Click on the video screen above to watch the second webisode in a series documenting The Dinner Belle’s Fit for a Queen soiree, celebrating the launch of Queen Latifah’s new fragrance “Queen” at Macy’s, or click here to get my recipe for the featured Brown Butter Sage Pumpkin Ravioli. Begin at the beginning to view [...]
November 20th, 2009
Market Report: Evening In The Prep Kitchen
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 [...]
October 30th, 2009
Market Report: Don’t Play With Your Food
My first crush was Jason. Jason was way too cool for school, and way too impressed with boy toys to notice my bouncing blonde curls. An example: in second grade I brought in one of those glitter wands filled with purple sparkles and twirled it like a baton during show-and-tell. Jason fell asleep at his [...]
October 18th, 2009
Market Report: Off The Hook
To say I’ve been feeling a little blue lately might the understatement of my year. So before leaving for Buffalo via LA last week, I decided to indulge in the meditative therapy that comes from cooking a feast for a non-threatening man-friend with a penis, and so I called up Dylan. Dylan’s an old friend; [...]
October 9th, 2009
Market Report: Figs & Newton
On a particularly gusty evening last week, I decided to forgo my typical “cooking for one” expedition, to browse the aisles and hunt for dinner inspiration at Gourmet Garage, and instead, took a gander through my pantry to see what I could whip together from what I already had on hand. I had leftover veggies [...]
October 2nd, 2009
Market Report: To Splurge or Not to Splurge?
For some women, this happens with handbags. For me, it’s usually food related. This time, however, it wasn’t a white truffle or a wildly expensive piece of imported cheese that had me drooling, but a block of wood. A gorgeously carved and perfectly polished block of wood. Or, as its tag on the table [...]
September 25th, 2009
Market Report: Your Melon Moment
Imagine this: you’re at a stiff party, undoubtedly a little bored, and you notice someone striking standing across the room. He may also be bored, out of place, but he’s your kind of “out of place,” so you feel a sort of kinship to this odd man out. He’s Sean Penn at a Heritage Foundation [...]
September 18th, 2009
Market Report: Tons of Toms
This summer, or perhaps I should say “last summer” since it seems to have already come and gone, New Yorkers missed out on several classic, quintessential summertime sensations. Weather-wise, for most of June and July it rained, and then there were all of four decently steamy summer afternoons – the sort that make you long [...]
September 11th, 2009
Market Report: My Kind of Town
At a certain moment, it happens to every New Yorker (especially perhaps, to those of us lucky enough to live below 14th street). Manhattan starts to seem like the beginning and ending of the known world. It’s not hard to understand; the whole universe is on your block: a Michelin-starred French restaurant, totally authentic falafel [...]
September 4th, 2009
Market Report: And the Snozzberries Taste just like Snozzberries
One of the best things about really fresh, high-quality ingredients is that often, very little has to be done to them to make a dynamite dish. A quick sauté, a drizzle of first-rate olive oil and some sea salt is often all that’s necessary to make good fruit and veggies great. It’s like that classic [...]
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