For those itching to read an honest, raw, food-forward memoir, look no further than Gabrielle Hamilton’s Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef. Yes, that same Gabby Hamilton of the taste bud-tantalizing Prune restaurant, recently published her life story into nearly three hundred pages–and naturally, it speaks volumes on the subject [...]
Archive for the ‘The New York Scene’ category
May 20th, 2011
Crush-a-Belle: Blood, Bones & Butter
May 12th, 2011
Amor y Amargo: Eat it Up!
Untitled from Kimberly Belle on Vimeo. First a Food Maven and now a Foodista! I’ve been selected as today’s “Drink Blog of the Day” at Foodista.com. Swing by their homepage to see my profile, check out my full list of the Top 20 Spring-Forward Cocktail Bars in the city, and get two original recipes for [...]
May 3rd, 2011
The Spring Take-Away, By Erin
Last week Kimberly and I decided to meet up for a late meal and dined at our favorite go-to village pasta stop, Bar Pitti. We were the lone soles occupying an outdoor table. With no heat lamps in sight, we braved the breeze and were determined to enjoy our rigatoni al fresco. Earlier in the [...]
April 29th, 2011
Spring-Forward Cocktails (Part II)
11. Employees Only Everyone needs a neighborhood bar. But to be able to call Employees Only my neighborhood bar is something for which I’ll be forever grateful. Not that it’s a Wednesday-night-beer kind of place; the crowd at EO is always well-dressed, well-heeled, and sometimes tightly-packed on weekends. It’s the cocktails that make the scene, [...]
April 26th, 2011
Spring-Forward Cocktails (Part I)
As the warmer weather arrives, all the red wine and hot punch from the winter months becomes less desirable. The thought of warming my hands over a mug of mulled cider, as I so often did this winter, no longer seems appealing; with spring, thoughts of fresh herbs, flower blossoms, fizzes and flips take center [...]
April 21st, 2011
Maven of the Month: Snotty McSnobster
I’m unveiling a new monthly blog feature and have chosen my old friend and self-described “most powerful maître d‘ in the city,” Snotty McSnobster, to help launch my very first Maven of the Month blog post. Each month I’ll focus on a new Food Maven and ask him or her to share their insider secrets [...]
April 19th, 2011
Lilac: Eat it Up!
Lilac: Eat it Up! from Kimberly Belle on Vimeo. Watch me review my all-time favorite chocolate shop in the city, and pick yourself up some black & white dipped matzoh or a chocolate bunny (or two) for the holidays. Happy Passover. Happy Easter. Happy Spring, FOOD Mavens. Eat it Up!
April 6th, 2011
NY Vintners: Eat it Up!
NY Vintners: Eat it Up! from Kimberly Belle on Vimeo. Watch me review my Apocalypse Sow dining experience on the video screen above. Okay, so I forgot to give it a star rating and the backdrop is lacking, but stick with me while I get the hang of vlogging. My six-course all-pork meal at NY [...]
April 1st, 2011
Untitled: Eat it Up!
Untitled: Eat it Up! from Kimberly Belle on Vimeo. April Fools FOOD Mavens! I know I promised my very first VLOG-style video restaurant review yesterday, and okay, it’s not exactly a “restaurant review” per se, it’s more of an anecdotal summary of my experience eating at Danny Meyer’s latest venture–Untitled at the Whitney Museum–but watch [...]
March 30th, 2011
Beware of 6 & 10!
As much as I love getting down and dirty in the kitchen, I look forward to a nice night out as much as the next girl. I’m lucky enough to live in one of the greatest cities on the planet, and there’s always a restaurant out there that I’m dying to try. I’ve been known [...]
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