Whether by train, plane or automobile, any excuse to pack up and skip town is a welcome relief come the blistering summer sun. When the city becomes a sauna, that’s my ticket to head somewhere–anywhere, beach bound. While many of us find ourselves overindulging the second that out-of-office auto response has been set, starting your [...]
Archive for the ‘Entrees’ category
July 27th, 2011
Edible Travel Necessities: The New Brown Bag
July 20th, 2011
Wild About Salmon
Last weekend, Erin and I headed to Sag Harbor to cater a super chic quarter-century birthday bash. It was a match made in foodie heaven: I met the birthday girl’s mother at a Café Boulud wine dinner, she became a reader of my blog, and the rest, as they say, is history. To make the [...]
May 6th, 2011
Last-Minute Mother’s Day Meal
Mother’s Day is just days away, and if you’re anything like me, you’ve been getting a barrage of emails touting the perfect gifts for Mom. Sales on everything from perfume sets to pots and pans, spa treatments to sparkling tennis bracelets, have invaded my inbox. My Mamma deserves every bit of indulgence after the drama [...]
April 14th, 2011
Springing for Boar (and more)
Spring has sprung, and there is no foolin’ this maven with the signs that the season’s delicate, earthen flavor sensations are beginning to bloom before our very eyes! It’s umbrella season, and as we stash away our heavy coats, woolen stockings and winter recipes, we make room in our closets and our pantries for the [...]
March 23rd, 2011
March Madness: Chili in All Seasons
Spring has officially arrived at our doorsteps, and the anticipated rain has come knocking. I can deal with wet, but it’s the promise of more snow that’s got me mad. I have no doubt that we will be sporting freshly painted toes and sipping on brown-bagged bottles of beer in the sunshine soon enough. City [...]
February 3rd, 2011
Meatball Madness
Straight off the coattails of my personal predictions for the enduring edible delights that are sure to be booming in 2011, I’m prepared to add meatball madness to that list. Not only do I think Italian fare is a constant in this country, and that people hunger for meat and sustenance when times are tough, [...]
June 17th, 2010
Guiltless Angel(Food)
It’s here! It’s the Morning After video recipe of me making Guiltless Angel(food) French Toast. Guiltless because there’s no fat in the cherry angelfood cake and no shame in sharing breakfast in bed with my surprise Valentine! I’ll give you my fat-free cake recipe next week, but for now, click on the video screen above [...]
June 14th, 2010
A Freshly Laid Frittata
A Farewell to Spring Skillet Frittata (serves 4) 4 TB Butter 1 tub Jumbo Lump Crabmeat 1 bunch Watercress (leaves separated) 1 bunch Garlic Chives (diced) 1 cup Fiddlehead Ferns (cleaned) 1 Lemon (juice & zest) 1 cup Morel Mushrooms (cleaned & chopped) 1 shot Marsala Wine 12 large Eggs 6 TB Heavy Cream 1 [...]
May 3rd, 2010
Market Report: Rampage
It seems like only a few days ago that I noticed the first crocus buds poking up from the earth of sidewalk plots. Thin spears of daffodils followed, and by Easter, New Yorkers lucky enough to boast gardens were awash with hyacinths and narcissus. And then, quietly and suddenly, the trees exploded into a riot [...]
February 19th, 2010
Market Report: Everything Tastes Better with Bacon
With the wind whipping, temperature dropping and snow accumulating, I spent much of the last two weeks nesting in my cozy (and at times tropical) fifth floor walkup. By Wednesday, however, cabin fever started to set in, and I knew I needed to take a trip up to Chelsea Markets, specifically, to Dickson’s Farmstand Meats. [...]
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