Imagine this: you’re at a stiff party, undoubtedly a little bored, and you notice someone striking standing across the room. He may also be bored, out of place, but he’s your kind of “out of place,” so you feel a sort of kinship to this odd man out. He’s Sean Penn at a Heritage Foundation [...]
Archive for the ‘Summer’ category
September 25th, 2009
Market Report: Your Melon Moment
September 18th, 2009
Market Report: Tons of Toms
This summer, or perhaps I should say “last summer” since it seems to have already come and gone, New Yorkers missed out on several classic, quintessential summertime sensations. Weather-wise, for most of June and July it rained, and then there were all of four decently steamy summer afternoons – the sort that make you long [...]
September 11th, 2009
Market Report: My Kind of Town
At a certain moment, it happens to every New Yorker (especially perhaps, to those of us lucky enough to live below 14th street). Manhattan starts to seem like the beginning and ending of the known world. It’s not hard to understand; the whole universe is on your block: a Michelin-starred French restaurant, totally authentic falafel [...]
September 8th, 2009
La Fiesta
It took all summer, but the finale has finally arrived! Watch the last webisode in this Fiesta series on the video screen above, or click here to watch the first webisode and get the recipe for my grilled Mexican style Corn-on-the-Cob and Tequila Spiked Mango Guacamole.
September 4th, 2009
Market Report: And the Snozzberries Taste just like Snozzberries
One of the best things about really fresh, high-quality ingredients is that often, very little has to be done to them to make a dynamite dish. A quick sauté, a drizzle of first-rate olive oil and some sea salt is often all that’s necessary to make good fruit and veggies great. It’s like that classic [...]
September 1st, 2009
Grilling Flavor
Click here to watch the first webisode in this series or get the recipe for my grilled Mexican style Corn-on-the-Cob.
August 28th, 2009
Market Report: Timing is Everything
A few winters ago, I received a call from Marco, a friend of a friend who was in town from Spain, asking if I’d like to have dinner. Our mutual friend assured me that Marco was tall, dark and single, and that he loved to cook. Armed with ulterior motives and luscious memories of head-on [...]
August 26th, 2009
Queso Fundido Soup (OOPS!)
Click here to watch the first webisode in this series or visit The Supper Club online.
August 24th, 2009
Crush-a-belle: Yellow Corn con White Wine
As I sit down to write this post we are waltzing, make that running, through the last days of summer. Now is the time to fire up the grill and eat outdoors, before the waning days of humid haze elude us, and we wish it were once again time to complain about the heat. It [...]
August 21st, 2009
Market Report: Millions of Peaches
On a summer afternoon right before I left for Buff, I sat in Riverside Park working my way through a couple of exquisite and wonderfully seasonal white peaches. I’d been out riding my bike – on a quest for something delicious to eat – when I stumbled across a farmers’ market overloaded with gorgeous produce, [...]
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