So one of my nearest and dearest, “So Very Carrie,” moved away to Vermont a few years back and it appears as though my former Buffalo neighbor has taken root there, literally. She’s now tapping maple trees and donning sugar gloves to harness the sap from the giant trees of the North, her new kind of skyscraper. Okay, [...]
Archive for December, 2007
December 31st, 2007
The Maple Manhattan a la Vermont
December 30th, 2007
Lots o’ Latkes
I may be a half-breed, but I am wholly in love with potato pancakes. My Mamma, the Jew, makes them every year for my Dad’s fam, the gentiles. Identity crises aside, they’ve come to taste like holidays to us all and are perfect when made miniature and passed around to snack on before Christmas dinner…or [...]
December 25th, 2007
Kimberly’s Food Fantasies for ’08
Dear Santa, I have been a good girl this year. I have eaten my veggies, been nice to my brother, and my Italian teacher gave me all A’s on my orals. I go to bed when asked and take naps when told. I read every night and never skip breakfast. When dark, sometimes I sneak [...]
December 24th, 2007
Sara’s Food Fantasies for ’08
Dear Mom (I’m twenty-eight and Jewish don’t believe in Santa. Sorry kids). In the immortal words of Christina Aguilera: ‘What a girl wants; what a girl needs” 1. A pina colada. I don’t care if they’re not seasonal. They’re delicious and they make me feel like I’m twenty-one again. 2. An insulated thermos. “Why not dream bigger?” [...]
December 23rd, 2007
Celest’s Food Fantasies for ’08
Santa Darling~ I’m not big on things for the home unless they hang in my closet. Couldn’t care less about what’s in my fridge unless it’s a vintage bottle of Krug. If presents must be given, I’d like a classic clutch in which to tote around the cash I’ll need to make for each of [...]
December 22nd, 2007
Erin’s Food Fantasies for ’08
Dear Santa, It goes without saying that all I really want for Christmas is my man, my fam, and to be edited back into that Macy’s ad I shot with P. Diddy! Of course, if you need more suggestions, I’d adore: 1. For Brach’s Candy Corn to be sold year-round 2. A fondue party with [...]
December 21st, 2007
Amanda’s Food Fantasies for ’08
Dear Santa, I have a new apartment, an old flame to share the holidays with (Oscar, my doggie, of course!), and all I’m missing is a just-right New Year’s celebration with my Tribe. If you can’t bring me my ladies, could you please bring me: 1. A ticket back East, for a birthday dinner with [...]
December 20th, 2007
Cheese, Chocolate and Cream
Three of my favorite delights! Indulgences? Sure. A little naughty…I always hope so. A meal comprised of all three? Yes, please! In fact, I had just that, at a new place in Hell’s Kitchen on Saturday night. Casellula is an easy-to-love place with a hard-to-say name. Whatever. A place that traffics almost entirely in luscious dairy-driven [...]
December 18th, 2007
For My Birthday, a Pony Named Piper H., by Celest
Snapshots of a blissful day: midnight phone call from Him, followed by 1am delivery of Ben & Jerry’s; spoonfuls savored in bed… a morning wrapping packages with reams of gold and purple ribbon, whilst sipping my Abraco cappuccino… 6 Train uptown to 86th St.; holiday luncheon at Café D’Alsace, compliments of over-generous Warren; flushed from over-generous waitress’ [...]
December 17th, 2007
Vinocabulary
I was listening, rather than really watching CNN’s program, Your $$$$$, Saturday afternoon, as I poached oranges in Pino Noir for Celest’s birthday cake. Single in the city and my bank account has gone into hypovolaemic shock (it has to do with bleeding; Mama is a nurse) because of the stresses I’ve put it through during this season of cocktails, [...]
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