We finally had our first snow!  Our first official taste of deep winter dropped, though I’ve been tasting winter citrus for several weeks now.  Blood oranges, Meyer lemons, and pink grapefruits are the three gems in winter fruit’s crown.  They make for gorgeous breakfast bowls, zippy marinades and dressings, add a juicy sucker punch to […]

All I really wanted for my birthday was to get to celebrate it inNew York City with my Tribe of lovelies! What I got was a kinda 24 hour-long extravaganza of drinks, eats, flirts, candles, wishes, pictures, giggles and my girls! It was bliss! The birthday really kicked off right at midnight Wednesday, when Celest ordered champagne […]

Rye whiskey has been on my radar since chow.com first posted “The New Whiskey Rebellion” last August. Since then, Saveur, seriouseats.com, and now The Times have run features on America’s original whiskey. So, why rye? Where there’s a food trend, I always have a theory… First off, rye is a no-frills spirit, and in the age of reclaimed-wood(en) bars […]