Food and Drink
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Constant Cravings
Foods I craved for at least a moment yesterday: Welsh Rarebit and Bone Marrow/Parsley Salad from St. John Spicy wontons from White Bear Square jam-filled doughnut from Doughnut Plant Burger from now defunct Fatty Johnson's Nachos from Redbones
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Food You Can Use: Let Us Eat Local & Dine Out Irene
Those of us in NYC were spared by Hurricane Irene (although we may have gained a pound or two from all the cooking), but many of the farmers upstate who provide us with amazing local produce weren't as lucky. In case you were wondering what you can do to help, here are some ideas: One
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Weekend Wrapup Redux
Wrote an entire post that got deleted somehow. Grr. So, here goes take two. As with the last post, I am noting, for the record, that this post will do absolutely nothing to convince my father that I do not, in fact, spend all of my free time jaunting about the city eating and drinking.
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Cooking Up A Storm
I was supposed to go to Maine this past weekend, but was foiled by Hurricane Tropical Storm Irene. That said, I had serious lobster on the brain, and between that and Mark Bittman's timely piece on lobster in the Sunday NYT magazine, I decided that lobster bisque was just what I needed to make it
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Rock You Like a Hurricane
I couldn't help myself. Pre-Irene shopping list/prep includes: C batteries for flashlight/radio, bottle of rosé, new rainboots, carrots/onion/celery for making lobster & chicken stock, milk for coffee, bottled water, battery-powered cell charger, & cash (learned my lesson during the blackout). Am I forgetting anything? I've got a well-stocked pantry and bar, and as long as
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Weekend Wrapup
I had a great weekend, although slightly over-caloric, with no triathlon training to undo the damage. Oops. Basically, I spent the weekend with friends and family having great conversation, wandering, grazing, tasting, exploring, and sampling food and drink. Not too shabby, and pretty much an ideal weekend, in my book. Friday night I hosted a
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Channeling Julia
Julia Child's birthday was August 15th, and as I was walking home last night I passed a window display at Broadway Panhandler filled with pictures of her. As you know, I adore her; she's one of my heroes. I admire the way she lived her live to the fullest, without being overindulgent, it seems like she
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Beach Brain
Back from a week at the beach and I think half my brain is still out there. Managed to dip in the ocean, cook up a storm, ride a beat up bike around the island, get a massage, catch up on my New Yorkers, and doze off on the beach, listening to the sound of
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Booze You Can Use: Gettin’ Schooled
So I wrote this post for Tasting Table and somehow missed it when it got sent out on June 10th! The bottom line is that your bar can be your classroom. Go forth and learn.
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Weekend Wrapup
Pretty damn good weekend, if I don't say so myself. Friday night was a long-overdue catch up dinner w/Lauren, Caroline & Tara at Porsena (which, by the way is delicious. Go.) Got up Saturday for my last long training run in Central Park — the triathlon is less than a week away so I'm in