The <a href="http://www.punkrockkitchen.com">Punk Rock Kitchen</a>'s Connie Sewer <BR>drops some rock 'n' roll wisdom on yer ass.noreply@blogger.com (Connie Sewer)Fri, 8 Mar 2024 00:41:16 -0800Blogger http://www.blogger.com168125http://punkrockkitchen.blogspot.com/en-ushttp://punkrockkitchen.blogspot.com/2011/02/recipes-found-in-weird-new-jersey.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie Sewer)Tue, 22 Feb 2011 18:06:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650981.post-8725229034812646437The Punk Rock Kitchen is relocating to a different (and much cooler) part of Jersey City soon, so I've been weeding through overstuffed drawers and doing some packing in preparation. Much to my delight, I uncovered a few recipes I copied out of a bizarre cookbook I found at a beach cottage we rented about ten years ago down in Avalon, NJ.The "Favorite Recipes from Quilters" cookbook, published in0http://punkrockkitchen.blogspot.com/2010/12/over-700-sold.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie Sewer)Thu, 16 Dec 2010 18:50:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650981.post-3743503984749993860When I published The Punk Rock Kitchen's Cookie Chaos! back in '04, I did it on a lark. A goofy idea of combining a love for punk rock and makin' cookies became a true endeavor costing time and resources (read: cash). Honestly, I don't think I can say I thought I'd sell too many of these silly little cookbook-lets.I keep a running tally of my sales, and figured I'd check out the latest. Would ya 0http://punkrockkitchen.blogspot.com/2010/07/girls-rock-camp-jam-with-rock-out-cut.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie Sewer)Sun, 18 Jul 2010 04:36:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650981.post-2738272264935377090Wow, talk about the ultimate privilege: The super cool chicks at Girls Rock Rhode Island topped off a week-long rock 'n' roll extravaganza by whipping up some of the Punk Rock Kitchen's signature Rock-Out Cut-Outs for snacktime! I only wish I could have attended one of these rock camps when I was a kid. SO COOL! Keep rockin' ladies!0http://punkrockkitchen.blogspot.com/2010/02/happy-customer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie Sewer)Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:09:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650981.post-5102168868137255202How's this for a great message from a recent Cookie Chaos! buyer: "Thank you so much for shipping asap..received it this am..perfect..you rock..."Love it!0http://punkrockkitchen.blogspot.com/2010/01/what-i-dig-about-christmas-cookies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie Sewer)Sun, 3 Jan 2010 09:37:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650981.post-4785808656809632944I'm not always into the holiday spirit, and this year, honestly, was no different. But, I LOVE making these amazing Italian cookies each year. And this year was no different. I make the date-filled cookies (inspired by the classic fig-filled Italian variety) with my Rock-Out Cut-Out dough. That recipe is in the Cookie Chaos! booklet. I use that dough for the sesame cookies as well. Sometimes, if 0http://punkrockkitchen.blogspot.com/2009/10/slaughterhouse-live-ones.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie Sewer)Sat, 17 Oct 2009 07:40:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650981.post-6560460658290629783Weird scene last night at Bar 9 in Hell's Kitchen. This stream of guys in suits walked in during the Live Ones set -- like 8 or 10 of them -- and while passing by the stage, one of 'em yells, "Fuckin' suits! I hate suits!" or something to that effect. Translation: I know we look like douchebags but, I assure you, we're actually cool.As they shuffled past towards the back room, they peered at the 0http://punkrockkitchen.blogspot.com/2009/09/glam-rock-heathers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie Sewer)Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:07:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650981.post-5204243918081300072The pop culture world seems to think it's the '80s again, but the rock/punk subculture in NYC seems to think it's the '70s. Maybe not, but hear me out.Last night, at the Zeros show at Southpaw (which was amazing despite the fact they didn't play "Girl on the Block"), there must have been five guys with the same ridiculous glam rock mullet (which I guess qualifies as a late '70s/early '80s thing).0http://punkrockkitchen.blogspot.com/2009/06/mr-music-industry-suit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie Sewer)Sun, 28 Jun 2009 08:13:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650981.post-1627410515423130313Like a lot of people, my day job involves working alongside people wearing suits. Hey, it's OK. It's what it is. I find that sort of apparel unnecessary for most occasions, but I also don't have ambitions to be a corporate exec, either. Still, I need to gripe about Mr. Suit. In particular, Mr. Music Industry Suit. At the Dinosaur Jr. show at Music Hall of Williamsburg this past Thursday, I got in0http://punkrockkitchen.blogspot.com/2009/05/death-show-first-time-only-time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie Sewer)Wed, 20 May 2009 15:47:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650981.post-2977608203871844591I can't help but wonder whether last night's Death gig at the Joey Ramone tribute show at Irving was the only time I'll have ever had the chance to see them play. It sounds corny, but I feel really privileged to have seen and heard them live and in-person. Honestly, I got a little choked up towards the end of their 3-song set. They kicked it off with "Keep on Knocking," then went into "Freakin' 0http://punkrockkitchen.blogspot.com/2009/05/joey-ramone-bday-party-featuring-death.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie Sewer)Tue, 19 May 2009 10:14:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650981.post-712482226779161267I suppose it's grimly fitting that Death is playing tonight's annual party celebrating Joey Ramone's b'day. I rarely go to the various commemorative Joey R events. (I went to one at Manitoba's a number of years ago during which, after stepping on his foot by mistake, I drunkenly told Ace Frehley he was just pissed off 'cause he's old.) But, I am going to the big bash tonight at Irving Plaza (now 0http://punkrockkitchen.blogspot.com/2009/04/ooey-gooey.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie Sewer)Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:28:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650981.post-8425419849337715502Today was around 90 degrees -- prematurely hot for late April, but a perfect excuse for a summery dessert. We had family over this afternoon, and to top off a great meal (homemade grilled focaccia with goat cheese, capers, and roasted red peppers; a salad of roasted fennel, white beans, couscous, cured olives, and avocado; blanched asparagus with orange butter; and grilled lamb for the meat 0http://punkrockkitchen.blogspot.com/2009/03/new-pets-songme-happy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie Sewer)Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:21:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650981.post-8491845712947287131The Pets have a new song! If these guys don't put a smile on yer face and cause spontaneous bouncing around the room (or in your head), you ain't livin. Check out "Can't Pretend."0http://punkrockkitchen.blogspot.com/2009/02/death-full-length-out-now.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie Sewer)Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:34:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650981.post-2481782885908935649Man, I can't wait to hear the full-length LP from Death, the band I raved about back in December. I'm still listening all the time to the two tunes downloaded from a Burlington Free Press article about them (which now seems to have disappeared -- here's the only trace. )Pick up the LP from Drag City.0http://punkrockkitchen.blogspot.com/2008/12/i-bake-good-n-stuff.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie Sewer)Sat, 27 Dec 2008 11:45:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650981.post-5331883381282990501Yes, I do.Here's the recipe. I followed it closely, using unbleached flower, regular dry yeast and baking on good baking sheets (right side up), sprinkled with cornmeal (see Filoncino, Classic Italian Bread)0http://punkrockkitchen.blogspot.com/2008/12/bud-man-as-cookie-sentry.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie Sewer)Sun, 21 Dec 2008 08:02:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650981.post-4191743032663036454I spent last night making lots and lots of Christmas cookies 5 batches in all!). I've grown accustomed to doing two of my favorite traditional Italian cookies -- sesame and date-filled. The date-filled recipe originally calls for fig, but I prefer date. And this year, I used a little bourbon in the filling and icing. Yum. I also did a couple batches of these great orange pistachio biscotti I've 0http://punkrockkitchen.blogspot.com/2008/12/obits-night-marchers-and-venue-from.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie Sewer)Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:04:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650981.post-7530967286881769369OK, it wasn't THAT bad. But this new venue Santos Party House (which I'll definitely be referring to as Santos Party Hell from now on) is one extraordinarily annoying venue. Giant columns blocking views, bars set up in the worst possible locations, bathrooms buried in a maze-like basement, and a layout that worked against free and easy crowd maneuvering in just about every possible way.The sound 0http://punkrockkitchen.blogspot.com/2008/12/f-caroline-kennedy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie Sewer)Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:42:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650981.post-4907965964542712055I don't know about you, but I really hope Jello Biafra is out there somewhere penning lyrics for an anti-Caroline Kennedy tune. I know I never get political on this site, and I don't intend to. I just had to let off a little steam about princess Kennedy. Apparently she thinks she's entitled to a U.S. Senate seat because she's a member of American royalty. Screw her and screw this culture of 0http://punkrockkitchen.blogspot.com/2008/12/feeding-my-addiction-to-death.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie Sewer)Sun, 7 Dec 2008 15:48:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650981.post-5410325769634119804Don't worry. This post is the complete opposite of morbid. There are few things that make me feel heartened about the world around me, especially lately, but on Friday I found one. And it's Death.OK, OK, it's the name of a band. A pretty terrible name that really has no connection to their sound from what I can tell, and it may have prevented the early '70s pre-punk band from making the big time 0http://punkrockkitchen.blogspot.com/2008/11/road-trip-king-khan-n-kookies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie Sewer)Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:36:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650981.post-1492880620564891523Today we're headin' out to Rosendale, New York (kinda near Poughkeepsie) to what might be my fave house of all time for a super-cozy Thanksgiving get together. It's a semi-annual event held at Steve's Aunt and Uncle's place. It's a very eclectic, rustic kinda home, decorated in an early 1900s farmhouse style -- the kitty cats, the creeky wooden stairs, the dried flowers, the canned veggies, the 0http://punkrockkitchen.blogspot.com/2008/10/beet-on-brat.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie Sewer)Sun, 26 Oct 2008 13:18:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650981.post-1339351174358037219A couple weekends ago I had some beautiful golden beets from the farmer's market nearby my office in Manhattan's financial district sitting in the fridge. I'd also picked up some corn, and decided they'd go great together in a little early autumn salad.I roasted, peeled and chopped the beets, and after cutting it from the cob, sauteed the corn with some onion and olive oil. I tossed it with some0http://punkrockkitchen.blogspot.com/2008/09/backyard-bash.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie Sewer)Sun, 7 Sep 2008 14:58:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650981.post-3593055627925982703Well, the Punk Rock Kitchen threw the party of a lifetime last month. In honor of our 10th wedding anniversary, we had around 70 people pile into the backyard for an evening of live rock 'n' roll, pulled pork, booze, hammock shenanigans, more booze...and of course, cooooookies.Rock-Out Cut-OutsIndeed, we had such a blast that the photographer was a little too preoccupied to focus on taking photos0http://punkrockkitchen.blogspot.com/2008/06/thumbs-down-on-big-shows.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie Sewer)Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:15:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650981.post-472998939101005511I'm officially sick of going to big shows. The last one I hit was Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers outside Buffalo, where I grew up and my brother still lives. We did the requisite Buffalo thing -- tailgating in the rain, talking sports, drinking Labbatt Blue and mocking eachother. I brought a few cans of Boddingtons and looked all exotic 'n' shit. Our buddies brought their bean bag toss game and 0http://punkrockkitchen.blogspot.com/2008/05/stumped-in-seattle.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie Sewer)Mon, 26 May 2008 07:52:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650981.post-5177148163050284420I had the pleasure of visiting Seattle a few weeks ago for work, and took an extra day to explore outside the city while I was there. I rented a car and drove about an hour out to Rattlesnake Ridge, a hiking trail. After a while, I came across this amazing area with graying, almost anthropomorphic tree stumps alongside an old trail, adjacent to a small lake. I'm sure Temple of the Dog, Green 0http://punkrockkitchen.blogspot.com/2008/05/pets-next-month-cant-wait.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie Sewer)Sat, 17 May 2008 16:18:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650981.post-853196566901677048I've been meaning to post about a couple things for ages. So here goes. Please ignore the poor writing. I'm not in the mood to pretend I'm smart right now.First off, I'm extremely psyched for a show coming up in June. Sure, we've got an Obits show comin' up later this month, and I'm heading out to Buffalo to see Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with my brother (we're both total dorks for Petty), 0http://punkrockkitchen.blogspot.com/2008/03/agenda.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie Sewer)Sat, 29 Mar 2008 07:52:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650981.post-6461679262179627858What I did last night:What I'm doing today (after grocery shopping and cooking, that is):Live Ones at Passout Records0