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 [...]
June 1st, 2010
Market Report: Butter Me Up
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 9th, 2010
Strawberry Shortcakes
So catering has sort of been kicking my ass this week, and I haven’t had time to write a proper blog post. This might be a first since starting this blog back in September of 2007, but it’s also the first time Erin and I have attempted 6 jobs in 10 days, and now I [...]
March 5th, 2010
Market Report: Squashed
As I was making my way to the Union Square Farmers’ Market a few days ago, I noticed something: my coat wasn’t fully zipped up, my scarf was loose around my neck, and though there was a breeze in the air, I wasn’t bracing myself every time the wind rattled. February, it seems, is only [...]
January 28th, 2010
A Worldly and Worthy Winter, by Erin
While the cold winter weather and too many sugar cookies may have some of you in hibernation mode, The Dinner Belle has been burning up calories, adding many new and exciting logs to our growing fire this snowy season. Kimberly and I were both fortunate to spend our New Year’s celebrations in Vermont, albeit at [...]
January 25th, 2010
Shame on Me (Part II)
Differences of taste are tricky ameliorate, let alone legislate. Take for example, The Breadcrumb Debacle. Last week, with a renewed vigor for dishing out the best a food-forward life has to offer, Erin and I decided to cook dinner together in lieu of hitting up a neighborhood hotspot. I made vegetables and dessert; she was [...]
January 22nd, 2010
Shame on Me (Part I)
I’m dating again. And I’m struck by how quickly I was able to repair my heart after how badly it was broken some months ago. I wouldn’t have thought I could feel so open, so ready for love and lust, quite so soon, but I guess that’s a tribute to time’s ability to heal hearts [...]
January 15th, 2010
Crush-a-belle: Forever Po, by Erin
For the past four years in a row, my Man and I have been ringing in our “anniversary” at Po. No we’re not married (yet!), but we are staunch sentimentalists and love celebrating the anniversary of our first date, and if you must know, our very first kiss, which we shared over dim candlelight and [...]
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