21. Best Macaroni and Cheese: The all-American wonderfood seems to get more decadent from year to year. Lobster, truffles, prosciutto, crème fraiche…but my all-time favorite remains the relatively simple, smoked gouda-and-optional-bacon version dished out by Westville as an “appetizer”. Rich but not overpowering, creamy and delicately smoky from the cheese, it’s the perfect plate to share [...]
Archive for the ‘The New York Scene’ category
August 24th, 2010
Cheese, Please (Part III)
August 20th, 2010
Cheese, Please (Part II)
11. Best Place to Assemble Your Own Party Spread: When throwing a party, there’s no place like home. When assembling the pre-dinner spread, there’s no place like Murray’s. I asked Beth Ann Coulton, Wholesale Rep at the venerable cheese store, for her advice on how to put together the best party plate. “When making a cheese [...]
August 13th, 2010
Cheese, Please! (Part I)
The Western world has had a pretty tight relationship with cheese for the past, oh, ten thousand years or so. At this point, we’re virtually inseparable; Westerners and cheese are like Bonny and Clyde, peanut butter and banana, pencil skirts and sky high heels! My own relationship with cheese goes way back, and my love [...]
July 28th, 2010
Market Report: Blueberry Nights
Still bouncing off my summer buzz of everything USA—Team USA, 4th of July, vacas to Vermont, Newport and Colorado, and a recent bike ride over the bridge and into Billyburg for spectacular soul food at Pies ‘n’ Thighs—I decided to co-host a polka-dot themed girl’s night with my Tribe. Using Nini’s apartment and my fervor [...]
July 23rd, 2010
Snotty McSnobster (Revealed)
How do you score the best table at Restaurant Daniel? Should you grease your Maître D? What the hell is a Maître D? Snotty McSnobster has all the answers. Self described as the most powerful Maître D in the city (and it could well be true!), Snotty recently went on tape with Josh Ozersky to [...]
July 8th, 2010
Best Outdoor Edibles (Part II)
13) Best Booze Cruise: Can you afford a beer? Then you can afford a booze cruise…on the Staten Island Ferry. Get your ghetto on by taking this free “cruise” roundtrip from lower Manhattan to Staten Island (you’ll have to get off and get back on again for the return trip, but it’s worth it for [...]
July 6th, 2010
Best Outdoor Edibles (Part I)
Now that it’s summertime (and the livin’ is easy), I’ll find any excuse to linger outdoors soaking up sun, feeling the breeze through my hair, or just plain enjoying the novelty of eating (and drinking!) outside. It’s hard to beat backyard BBQs, and sidewalk cafés sporting Wifi access are fine for a quick lunch, but [...]
June 28th, 2010
Moving on Up… and IN!, by Erin
I love the sunshine. There is no doubt that warm weather puts a spring in my step, a smile on my face and a sweet tan on my Italian skin. Spring is a lovely time, but often brings rain and seasonal allergies, and to me is sort of like a waiting period…a tease of what’s [...]
June 8th, 2010
Market Report: Eggscellent
It all started when I made a vinegar cake. Holed up late at night in my apartment with a clichéd but absolutely palpable PMS craving for chocolate, I pulled out a recipe for a one bowl, nine ingredient chocolate cake that promised to be done and delectable in under 45 minutes. It was 1am, and [...]
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 [...]
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