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 [...]
February 24th, 2011
Silver Belles
December 31st, 2010
Out with the old…
Tis the season to take stock of the year that has gone by and gear up for new foodie fads ahead. Over the next few weeks, I’ll look back at my best posts from 2010, and make predictions for enduring food trends you can expect to grace our kitchens, tables and menus in 2011. Around [...]
January 12th, 2010
Doing it Right
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. In attendance at the [...]
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 30th, 2009
Happy Early New Year FOOD Mavens
I’m off to Vermont in the AM with unpromising Internet access, so let me be the first to wish FOOD Mavens everywhere a Happy Early New Year! You can expect a complete report of my holiday adventures when I return to the Big Apple next week. I hope you’ll join me in welcoming 2010 with [...]
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 her forced interiors; I [...]
December 18th, 2009
Season-a-Belle: Winter Recipe eBook
Tis the season to be spending ungodly amounts of time and money shopping and baking. And in a recession, that just strikes me as unfair. The holidays can prove trying on your wallet, your rolling pin and your stamina, so looking for shortcuts becomes a fore-drawn conclusion. If the harried holiday hubbub has left you [...]
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 [...]
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