Food and Drink
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Allez Cuisine!
I have been on an ongoing quest to cut down my spending in all aspects of my life. As you may or may not know, I have some mild food-hoarding tendencies (thank you, family), so I have a well-stocked pantry and freezer. It’s strange — when I’m at the beach house, I love the Iron
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Booze You Can Use: Have a Negroni Sbagliato
Photo: La Cucina Italiana Sometimes one little tweak can make all the difference. Given my love for the Negroni and my recent fascination with champagne cocktails, it's no surprise that I enjoy the Negroni Sbagliato. Roughly translated, it means a bungled negroni — a mistake — but don't let that fool you. It's a perfect
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Reboot
As many of you know, I'm in the midst of a bit of a career reboot right now (if you want details, email me!). A colleague who recently left my firm to start her own consulting business recommended a wonderful book to me called Reboot Your Life: Energize Your Career and Life by Taking a
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Booze You Can Use: Have a Seelbach Cocktail
Photo from Drinking Made Easy Bubbles. They instantly lift the spirit. Sometimes, however, you want bubbles, but you want something a tad more complex than a glass of champagne. Enter the Seelbach. On New Year's Eve, and on a subsequent visit to Pouring Ribbons in the East Village, I kept asking for champagne-based cocktails. There
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Canine Cuisine
I love spending wintry Sundays in the kitchen or reading the NYT while something delicious is simmering away on the stove. Yesterday's culinary focus wasn't on food for the week, or prepping something comforting for a dinner party, but making a batch of homemade dog food for little Miss Mox. A while back, I borrowed
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Booze You Can Use: Have a Vieux Carré
Photo courtesy of Scofflaw's Den It's cold out there. Given weather like this, I tend to gravitate towards cocktails that are stirred and boozy — at least I'll be warm on the inside. If you're looking for an alternative to an Old Fashioned, try the Vieux Carré, a classic cocktail from New Orleans. Vieux Carré
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Winding Down
L to R from top left: Xmas ornament at my aunt's; King Crab legs on my bday; cuddling w/Moxie on the couch; dim sum overload at Nom Wah; eggnog at the NoMad; Xmas eve in Washington Square Park The last week and a half of 2012 has been a whirlwind, but it reminds me of
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Holiday Gift Guide o’ Mine
I know, I know. It's a bit late in the game for a holiday gift guide, but hey — you can always save it for next year. – If you are in NYC and haven't been to Hearth or Terroir, you should. If you live elsewhere, make sure they are on your list for when
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Booze You Can Use: Have The Last Word
Photo courtesy of Oh Gosh Last night I dined with my friend Sarah at the bar at Minetta Tavern. We each started with a cocktail — Sarah a Manhattan, and I The Last Word. Although I often trend towards brown spirits in the colder weather, for some reason, the combination of gin, lime, green Chartreuse