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Staten Island Ferry from the Wheelhouse

Headed to Staten Island aboard Spirit of America to pick up my copy of the Sunday Staten Island Advance featuring excerpts from my book “Hook It & Cook It: Fishing, Dishing and Reminiscing with an Urban Angler”. I bumped into my old buddy Billy Thatcher who gave me the insiders tour.  Thanks to Captain HenryContinueContinue reading “Staten Island Ferry from the Wheelhouse”

ErinGoScratch 2017 video recap!

Thanks to you, our valued ErinGoScratch readers, our first six months have been a great journey. Thanks for your continued support, kind words and daily clicks, we will continue to bring you original content focused on sourcing authentic ingredients and making restaurant quality meals at home. We will get back to fishing in the spring.ContinueContinue reading “ErinGoScratch 2017 video recap!”

Urban Pirates- an original screenplay by James K. Shaffer- Part Six

INT. WOMEN’S BATHROOM Anna and Maya are at the sink and look up at the mirror. Anna turns to Maya. Anna Can we talk? Maya I’ve been standing here waiting. They chuckle. Anna Tell me about Mike. What is he so angry about? I’m working too hard here. Maya Mike was the happiest guy inContinueContinue reading “Urban Pirates- an original screenplay by James K. Shaffer- Part Six”

ErinGoScratch Recipe: Christmas Lasagna Memories

This Christmas, like many Christmases before, I was involved in making a lasagna. This year I was the pilot of the operation, but many times in the past I was the sous chef for my mother’s one signature dish. It isn’t that my mother wasn’t a good cook, she was, she just didn’t have theContinueContinue reading “ErinGoScratch Recipe: Christmas Lasagna Memories”

Urban Pirates- an original screenplay by James K. Shaffer- Part Five

INT. WATERFRONT- LUNCH TIME- NEXT DAY Mike and Ken are eating Italian heroes on a bench near the water. A laptop sits between them. Mike So now we have clear evidence that we are onto something. ANNA and I stayed up late figuring it out. Ken Rewind. You and Anna stayed up late, huh? MikeContinueContinue reading “Urban Pirates- an original screenplay by James K. Shaffer- Part Five”

ErinGoScratch Recipe: Brown Butter Lobster Medallions Over Fettucine

“There must be hundreds of unsung heroes and heroines who first tasted strange things growing – and think of the man who first ate a lobster. This staggers the imagination. I salute him every time I take my nutcracker in hand and move the melted-butter pipkin closer.” -Gladys Taber Ah, life’s simple pleasures. Lobster, nowContinueContinue reading “ErinGoScratch Recipe: Brown Butter Lobster Medallions Over Fettucine”

Urban Pirates- an original screenplay by James K. Shaffer- Part Four

EXT. THE NEXT MORNING DOCKSIDE- THE DAWN It is calm and sunny. Mike lowers Scuba tanks and wetsuits to Ken. Mike fires up The Dawn. Anna has hooked up the coffee & bagels and they eat as they pull into the bay. She passes it around. Mike Thank you. Good job on breakfast, Rookie. AnnaContinueContinue reading “Urban Pirates- an original screenplay by James K. Shaffer- Part Four”