10. Free Wifi Hotspots in NYC (Part II) What makes any list even better? When it comes in two parts, giving you not only more to choose from but even more inspiration! If you’re feeling cooped up and housebound this winter, and are still in need for new, free wifi hotspots, take a gander through [...]
January 7th, 2011
The Countdown: Best of Belle 2010 (Part II)
June 24th, 2010
Crush-a-belle: Ode to Avocado
There are several indications summer in the city has made her grand entrance. Sundresses and sandals parade down sidewalks covered with tables, crowded with chairs, filled by New Yorkers hoisting fruity cocktails that flow like water, oh yeah, and the subway has begun to heat up like a sticky sauna. Among the other signals of [...]
June 4th, 2010
The Dishes
Click on the video screen above to watch the fifth installment in a webseries documenting my ladies-only Valentine’s Day soiree. In this webisode, my Tribe gets down and dirty when we play a trivia game I’ve cooked up for the evening with edible lingerie looming as the winner’s take home prize! You can watch us [...]
June 1st, 2010
Market Report: Butter Me Up
I may be a chef and a foodie, but one of my favorite meals has always been bread and butter. Though I was not a finicky child, on those nights that our family ate “grown up food” I would be allowed, assuming I’d at least tried my meal and finished enough of the vegetables, to [...]
May 26th, 2010
The Dish: Partridge Pot Pies
Click on the video screen above to watch the fourth installment in a webseries documenting my ladies-only Valentine’s Day soiree. In this webisode, my Tribe gathers around my coffee table to dig in to a love inspired menu of heart-shaped Partridge & Pear Pot Pies, Candied Walnut Hash and Watermelon Radish Salad. Get the back [...]
May 14th, 2010
The Dish: Quail Egg Toasts
Click on the video screen above to watch the third installment in a webseries documenting my ladies-only Valentine’s Day soiree. In this webisode, my Tribe joins me in the kitchen to dish up my recipe for Quail Egg Toasts topped with Boccalone ‘nduja, or as described in The Times, “flaming liquid salami.” Get the back [...]
April 28th, 2010
Cooking in Kimberly’s Kitchen
Click on the video screen above to watch the second installment in a webseries documenting my ladies-only Valentine’s Day soiree. In this webisode, my Tribe comes over to mia cucina to cook, laugh, eat, drink and dish together on V-day. Hand-popping Truffle Popcorn, Erin proves my best help in the kitchen, while Celest pours pitchers [...]
April 23rd, 2010
Dairy with a Brogue, by Celest
When I was a student in Ireland, I fell deeply in love—with a hot Irishman and dairy. Eventually, the gent turned into a great friend, but the passion for dairy has never abated; it’s still a hot affair. I’ve documented my adoration of ice cream. I’m pretty convinced that I’d eat an old shoe if [...]
March 9th, 2010
Market Report: Smashed
Talk about a spring tease! The last few days in New York City felt like full-fledged spring, but my Buffalo bones (and NY1) tell me there’s more winter on the horizon. Apparently it’s gonna rain on my birthday, and March’s madness is likely to keep us guessing till we turn the corner on April, and [...]
February 24th, 2010
Pizza Field Notes, by Celest
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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