It’s no secret, as past posts will attest, autumn is my favorite season. The changing leaves and abundance of apples at the Union Square Farmers’ Market make me yearn for trips home to Connecticut to bake pies with my Mother, where we trade in our chilled chardonnay for spicier cabernets. Not only are autumnal foods [...]
November 29th, 2011
Castles, Cabernet, Conferences…and Karats, by Erin
August 3rd, 2011
Hot, Haute & Hamptons, By Erin
Well friends, there’s no doubt it’s been a hot summer so far. If you’re like me, you’ve been running up your Con Edison bill, doubling your daily iced coffee quota, and finding any excuse in the book to get the hell out of Brooklyn and onto the beach! It’s usually right around this time of [...]
June 9th, 2011
Fleaing to Brooklyn
What do Café Habana, Peoples Pops, and The Meat Hook all have in common? For one, they not only provide New Yorkers with delicious summertime taste sensations, but each eatery also has booths in some of the most foodie-forward neighborhood fairs and fleas around Brooklyn. If you were some of the few who decided to [...]
March 23rd, 2011
March Madness: Chili in All Seasons
Spring has officially arrived at our doorsteps, and the anticipated rain has come knocking. I can deal with wet, but it’s the promise of more snow that’s got me mad. I have no doubt that we will be sporting freshly painted toes and sipping on brown-bagged bottles of beer in the sunshine soon enough. City [...]
February 24th, 2011
Silver Belles
Okay, so it’s not Christmas time in the city and it ain’t gonna be upon us again anytime soon, but it did snow this week, I’m eating just as many root vegetables as I was when the sidewalks were “dressed in holiday style,” and alas, a string of twinkling Christmas lights are still strung from [...]
January 26th, 2011
The Winter Table
The New Year is upon us, and Winter has descended upon the city, glistening with white powder and crackling quiet beneath her blanket of snow. Though the holidaze has passed, the gaze outside my 5th floor tenement looks a lot like an urban Christmas village, city sidewalks and rooftops twinkling in the glow of streetlamps [...]
October 13th, 2010
Fall for The Dinner Belle, By Erin
Autumn is awesome. Sure, summer is sizzling, winter’s a wonder, and spring is sweet, but fall is fetching, fall is fragrant… fall is foodalicious. I’m sure the fact that I’m a born and bred New Englander makes me nostalgic for the changing leaves, crisp air and homemade applesauce, but I think there’s also something special [...]
September 10th, 2010
Market Report: Shishito Peppers
To honor the passing of summer, last week Erin and her man invited me and Mr. Mixologist to their new apartment for a summer’s sunset double date. As we watched the stars twinkle and the mosquitoes buzz around our “Off” sprayed arms and legs from their wooded, rooftop perch, we munched on one of my [...]
June 28th, 2010
Moving on Up… and IN!, by Erin
I love the sunshine. There is no doubt that warm weather puts a spring in my step, a smile on my face and a sweet tan on my Italian skin. Spring is a lovely time, but often brings rain and seasonal allergies, and to me is sort of like a waiting period…a tease of what’s [...]
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 [...]
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