Food and Drink
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Booze You Can Use: Whisky and Women Unite!
Mark your calendars! On March 8th, Compass Box and the New York Chapter of LUPEC (Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails) are joining forces for the third annual Whisky and Women Unite, a cocktail party benefitting Bottomless Closet. The first one started as a piggyback on the tweetups I had been doing, and
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Booze You Can Use: Broad Appeal
It's always fun to drink for a cause! Join LUPEC NYC (that's the NYC chapter of Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails) as we raise money the Wounded Warrior Project at our premiere of Broad Appeal, a monthly event where one of the city's best female bartenders will recruit a celebrity male barback
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Booze You Can Use: Have a Boulevardier
Saw this in the NYT earlier this week and fell in love with the idea of a cross between a Negroni and a Manhattan. I plan to make one as soon as I get home and I promise I'll take a picture!! The Boulevardier 2 ounces rye or bourbon 1 ounces Campari 1 ounce sweet
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Weekend Wrapup
Plus a highlight from Thursday: the Momofuku Ssam duck dinner with Katie, Karen, Kim and Jackie – which as absolutely delicious — followed by my maiden visit to Corkbuzz. Will definitely return. Friday night I went to the Black Grouse launch party where I had some of Lynnette's amazing cocktails, then relaxed with Moxie for most of Saturday
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Booze You Can Use: Have a Hot Toddy
So first it’s cold, then it’s hot, then it’s cold again. Regardless, make yourself a hot toddy the next time you feel cold or the next time you have a cold — either way it’ll make you feel better. Hot Toddy 1 1/2 – 2 oz bourbon (or whisk(e)y of your choosing, or brandy, or rum,
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I Need Salad
Meat-heavy weekend. Saxon & Parole, noshing in Flushing (pictured above, the spicy and delectable bobo chicken from Spicy and Tasty), Fatty Cue, Davis' chipotle mole chile, and Bo Ssam. Other weekend highlights: PDT, four little dogs in my apartment, Moxie's first trip to the vet, LUPEC meeting at the Beagle, Davis' dinner party fly-by, quality
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Booze You Can Use: Have a Manhattan
It's Friday, so it's time for a cocktail. The cocktails I make the most often for myself at home are the Negroni and the Manhattan. They're classics, simple, easy to remember, and guaranteed to take the edge off of even the crappiest of days. The Manhattan pictured above is a gorgeous specimen made from the
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And By the Way
I'm writing for CBS New York these days, too, for their Best of New York Food & Drink section! Stay tuned for more food/cocktail posts. Restaurant Week's 5 Best New Venues 5 Best Midtown Lunch Spots for Restaurant Week