Food and Drink
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London, Day 3: Laziest Day Ever
Woke up at noon, puttered around the apartment, went to lunch at St. John. No marrow bones — they were saving them for the "feast" menu. "Made do" with welsh rarebit and a pig skin & pea shoot salad. Walked home, took a nap. Got a massage, lazed about, walked to dinner at Teyyabs —
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London Day 2: A Lazy Day
Slept over 10 hours, wandered my way down to Borough Market and had lunch at Wright Brothers Oysters — 1/2 dozen raw, 3 fried, and a glass of muscadet. Had a shortbread cookie and an iced espresso for dessert. Wandered around a bit more, then met Rebecca for a drink on the roof garden at
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London, Day 1
After sleeping pretty well on the flight over, I arrived to find a a gorgeous and sunny day (did someone swap NYC and London weather?). Just had a light picnic lunch and read in the park before getting one serious pedicure. Returned for a nap and then had dinner with Sara at the Tapa Room
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Bad Blogger
I went away for the weekend and didn't even bring my camera. For shame. A recap, in no particular order — grilled pizza, four mile run, oysters at the swanky new Out, a little singing, grilling in the rain, s'mores, Pegu cocktails, hot tub, challah french toast, bacon, more bacon, more rain. Home early for
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Even More Thoughts
– Yes, I do most of my shopping at the farmers market, try not to eat processed food, and all that, but sometimes every once in a blue moon, a woman needs some Cheetos, especially on a crappy, rainy day like yesterday.– What do you do when you're so environmentally conscious that you always have
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Gin-o-Riffic
(Because @cocktailspirit took a better picture than I did.) Many thanks to all who came out for last night's Clear Liquor Tweetup at Double Crown — a very successful follow-up to our Brown Liquor Tweetup at Char No. 4 a few weeks back. At our peak capacity, we probably had over a dozen people, many
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I Love Beautiful Pork
That's the translation of Rob's t-shirt, which he wore to the Big Apple BBQ Block Party yesterday. And love beautiful pork we did indeed. I think I am still in a meat coma. Pictures are here. On Saturday night, I went to the NYC Food Film Fest where I learned, among other things, that buttermilk
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The Magic Formula
Good friends + good food = good times. Other than that, I pretty much suck at math these days, although I was great at it in high school. Thanks to Kim & Caroline for a lovely evening at Blue Ribbon.
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Deflowered
Yes, this is a parents-safe post, I promise. I am proud to report that I am no longer ashamed. I can walk with my head held high. I am no longer a Di Fara virgin. I sampled one plain round slice, one artichoke round slice, and a square slice w/sausage and olive (thanks so much
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Marketing Genius
We went to Elettaria for their inaugural brunch yesterday. Noticing there were three different types of bacon on the menu, I (naturally) asked if it was possible to get a sampler. The chef not only thought it was a good idea, but wanted to add a taste of the ham offered on the menu. When