It’s my birthday today! I turn a whopping 32. To celebrate, my cousin flew in from France and we’re spending the day learning to knit with our Auntie …seriously. As if 32 didn’t sound old enough, an afternoon spent sipping tea and knitting scarves undoubtedly did me in! But I’m also being taken on a [...]
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Pickles are to New Yorkers as kimchi is to Koreans. Sweet or sour, soft or crunchy, mild or garlicky, the city and the pickle are as entwined as pastrami and rye. The unsung hero of the Lower East Side, as quintessential as the New York slice, the Kosher dill was once a headliner of this [...]
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Whenever my dad (a gregarious MexTexican) comes to visit, his favorite thing to do is ask every random person he meets what they think is the best slice of pizza in New York City. He asks everyone. Cabbies. Bartenders. Bodega owners. He’s often eating a slice while he asks the guy, who just sold it [...]
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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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It’s time for lunch. Or rather, it’s time to reform the school lunch program in this country. On Fat Tuesday, it’s apropos to direct you to my favorite celebrity chef at his recent TED Prize winning speech, wherein he announces that in the 18 minutes it will take for him to deliver said speech, 4 [...]
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While the cold winter weather and too many sugar cookies may have some of you in hibernation mode, The Dinner Belle has been burning up calories, adding many new and exciting logs to our growing fire this snowy season.
Kimberly and I were both fortunate to spend our New Year’s celebrations in Vermont, albeit [...]
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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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It’s not just a new year; it’s a new decade. A new start. A chance for a fresh proclamation. And with all this “new” comes the inevitable reflections of old…
Snotty McSnobster held his annual holiday hijinks soiree right before I skipped town for Buff last month. Celest was my +1. [...]
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Click on the video screen above to watch the final webisode in a series documenting The Dinner Belle’s A Feast Fit for a Queen soiree. In this webisode, we take you behind the scenes of Queen Latifah’s lavish fragrance launch event to give you a sneak peek of life in our catering kitchen. If you [...]
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Click on the video screen above to watch the first webisode in a series documenting The Dinner Belle’s Fit for a Queen soiree, celebrating the launch of Queen Latifah’s new fragrance “Queen” at Macy’s, or click here to get my recipe for the featured Brown Butter Sage Pumpkin Ravioli. Shopping at the Union Square Farmers’ [...]
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