TWIF #6: Great New Things I Ate This Week: Schwartz, Acheson ...

Sounds like a legal firm right? This past week I ate some Great (and some New) food at Michael Schwartz?s two Miami restaurants: MGFD and Harry?s Pizzeria plus a great new dish at the great Nemesis Urban Bistro.

On Sunday I ate at Schwartz?s flagship restaurant, Michael?s Genuine Food & Drink . The duck confit was crispy, meaty and tender and came with a sweet jelly, lemony frisee and spicy pumpkin seeds that went really well together. The wood oven roasted swordfish and side of pesto cauliflower where also delicious. But the new thing I had never tried there, or cooked that way, was the short rib. It is slow roasted for hours and then grilled for a delicate char, which made for one of the most tender yet smokey pieces of beef I have ever tasted. It was very pleasant to enjoy this cut this way, since usually they are braised and the sauces can be over-powering. Here the short rib spoke for itself. Amazing.

On Wednesday I was lucky enough to attend the next installment of the Chef Pop-Ups Schwartz has been hosting at this second restaurant, Harry?s Pizzeria. This time the invited restaurant was Empire State South and its James Beard Award Winning Chef, Hugh Acheson. The menu included some great starters that were passed around including fried bologna on hawaiian roll, pimiento cheese sandwiches, beef tartare on benne cracker and roast fig / ricotta pizza with ESS 16 month ham. All really good. Upon sitting the menu started with a fabulous wood roasted rock shrimp, lardo mayo, pickled peppers, fermented carrot and peanuts?salad, followed by a red snapper crudo with red hot creme fraiche. The main course was a succulent cornish hen accompanied by sweet & sour eggplants and creamed corned Kimchi. For me, the new thing was the lamb heart, which was wood roasted and came on a bed of ?oatotto? (a very creamy risotto made with oats), roasted okra and chow chow. I am not an expert in Offal, nor do I have much experience eating it, so I jump to it whenever I get the chance. The heart slices definitely tasted like lamb, and were juicy tender. I tried many pieces on their own to gauge their individual flavor, and thought ?they could use a bit more seasoning (maybe heart shouldn?t be or can?t be seasoned?). But overall, glad to have tried a new food and together with the oatotto, the dish worked wonders. Kudos to Y?all Taste This for a much better pic than the one I took!

Finally I paid a visit to what is to my mind one of the best places in Miami for breadth of flavor, given the amazing creativity and skill of Chef Micah Edelstein: Nemesis Urban Bistro. As with most visits, I took some friends, this is my favorite place to take new people to, you always know they will be impressed and will eat something new, original, something they had never tasted before. Everything we had was delicious as always (Tuscan Sushi!!), but the new thing I had that blew me away was the new ?Octopussy? dish inspired by Micah?s recent holiday in Spain. ?The dish is made up of three perfectly cooked octopus tentacles ?and the most delicious ?tortilla espa?ola? squares you can imagine. Some drops of aioli a placed strategically throughout the dish and a peppery tomato based salsa rounds it up magnificently. Go tonight and order this!.

That?s it for this week, see you next week (if I get to eat anything new or anything Great)

Gj

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Ke$ha Ditches The Glitter And The Bass In 'Die Young' Tease

Singer gives a cappella performance of her upcoming single to Tokyo subway commuters.
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Ke$ha's "Die Young" cover art
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Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1693964/kesha-die-young-tease.jhtml

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Jews around world celebrate new year

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, before the start the holiday of Rosh Hashana, early Sunday.

By NBC News staff and wire services

Millions of Jews around the world began ushering in the new year, 5773, when the holiday Rosh Hashana began Sunday at sunset.

Rosh Hashana translates from Hebrew to mean "head of the year," said Karen Lewin, education and youth director at Beth El in Lower Makefield, Penn.

The book of life is opened for the coming year and the fate of each individual is decided by God, according to Jewish beliefs.

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During Rosh Hashana, the faithful look back at their mistakes of the past year, make amends, so they can start the new year with a clean slate, Lewin said.

Ronen Zvulun / Reuters

People, seen through a doorway, shop at a food market in Jerusalem September 16, 2012, ahead of Rosh Hashanah on Sunday.

The names of the good are inscribed in the book to live another year. The wicked are redacted forever, and those in between are given a chance to reflect, repent and become righteous. After 10 days, on Yom Kippur, they can then be sealed into the book of life. Yom Kippur falls on Sept. 26.

President Barack Obama sent wishes for a "sweet year of health, happiness, and peace" in a video message:

"This is a joyful time for millions of people around the world. But Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are also opportunities for reflection. They represent a chance to take stock of our lives and look forward to the coming year with clear eyes and renewed purpose.

In that spirit, the Jewish Tradition teaches us that one of the most important duties we have during this period is the act of reconciliation. We?re called to seek each other out and make amends for those moments when we may not have lived up to our values as well as we should.

At a time when our public discourse can too often seem harsh; when society too often focuses on what divides us instead of what unites us; I hope that Americans of all faiths can take this opportunity to reach out to those who are less fortunate; to be tolerant of our neighbors; and to recognize ourselves in one another. And as a nation, let us be mindful of those who are suffering, and renew the unbreakable bond we share with our friends and allies ? including the State of Israel."

Israeli President Shimon Peres in a Rosh Hashana message called?Jews around the world?"full partners" with Israel.

"As we stand poised on the threshold of the New Year, it is my distinct pleasure to convey my heartfelt good wishes to all the Jewish communities around the world, in my name and on behalf of your brethren in Israel, eager to embark upon another year with hope and optimism," he said in his published message.

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For some of the Jewish faithful, Rosh Hashana ends Monday, but for others on Tuesday at sundown, he said. Those days are spent at the synagogue, since working is not allowed throughout the holiday.

As with most religious holy days, symbols and customs are part of Rosh Hashana.

Apples and honey or honey cake are included in a meal to symbolize the wish for a sweet new year. Round challah bread symbolizes the year?s cycle, Lewin said.

Among other customs is sending family and friends greeting cards that read ?Shana Tova? or wishing ?A good year,? she said.

Also, the sound of a ram's horn, or shofar, is heard in Jewish homes and houses of worship to alert the Jewish faithful of the coming judgement.

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i-Mat from Creative Baby Product Review | WTS Toy Review

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The first in a series of themed interactive soft foam mat, the i-Mat will tap into every child?s potential for creative learning as it stimulates, teaches and entertains from the moment parents put their child on it. Featuring a full color illustration of animals from around the world, the i-Mat serves as a visual fun playland with dozens of cute animals that babies will enjoy looking at and exploring. Name bubbles are included to start the visual connection of words and the names with images.

Unique to this play mat is the Voice Pen that brings the i-Mat to life. By touching the pen to the mat, the animals ?talk? and songs play. As the child grows, the parents can begin teaching their child up to three languages (English, Spanish, Chinese) simply by touching the pen to the image.

When the child is old enough to hold the pen and activate the mat on their own, he can play learning games on the mat that challenges them to seek things out while they learn about the animals and the world around them.


Well, first things first. The i-Mat is totally easy for little ones to use?.maybe not for 6 month olds as the recommended age recommends, but we certainly saw toddlers and smaller take to the pen and the i-Mat from the second they were placed upon it. Little ones happily tap away with the pen listening and learning about animals as they go. There are a few built-in games that the youngest aren?t quite able to handle on their own, but then again, there are too many things children of this age can handle on their own! All in all ? the i-Mat is a cool-techy-toy that isn?t hard for kids or Moms and Dads to start playing with immediately!

Other than the need to replace a battery eventually, we found no durability issues with the i-Mat. This playmay was obviously designed to have little ones crawling, pressing and occasionaly drooling on it ? no worries here!

Bright colors, fun animals, and entertaining sounds?.yes?the i-Mat easily earns all 5 stars in Visual Appeal! It?s adorable ? and kids flock to it! Set one out in front of them and see for yourself ? this mat is sort of like a kid-magnet!

For a toy in this age range the i-Mat absolutely packs in plenty of functionality. From exploring the animals, to using the pen to hear and learn more ? there is plenty to keep little ones occupied. Add in the game-functionality as the kids get a little older and there is more than enough functionality packed into this baby toy.

So?the i-Mat is expensive. We?re not saying it isn?t amazing ? we?re just saying it costs a lot. And it does. With a suggested retail price of right around $80, this is one toy many families may feel they can?t afford. We get that. However, if you can afford spending the dollars on a higher-priced toy, you (and more importantly your children) won?t be disappointed. It really is a cool, fun addition, albeit an expensive one.

We?ve seen some smaller style stylus-pointer, interactive type of toys, but we?ve never seen anything that sets up quite like the i-Mat. It?s fun for kids to crawl around on and explore ? all original design in our book.

Awesome. Simply awesome. Fine, we?ll get it out of the way quickly?the i-Mat is expensive?but like we mentioned above, if you can handle the cost, it really is a cool toy. Kids can roll on it, learn with it, and laugh along as they do all of the above. It is super easy to use, definitely durable and fantastically functional! An excellent present for friends, or for your own. We love the i-Mat and we?re sure you will too!

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Source: http://www.wtstoyreview.com/reviews/2012/09/13/i-mat-from-creative-baby-product-review/

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Twitter is Now Twice as Big as Facebook - Here's Why

Katy Finneran of Bloomberg just tweeted that ?Twitter?s 2012 mobile ad revenue exceeds Facebook?s 2012 mobile ad revenue, $129.7 million to $72.7 million.? These numbers are eMarketer.

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That?s huge news. ?It essentially means that Twitter is now a bigger company than Facebook. ?Here?s why.

The PC revenue business for both Facebook and Twitter is dying. It will still exist but the stock market is basically giving that ad revenue business a very low multiple. ?The stock market is obsessed with who will make money in the mobile space because the stock market ? correctly ? believes that all of us (or 90+% of us) will only access these services from mobile devices in a very short period. ?(And it?s not just the stock market believes that. Ask any executive at Apple (AAPL) or Google (GOOG) or any Sand Hill Road VC.)

Also, consider that Facebook?s Payments business is almost dead ? again because of the rapid shift to mobile. ?Maybe they?ll figure out a way to resurrect that business, but for right now Facebook is only an ad company. ?What?s more, they?re really only a PC-based ad company.

Facebook has 1 billion monthly users (including fake and bogus spam accounts). ?Twitter has about 150 million (and I?m sure they have their share of fakes too).

Yet, Twitter is almost double the size of Facebook in terms of the only type of revenue that matters going forward.

That?s astounding considering that Facebook has almost 7x the number of monthly users.

As Wayne Gretzky said, ?you?ve got to skate where the puck is going and not where it is.? ?So, in terms of where the world is heading, Twitter is now twice as big as Facebook.

Nicholas Carlson of Business Insider disputes this. ?He says that Facebook only started selling mobile ads in the second half of 2012, so you must take these numbers with a grain of salt.

But this doesn?t fly. ?Twitter?s mobile ad sales were likely also light in the first half of the year.

Maybe Facebook is going to ramp things up in the future. ?But given that they?re 7x as big as Twitter and to have their heads handed to them like this from the quirky little San Francisco company, it?s embarrassing.

Facebook?s not used to looking at someone?s rear bumper as they speed past them.

[Long AAPL]

Source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericjackson/2012/09/06/twitter-is-now-twice-as-big-as-facebook-heres-why/

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