Radcliffe, Broadway actor and star of the Harry Potter film franchise, popped in for an Il Melti (one of our favorites) and was gracious enough to sign autographs and give out some pics. We hope he will have time during his stay in NYC (performing in Peter Schaffer's play Equus) to stop in again.

Hot young Brits are not the only famous demographic served at 1 Dominick. American funny men are served here, too. Paul Ruebens, otherwise known to the 80's generation as Pee-Wee Herman, stopped in and favored the staff with this lovely picture. Wasn't that nice?

You see? I told you everybody goes to 1 Dominick!

Cassoulet!

Since the historic presidential election New Yorkers may have found themselves with an inexplicable craving for cassoulet- a slow cooked French concoction made with beans and sausage. Why? All because of Matthieu, a banner toting, cassoulet-loving, French mama's boy whose one-word banner set ABC News' collective heads a-scratchin' on election night. As it turns out, that's not his only puzzling behavior. He was at 1 Dominick. He ordered a cafe au lait but sent it back because he wanted foam (on an au lait?!?) then he asked Alexis to find him some mistletoe and he had to be escorted out.