NYC Trip

I'm behind on blogging, I know. Since my last post, I've been to NYC for the first time, had an amazing dinner party with a kick ass lasagna recipe (I'll post it soon) had a birthday and took a try at coq au vin which went really well and I'm kind of amazed with the Barefoot Contessa and my ability to follow a recipe.

But let's talk NYC first. Specifically, the cupcakes from Crumbs:

NYC has some sort of a bylaw that states if the resto has more than such and such locations, you must place the calorie content of the food next to the price. So when I walked into Crumbs and realized that I had entered cupcake heaven, it soon turned to cupcake hell when I saw the sign next to the cookie dough cupcake I desperately wanted: "2.75 -- 540 Calories." WHAAAA?

I know that cupcakes are bad for me, I totally get that. I even know that they are upwards of 500 calories and it's a caloric expenditure that most of the time I'm willing to take. But here it was in my face and I was giving the staff the WTF look because no one needs to have that info. Especially in cupcake heaven.

If you're wondering, yes, I ate the cupcake. And also, in case you're wondering: 540 Calories=One hour on the treadmill.