Bacon’s smoky, salty kiss has long been liberated from the confines of the breakfast table and has made its way into everything from hearty stews to gooey chocolate chip cookies. Like salt, bacon is also a flavor enhancer that lends a unique earthiness to everything it touches. Okay, let’s be honest – everything it touches. [...]
November 10th, 2010
Bacon, Paired
May 3rd, 2010
Market Report: Rampage
It seems like only a few days ago that I noticed the first crocus buds poking up from the earth of sidewalk plots. Thin spears of daffodils followed, and by Easter, New Yorkers lucky enough to boast gardens were awash with hyacinths and narcissus. And then, quietly and suddenly, the trees exploded into a riot [...]
September 18th, 2009
Market Report: Tons of Toms
This summer, or perhaps I should say “last summer” since it seems to have already come and gone, New Yorkers missed out on several classic, quintessential summertime sensations. Weather-wise, for most of June and July it rained, and then there were all of four decently steamy summer afternoons – the sort that make you long [...]
August 30th, 2008
Free Yaself Sista!
The world now knows the fastest man on the planet is Jamaican. Like Celest, I loved watching the Olympics and was tuned in when Usain Bolt won his first gold the very night I met another Jamaican man, on the subway no less. Bolt may be fast, but my Jamaican is free! I was standing [...]
March 31st, 2008
Your Gloves Are Circumsized and Therefore Impractical, by Sara
I moved to Bushwick recently, a quasi-industrial Brooklyn neighborhood where there’s little to do for fun besides count the rats on the subway platform and/or drink $2 PBRs at the one and only neighborhood restaurant,Northeast Kingdom. I find the latter option more pleasant, and so spend my evenings saddled up at their bar. As it [...]
December 2nd, 2007
Brooklyn Bash, by Erin
Wasn’t last night amazing, you guys?! Thanks for coming to my party and meeting my new housemates! I know Kimberly and Celest don’t undertake a trek to Brooklyn lightly, but it was worth it, no? I was so honored that a Sara/Maggie dance-off would happen in my own living room! But man, Kimberly, when Sara’s [...]
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