Category Archives: Food and Health

Ep. 17: The One Thing Foodies Are Missing in Their Food Photos

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If you are that annoying person at the table who just HAS to take a photo of the food – we know who we are – then THIS tips is for YOU! And if it’s someone you know, please make sure to forward this on to him/her!

In this episode, you’ll learn the one thing that will make your foodie photos pop and look fantabulous! Lee is an actual, classically trained photographer, and she has been chompin’ at the bit to share this amazing photo trick.

(**CORRECTION: The correct hotel name mentioned is “The Hotel Pennsylvania,” not “The Pennsylvania Hotel.”)

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Ep. 11: A Quick Check-In: Electric Socks, Passion Fruit, Fifty Shades Freed, Direction of Show

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Join Lee as she shares some follow-up information about those electric socks and passion fruit – both from previous episodes. Also in this edition of The House of Lee NYC, Lee keeps her promise and gives her two cents in the form of a quick movie review for Fifty Shades Freed. You won’t want to miss her quirky take on things!

To wrap things up, Lee shares her thoughts on this show’s direction. You know, after ten episodes, Lee is getting her groove and narrowing the aim of this show – thank you for staying tuned each week.

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In the next episode, you’ll get to meet a seasoned traveler who has advice for those of you who are thinking of working abroad and have never negotiated a work-terms contract. So please stay tuned – and even better if you subscribe!

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Ep. 8: How to Make Chocolate Truffles for Valentine’s Day with Kee’s Chocolates

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In Episode 8, The House of Lee NYC takes listeners to Kee’s Chocolates in midtown Manhattan. There, owner Kee Ling Tong – known for her fresh, handmade, and unadulterated chocolates – tells us how to make ganache filling for truffles. Kee’s Chocolate is frequently listed as one of the best places in New York City for gourmet chocolates.

Tong also gives listeners tips on how to shop at a grocery store for chocolate and shares the popularity of her chocolate passionfruit pieces that are a near sell-out during Valentine’s Day season.

Lee, who is not big into chocolate, is offered one piece of the chocolate passionfruit speciality, and she shares her reaction.

Store regulars, Stuart Kohn and a gentleman named Ed, also weigh in on Kee’s Chocolates. Stuart also shares his tips for Valentine’s Day.

Below, you will find a basic outline for a recipe for truffles.

Kee’s Chocolates: 315 W. 39th Street (between 8th and 9th avenues), New York, NY; Tel. (212) 967-8088. www.keeschocolates.com; @keeschocolates.

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Truffles Recipe
1 cup fresh heavy whipping cream
1 cup your favorite solid and good-quality chocolate, chopped into small bits
Natural flavor extracts and/or ingredients such as chopped nuts, cocoa powder, or coconut
***Make sure NO water gets into contact with the chocolate. It will create an awful mess and a wasted shopping trip.***

Heat-proof bowl, pot and stove or microwave, melon baller or small scoop

A). Traditional Method: boil the whipping cream with out burning, then add to a bowl with the chopped chocolate, stirring until melted and combined.
B). Microwave Method: to melt the chocolate, set the time for 15 seconds at a time, stirring after each round. The whipping cream will still need to be heated up.

  1. Pour your cream into a pot and heat to a light boil.
  2. Add the hot cream very slowly while stirring it into the chocolate. If the chocolate gets too hot, it will be an oily, useless mess. Hmm, how do I know this? LOL. (Well, actually, it will still set and harden, but the separated fat and chocolate solids will be present, making it ugly and less smooth. But honestly, I still ate my failed batch. LOL.)
  3. Add your desired flavor into the cream before adding it to the chocolate.
  4. Once cream and chocolate are combined and mixed, refrigerate for at least one hour but as long as 24 hours. (Once the mixture has set and is quite firm, you can then call it ganache!)
  5. Scoop or spoon the ganache into small balls as pictured above.
  6. Coat in desired ingredients, such as coconut, cocoa powder, or nuts.
    Enjoy!

—UPDATE: February 13, 2018, 10:30AM—
I went out in search of passion fruit this morning. And after an unsuccessful trip to Citarella, I found it at Fairway, 2 for $5. Please see my photo of it below. Hope that helps 🙂

Ep. 7: Chirping Chicken Gives Us Grilling Tips, NYC

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In Episode 7, come along with Lee as she finds out from the master of chicken, Demetrius Papas, how to prepare chicken.

Papas is one of the main owners of Chirping Chicken, a cozy chain of casual dining restaurants, with five locations in Manhattan.

Lee usually orders the chicken or ribs, and since she and the owner chat sometimes, she thought it would be fun to see where an interview would take them.

Enjoy!

P.S. ChirpingChicken.com has a link to an app that will save your 5% on your orders! The app is available on Apple and Google Play.

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Ep. 2: Keto vs Atkins / Hack for $300 Pizza Ovens

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Come join the conversation with Lee and her friends on the difference between a ketogenic diet and the Atkins plan. Lee also throws in a non sequitur about that pizza oven ad that everyone sees on Facebook. Random, we know. But fun nevertheless!

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Below, you will find the wood-burning pizza oven hack Lee found online for a fraction of the cost of that $300 oven that you see as a popular Facebook ad.