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 [...]
January 26th, 2011
The Winter Table
July 13th, 2010
A Moveable Feast: Adventures with the FOOD Maven
I’m just back in the Big Apple after an extended wedding weekend in Vermont, where I baked and assembled a tower of 250 cocktail-inspired cupcakes cupcakes (think Brandy Alexanders, Bourbon Manhattans and Carmel Cappuccino Creams)! Sorting through my many wedding photos I got to thinking about all the travel images I collected this past Spring, [...]
June 21st, 2010
The Dinner Belle Does Spring
Today marks the first day of Summer! And by all accounts, this season already seems to have surpassed last year’s wash out. It’s gorgeous outside, and has been for weeks now. Summer’s heirloom tomatoes and sweet corn are right around the corner, but there’s still plenty of Spring’s leftover harvest to keep us happily returning [...]
October 5th, 2009
Food Porn
Food is a seductive sensory experience. First senses being taste and smell, of nearly equal importance, but presentation is a close third in the race to wow your dining crowd. Sight’s a big one when it comes to food. What’s that old adage? We eat with our eyes first. And when grocery shopping, above all else, [...]
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