In addition to its regular à la carte dinners, Flex Mussels, 174 East 82nd Street, (212) 717-7772, and 154 West 13th Street, (212) 229-0222, will hold parties at both locations from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m., with an open bar, a sparkling wine toast, light food and snacks; $68 a person, or $58 for those who have had dinner at one of the restaurants.
Sitting on the front patio, with our coffee in mismatched mugs, we dive into the pork-fried rice with eggs over easy and banana macadamia French toast, light without being overtly sweet.
This adds air bubbles, distributes the cinnamon, and makes the toast lighter.
Thick bread, toasted light-to-medium, and with heaps of hot melted butter.
On camping trips to the Adirondacks with her family, Katelyn Lepore, 13, of Port Jefferson Station tried to toast marshmallows light brown on all sides over the fire.
When she took the soup for a spin in her kitchen, it came out transformed into what she calls a "tomato cooler," with a side salad and goat-cheese toast — a light lunch.
A painter by day and a short-order cook by night, he is introduced in one of Carson's cinematic bursts: Ray flips two half-fried eggs with one hand and catches an explosion of toast (too light, shoves it back down) then spins left to pick a clean plate off the dishwasher stack.
4. Make a toast or light a candle to the end of the year.
They expected me to stand, toast, and light a wildfire down my throat.
Note its relatively low price point — fourteen dollars, compared to thirty at some of its competitors — and utter simplicity of preparation: top-sliced bun, buttered and toasted, a light smear of mayo, a full quarter pound of lobster meat, a shake of what's mostly celery salt, a drizzle of lemon-infused butter.
Examples include "Holiday & Tradition," "Happy & Hanukkah," "Hostess & Mostest," "Friends & Giving," "Flute & Toast," "Love & Light," "Tumblers & Scotch" and, always at the end, "Crate & Barrel".
