This summer I’ve recreated some of my favorite childhood sweet treats, each with their own comfort chic twist! From s’mores decked out in milk chocolate bacon bars to cupcakes kissed with bourbon, fruit pies laced with ginger spice and avocado popsicles spiked with tequila, my food adventures may have been inspired by fond childhood memories, [...]
August 17th, 2010
Not so Mellow Jell-o
December 25th, 2008
Festivities, Food and Otherwise
This year’s holiday season has been extra festive! It all started a few weeks back when Amanda was in town from L.A. and the Tribe got together for a Friends’ Thanksgiving at my house. She and I cooked scallop ravioli in a truffle cream sauce, bacon and leek potatoes au gratin, a celery slaw with [...]
December 24th, 2007
Sara’s Food Fantasies for ’08
Dear Mom (I’m twenty-eight and Jewish don’t believe in Santa. Sorry kids). In the immortal words of Christina Aguilera: ‘What a girl wants; what a girl needs” 1. A pina colada. I don’t care if they’re not seasonal. They’re delicious and they make me feel like I’m twenty-one again. 2. An insulated thermos. “Why not dream bigger?” [...]
December 18th, 2007
For My Birthday, a Pony Named Piper H., by Celest
Snapshots of a blissful day: midnight phone call from Him, followed by 1am delivery of Ben & Jerry’s; spoonfuls savored in bed… a morning wrapping packages with reams of gold and purple ribbon, whilst sipping my Abraco cappuccino… 6 Train uptown to 86th St.; holiday luncheon at Café D’Alsace, compliments of over-generous Warren; flushed from over-generous waitress’ [...]
December 13th, 2007
Let Her Eat Cake, by Erin
Yesterday was The Big Day. The B-Day. This was the first year for as long as I can remember that I did not have some sort of elaborate, one-of-a-kind, stay-out’til-the -sun-comes-up-the-next-day- while-eating-BLTs-at-the- local-diner-on-the-corner kind of birthday parties. I love birthdays. Especially my own. I love them so much, I have even been known to throw [...]
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