Food and Drink
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Contradictions
Normally I am not a little dog person, but I totally fell in love with Barley, my friends Rachel & Najib's dog this weekend. I think he fell in love with me a little too. Just sayin'. I really couldn't have asked for a better weekend — catching up with Lauren, Caroline & Tara at Highlands and
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Weekend Wrapup
Friday evening workout followed by dinner w/Mom & Stephen at Maya, long run with @krey729 on Saturday, dinner party with Carrie, Bill & Laura (homemade papardelle with mushroom sauce, antipasti, white bean crostini, arugula salad, apple crumble), The Dizzy Fizz's punch party, leftovers for lunch, the Rhum Rhum Room, the Green Fairy & Van Gogh,
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Quote of the Day
My stepmother reminded me of this quote yesterday. So very true. "A good dinner is of great importance to good talk. One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well." — Virginia Woolf
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Pacific Time
I returned to NYC from LA on Thursday night but still feel somewhat like I'm running on Pacific time — I slept until 11 both days this weekend (which doesn't happen that often). It could be that I'm just recovering from the trip generally, as it was jam-packed. I drove straight from the airport to
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Divine Swine
(or, I am a very bad Jew). LA update to come shortly. In the meantime, be sure to check out Time Out New York's 100 Best Things to Eat and Drink, two of which were written by yours truly: Chicharrones from Flying Pigs Farm & Wontons with Hot Sauce from White Bear (both conveniently located
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LES* Noshing Walk
A few weeks back, I went on a self-guided noshing walk around the Lower East Side and Chinatown; I highly recommend it as a way to spend a sunny Sunday. I followed it up with a ridiculously long walk — hope that helped to counterbalance the caloric intake. Heebster at Russ & Daughters (I only
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Booze You Can Use: Leblon at Lani Kai
Often I am invited to attend events that don't completely mesh into something I can write about for my current freelance columns, but which are great for gathering information, getting pitch ideas, increasing my knowledge, and making contacts. I'm going to do my best to write about them here instead. I figure that between those
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The Beauty of Butter
"One of the many reasons that restaurant food often tastes better than the stuff we make at home is that restaurant cooks do not know your cardiologist and have no real interest in your long-term enjoyment of life. They cook for this moment and for the fleeting feeling of delicious transcendence they can offer a
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So Much Inspiration, So Little Time
This month's Bon Appetit was chock full of delicious sounding recipes! I'm going to have to start hosting dinner parties on weekdays too; will just make them very simple, with advance preparation. Helloooo, autumn! – Spaghetti & meatballs – Wild mushroom risotto – Horseradish-glased brisket and short ribs with root vegetable mash – Butternut squash
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What’s for Dinner?
I had seen this a few months back, but reminded of it by Jordana: What the Fuck Should I Make for Dinner? In case you run out of fucking ideas about what to make for dinner.