2010 has been the summer of bivalves. In July I went clamming in the Hamptons, ate my fill, and still lugged ten pounds of sea-to-table Cherrystone Clams back to my tiny apartment fridge. It took me all night to shuck ‘em, but two days later I was back in brine at the new Mermaid Oyster [...]
Archive for the ‘Love Stories’ category
September 1st, 2010
Aw shucks! I’m Un-Clammed Up.
July 1st, 2010
Market Report: Cherubs & Cherries
Love is in the air, and cherries are at the market! Amanda flies in next week from LA, and we’re planning to catch up in the kitchen before we both make our way to summertime weddings; she’s off to a lavish affair right here in New York City, while I make my way up north [...]
June 11th, 2010
Freshly Laid
From the beginning, I’ve made my love for eggs of all kinds no secret on this site. Quail egg toasts have become one of my favorite signature hors d’oeuvres, and I’ve shelled out a small fortune for spring-hued Araucanas. Needless to say, I’ve been spending a lot of time around a certain egg farmer lately–at [...]
June 4th, 2010
The Dishes
Click on the video screen above to watch the fifth installment in a webseries documenting my ladies-only Valentine’s Day soiree. In this webisode, my Tribe gets down and dirty when we play a trivia game I’ve cooked up for the evening with edible lingerie [...]
May 26th, 2010
The Dish: Partridge Pot Pies
Click on the video screen above to watch the fourth installment in a webseries documenting my ladies-only Valentine’s Day soiree. In this webisode, my Tribe gathers around my coffee table to dig in to a love inspired menu of heart-shaped Partridge & Pear Pot Pies, Candied [...]
April 23rd, 2010
Dairy with a Brogue, by Celest
When I was a student in Ireland, I fell deeply in love—with a hot Irishman and dairy. Eventually, the gent turned into a great friend, but the passion for dairy has never abated; it’s still a hot affair.
I’ve documented my adoration of ice cream. I’m pretty convinced that I’d eat an old shoe if it [...]
March 22nd, 2010
Market Report: Lala Land
As poets, gardeners and schoolchildren know, spring is a time of awakening and release. Snow melts, coats are shed and newly manicured toes start appearing on the street. It is relief, a literal breath of fresh air through the first opened window of the year, a lifting of the mantle of darkness that enveloped us [...]
January 25th, 2010
Shame on Me (Part II)
Differences of taste are tricky ameliorate, let alone legislate. Take for example, The Breadcrumb Debacle.
Last week, with a renewed vigor for dishing out the best a food-forward life has to offer, Erin and I decided to cook dinner together in lieu of hitting up a neighborhood hotspot. I made vegetables and dessert; she [...]
January 22nd, 2010
Shame on Me (Part I)
I’m dating again. And I’m struck by how quickly I was able to repair my heart after how badly it was broken some months ago. I wouldn’t have thought I could feel so open, so ready for love and lust, quite so soon, but I guess that’s a tribute to time’s ability to heal hearts [...]
January 15th, 2010
Crush-a-belle: Forever Po, by Erin
For the past four years in a row, my Man and I have been ringing in our “anniversary” at Po. No we’re not married (yet!), but we are staunch sentimentalists and love celebrating the anniversary of our first date, and if you must know, our very first kiss, which we shared [...]
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