It’s here! A new year that brings with it hope, inspiration, and stretchy pants; elastic waistbands may be a necessary comfort after all the heavy meals I’ve been indulging in over the holidays, but so too are the annual year-in-review lists that tend to get published as we transition into a new calendar. Come January [...]
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January 13th, 2011
Enduring Trends for Edible Delights in 2011
January 21st, 2008
The Men Cleanse, by Amanda
A few days ago I woke up feeling disgusting. I was hung-over and I’d smoked too much the night before. For weeks now, it seems like I’ve been eating everything in sight. I feel bloated. During the holidays—in France, then California, finally New York—I was faced at every corner with plates of homemade Christmas cookies, [...]
January 5th, 2008
Party All the Time, by Amanda
All I really wanted for my birthday was to get to celebrate it inNew York City with my Tribe of lovelies! What I got was a kinda 24 hour-long extravaganza of drinks, eats, flirts, candles, wishes, pictures, giggles and my girls! It was bliss! The birthday really kicked off right at midnight Wednesday, when Celest ordered champagne [...]
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 [...]
November 23rd, 2007
Postcards From a Day of Giving Thanks
Sara (from Chicago) : Thanksgiving a la Barron: Two notable traditions were carried on this year: 1) The Barron Family Walk. My mother forces my brother, father and me on a two-hour-long walk around our neighborhood prior to our Thanksgiving dinner. “Why?” you may ask? Is it scenic? Not especially. Do we pay a visit to old [...]
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