It’s not just a new year; it’s a new decade. A new start. A chance for a fresh proclamation. And with all this “new” comes the inevitable reflections of old…
Snotty McSnobster held his annual holiday hijinks soiree right before I skipped town for Buff last month. Celest was my +1. [...]
January 12th, 2010
Doing it Right
January 8th, 2010
Naughty or Nice?
Uncle Tony is not my real uncle. He’s my cousins’ great uncle, but we celebrate Christmas Eve together as one big not quite Italian-American family every year in his brother’s (my cousins’ grandfather’s) basement. Phew, got that? It’s quite a mouthful.
Tony’s pushing 90, but by all appearances he is a classic bull, or better [...]
December 25th, 2009
Merry Christmas FOOD Mavens
From our kitchens to yours, hope your holidays are filled with treats both savory and sweet!
December 22nd, 2009
Jesus sans Skis
I don’t ski. And for the record, I don’t date bankers or wear Christmas sweaters either. I grew up in a working class town covered in snow six months out of the year, with very few peaks or ski snobs to speak of. I like winter for her log fires and [...]
December 15th, 2009
Chocolate-Peanut Butter Anything
I love anything made with the classic chocolate-peanut butter flavor combo. Anything. But because I avoid eating processed foods, I’m constantly trying to recreate the joy that is a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup.
In my kitchen, I’ve tooled around with frozen chocolate-peanut butter ice cream sandwiches, chocolate-peanut butter cupcakes filled with Nutella, a chocolate-peanut butter [...]
November 13th, 2009
Market Report: Scallops, Santa & Scrooge
Like any through-and-through New Yorker, I have a secret, almost an illicit fantasy – moving. In this recurring dream, my destination is Northern California, where I’d live in an actual house, somewhere near the sea or grape vines, and do California things: like become a morning person and walk a big beautiful dog on the [...]
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 18th, 2008
Christmas Cucumber Margaritas
The Santa Fe Reporter just published my recipe for Blood Orange Margaritas in their holiday drinking guide!
I know what you’re thinking,
“Christmas Margaritas? Maybe if I were from Texas…”
But I go home to Buffalo every Christmas, a spot known not for its warm winds and cool drinks, but rather, its cold weather and hot wings. Geography [...]
December 13th, 2007
Christmas Crostini
This is the December weekend for holiday parties…I’m attending two! And cooking for neither, for once. But you may well find yourself on the other end of that spectrum, so I’m offering an easy fix that feels flawless in the mouth, looks fancy on the plate, and morphs easily into crackers and dip once you’re too tanked to continue [...]
Proudly powered by WordPress.