February is—for me—the most singular month of the year. It’s short, it’s unforgiving with its wicked weather and romantic overtures, and it’s spelled with one of the most baffling “r’s” in the English language. It’s bitterly cold, often snowing, and work is in shorter supply (at least for those of us whose idea of work [...]
February 5th, 2010
Market Report: Take it Slow
Introducing Kimberly Belle
Kimberly's Calendar
- Mar 27: Nini's Birthday Brunch @ Freeman's
- Mar 23: The Supper Club's Launch Party @ Zengo
- Mar 17: St. Patrick's Day Drinks with Sara @ The Spotted Pig
- Mar 16: Dinnerdate @ Perilla
- Mar 15: The Dinner Belle caters a Book Launch @ The Park Avenue Armory
- Mar 13: My Burger Shoppe Birthday Bash
- Mar 12: My 32nd Birthday! Pizza Party with the Fam @ Pulino's Bar and Pizzeria
- Mar 11: The Supper Club hosts Marie Antoinette's Boudoir Bash @ Orsay
- Mar 11: The Dinner Belle caters a Lingere Trunk Show @ Journelle
- Mar 10: Dinnerdate @ Faustina
- Mar 8: My Birthday Dindin with Papa @ Aureole
- Mar 7: Oscar Party @ Soho House
- Mar 6: Whole Pig Butchering Class @ Jeffrey's Meat Market in The Essex Market
- Mar 5: Coffee Date with Celest @ Abraco
- Mar 4: Dinnerdate @ Corsino follwed by Game Night and Live Jazz @ Fat Cat
- Mar 3: Friends & Family Dinner at The Mark by Jean-Georges @ The Mark Hotel
- Mar 2: Cross Poll with Erin @ Piano's
- Mar 1: Lunchdate with Sara @ Keste
- Feb 28: Super Tasters New Menu Meal @ Double Crown
- Feb 27: The Dinner Belle caters a Cupcake Tower for Rachel P's Engagement Party @ Soho House
- Feb 26: Midnight Meal with Snotty McSnobster @ Joseph Leonard
- Feb 25: Dinnerdate @ dell'anima
- Feb 24: Dinnerdate @ Choptank
- Feb 23: Slow Food NYC Volunteer Training @ Jimmy's No. 43
- Feb 22: Tribe Dinner @ Breslin
- Feb 21: Grilling Class @ Blue Hill at Stone Barns
- Feb 20: Jasmine's Master Class @ Laughing Lotus Yoga with Amanda
- Feb 19: The Society's Winter Social
- Feb 18: KC's Age of Aquarius Party @ Casa la Femme
- Feb 17: Amanda Arrives to Town!
Most Recent Comments
- Martin: PS. I think you may have a codeing issue in your ingredient list.
- Martin: Good flavours, straight forward and easy to make. Everything I like in a recipe.
- Kate "Southern Belle": Holy cow girl! Those look down right EVIL! Gotta try them for sure, evil in a good way nonetheless!
- Rhonda: Your squash dishes look yummy. Squash is one of my favorites. Today was 40 in Buffalo and shorts ...
- Kimberly Belle: Another pizza tip: though not yet taste tested, I am DYING to try Kieth McNally's latest joint with Nate Appleman ...
My Tribe
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Food Porn
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Video Webisodes
- Midnight Eggs
- Caprese Tomato “Boats”
- Tomato Talk: “Summer’s Sunset” Fruit
- Tomato Talk: Eating Green
- Tomato Talk: The Australian
- Leftovers: Who Can Handle Heat?
- Leftovers: The Basil Lady
- Leftovers: The Tasty Finale!
- A Calamity Over Cocktails
- Tequila Spiked Mango Guacamole
- Queso Fundido Soup (OOPS!)
- Grilling Flavor
- La Fiesta
- Market Report: Mornings At The Market
- Market Report: Evening In The Prep Kitchen
- A Tribe Thanksgiving
- Gossip & Gift Boxes with The Belles
- A Feast Fit for a Queen
Lists to Live By
- 101 Tidbits About Belle (Part I)
- 101 Tidbits About Belle (Part II)
- Pizza Field Notes
- Top 20 Green Go-To Grub-Hubs (Part I)
- Top 20 Green Go-To Grub-Hubs (Part II)
- Top 20 Manhattan Coffee Sips (Part I)
- Top 20 Manhattan Coffee Sips (Part II)
- Top 30 Late Night Hotspots (Part I)
- Top 30 Late Night Hotspots (Part II)
- Top 30 Late Night Hotspots (Part III)
Links I Like
- Amateur Gourmet
- American Bull Moose
- Blogga Please
- Chez Pim
- Chocolate and Zucchini
- Christopher Kimball
- Diner’s Journal
- Eater
- Fork in the Road
- Gawker
- Gorgeously Green
- Greek Tragedy
- Grub Street
- Jezebel
- Menu Pages
- Ruhlman
- Sara Barron
- Serious Eats
- Strong Buzz
- Tasting Table
- The Feed
- The Green Fork
- The Huffington Post
- The New York Times
- Urbanite
- Waiter Rant
- Yelp
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- Go Green! A Conscientious Dining List, by Erin
- An(other) Inconvenient Truth (Part I)
- An(other) Inconvenient Truth (Part II)
- An(other) Inconvenient Truth (Part III)
- Asparagus Soup & Salad
- Blue Hill Belated
- Chocolate-Peanut Butter Anything
- Crush-a-Belle: Pickled
- Crush-a-belle: The $64 Tomato
- Food Fight
- Food, Inc.
- Go Green! A Conscientious Dining List, (Part II) by Erin
- Greenmarket Blues
- I left my heart in…
- In The Buff
- Interns Are Going Organic
- Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution
- Market Report: And the Snozzberries Taste just like Snozzberries
- Market Report: Dinosaur Kale
- Market Report: Don't Play With Your Food
- Market Report: Everything Tastes Better with Bacon
- Market Report: Figs & Newton
- Market Report: Gobble, Gobble
- Market Report: Millions of Peaches
- Market Report: Mornings At The Market
- Market Report: My Kind of Town
- Market Report: Off The Hook
- Market Report: Rooted
- Market Report: Scallops, Santa & Scrooge
- Market Report: Smashed
- Market Report: Sniffles & Truffles
- Market Report: Squashed
- Market Report: Take it Slow
- Market Report: Timing is Everything
- Market Report: To Splurge or Not to Splurge?
- Market Report: Tons of Toms
- Market Report: Your Melon Moment
- Market Stalking, by Sara
- San Fran-Fucking-Cisco
- Season-a-Belle: Winter Recipe eBook
- Shame on Me (Part I)
- Shame on Me (Part II)
- Small Potatoes are No Small Potatoes
- Strawberry Fields (forever)
- The Big Apple
- The First Lady Digs In!
- The Men Cleanse, by Amanda
- The Skinny
- Time for Lunch
- Tomato Talk: Eating Green
- What to Read
- Zucchini Ribbons
- ►Lists to Live By (10)
- Go Green! A Conscientious Dining List, by Erin
- 101 Tidbits About Belle (Part I)
- 101 Tidbits About Belle (Part II)
- Best Brew, Through and Through (Part II), by Celest
- Best Brew, Through and Through, by Celest
- Go Green! A Conscientious Dining List, (Part II) by Erin
- It's After Midnight. Dinner Anyone?
- It's After Midnight. Dinner Anyone? (Part II)
- It's After Midnight. Dinner Anyone? (Part III)
- Pizza Field Notes, by Celest
- ►Love Stories (26)
- Vurkey for my Valentine
- A Date on Downing Deserves No Blue Ribbon
- Banana Bread and Butterflies
- Beet It!
- Crush-a-belle: Forever Po, by Erin
- Death of a Salesman
- Food, Inc.
- Free Yaself Sista!
- I have not been honest with you.
- I left my heart in…
- Lumberjacks and Jack o’Lanterns
- Market Report: Timing is Everything
- Market Report: Your Melon Moment
- Market Stalking, by Sara
- Mr. Niceguy
- OIBLTIBS, or “Oye’-bl Tibbz”, by Erin
- Oysters with an Ex
- San Fran-Fucking-Cisco
- Shame on Me (Part I)
- Shame on Me (Part II)
- Tall, Dark, and Yummy (Shawarmy)
- That Powder's Not Sugar
- The 'Borg
- Two-Faced and Terrific
- With Sweet Comes Sour
- Your Gloves Are Circumsized and Therefore Impractical, by Sara
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- Market Report: And the Snozzberries Taste just like Snozzberries
- Market Report: Dinosaur Kale
- Market Report: Don't Play With Your Food
- Market Report: Evening In The Prep Kitchen
- Market Report: Everything Tastes Better with Bacon
- Market Report: Figs & Newton
- Market Report: Gobble, Gobble
- Market Report: Millions of Peaches
- Market Report: Mornings At The Market
- Market Report: My Kind of Town
- Market Report: Off The Hook
- Market Report: Rooted
- Market Report: Scallops, Santa & Scrooge
- Market Report: Smashed
- Market Report: Sniffles & Truffles
- Market Report: Take it Slow
- Market Report: Timing is Everything
- Market Report: To Splurge or Not to Splurge?
- Market Report: Tons of Toms
- Market Report: Your Melon Moment
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- A Feast Fit for a Queen
- A Tribe Thanksgiving
- An Excellent Evening
- Caprese Tomato “Boats”
- Chocolate-Peanut Butter Anything
- Crush-a-belle: The $64 Tomato
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- Food Fight
- Food Porn
- Gossip & Gift Boxes with The Belles
- Grilling Flavor
- In Search of a Good Dinner Party
- Interns Are Going Organic
- Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution
- La Fiesta
- Leftovers: The Basil Lady
- Leftovers: The Tasty Finale!
- Leftovers: Who Can Handle Heat?
- Market Report: Evening In The Prep Kitchen
- Market Report: Mornings At The Market
- Midnight Eggs
- Queso Fundido Soup (OOPS!)
- Season-a-Belle: Winter Recipe eBook
- Tequila Spiked Mango Guacamole
- The Daily News, The Yearly Beast
- Time for Lunch
- Tomato Talk: "Summer's Sunset" Fruit
- Tomato Talk: Eating Green
- Tomato Talk: The Australian
- ‘Twat Waffle’ Debacle, by Sara
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- Chef's Parm
- Chicken Pot Pie and I don’t care...
- Grilled Pepperjack on Sourdough
- Lots o’ Latkes
- Market Report: Everything Tastes Better with Bacon
- Pumpkin Risotto
- Roast Chicken
- Scallops over Creamed Corn with Balsamic and Blackberries
- That’s Not Kosher
- Zucchini Ribbons
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- ►Soups (3)
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- Chocolate-Peanut Butter Anything
- Christmas Cucumber Margaritas
- Crush-a-belle: Yellow Corn con White Wine
- Doing it Right
- Grilling Flavor
- Jesus sans Skis
- Market Report: Dinosaur Kale
- Market Report: Everything Tastes Better with Bacon
- Market Report: Smashed
- Market Report: Squashed
- Marmalade, sans Smoosh
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- Season-a-Belle: Winter Recipe eBook
- The Maple Manhattan a la Vermont
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- A Feast Fit for a Queen
- A Tribe Thanksgiving
- Brown Butter Sage Pumpkin Ravioli
- Chocolate-Peanut Butter Anything
- Crush-a-belle: The Blind Tiger
- Faux-toberfest
- Greenmarket Blues
- Lumberjacks and Jack o’Lanterns
- Market Report: Don't Play With Your Food
- Market Report: Figs & Newton
- Market Report: Gobble, Gobble
- Market Report: Mornings At The Market
- Market Report: Off The Hook
- Market Report: Scallops, Santa & Scrooge
- Market Report: Sniffles & Truffles
- Market Report: To Splurge or Not to Splurge?
- Market Report: Tons of Toms
- Market Report: Your Melon Moment
- Memories of Halloweens Past
- Postcards From a Day of Giving Thanks
- Pumpkin Risotto
- The Big Apple
- Tomato-Lemon Soup with Orzo
- ►Spring (4)
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- Crush-a-belle: Madam’s Gin & Jam
- A Cold Shoulder to that Iced Café
- A Mexican Fiesta
- Asparagus Soup & Salad
- Brunch and Boating
- Crush-a-belle: The $64 Tomato
- Crush-a-belle: Yellow Corn con White Wine
- Grilling Flavor
- Hot & Spicy
- La Fiesta
- Lick It and Love It, by Celest
- Market Report: And the Snozzberries Taste just like Snozzberries
- Market Report: Millions of Peaches
- Market Report: My Kind of Town
- Market Report: Timing is Everything
- Market Report: Tons of Toms
- Market Report: Your Melon Moment
- Picnic, Perfect
- Queso Fundido Soup (OOPS!)
- Scallops Encore
- Scallops over Creamed Corn with Balsamic and Blackberries
- Strawberry Fields (forever)
- Tending the Urban Soil
- Tequila Spiked Mango Guacamole
- Think Pink
- Tomato Talk: "Summer's Sunset" Fruit
- With Sweet Comes Sour
- ►Winter (32)
- 'Tis the Season for Truffles, by Celest
- A Worldly and Worthy Winter, by Erin
- Après Ski Fondue
- Bleu Belle
- Bourbon Bonbons
- Chicken Pot Pie and I don’t care...
- Chocolate-Peanut Butter Anything
- Christmas Crostini
- Christmas Cucumber Margaritas
- Crush-a-Belle: Pickled
- Doing it Right
- Festivities, Food and Otherwise
- Food, Inc.
- Jesus sans Skis
- Lots o’ Latkes
- Market Report: Dinosaur Kale
- Market Report: Everything Tastes Better with Bacon
- Market Report: Rooted
- Market Report: Smashed
- Market Report: Squashed
- Market Report: Take it Slow
- Marmalade, sans Smoosh
- Merry Christmas FOOD Mavens
- Meyer Lemon Raspberry Crêpes
- Naughty or Nice?
- Nesting
- OIBLTIBS, or “Oye’-bl Tibbz”, by Erin
- Season-a-Belle: Winter Recipe eBook
- Shame on Me (Part II)
- Take Stock, Chicken That Is
- The Maple Manhattan a la Vermont
- Winter Citrus Cocktails
- ►Fall (23)
- ►The New York Scene (75)
- Crush-a-belle: Madam’s Gin & Jam
- Go Green! A Conscientious Dining List, by Erin
- 'Tis the Season for Truffles, by Celest
- A Bon Voyage with an Italian Accent
- A Cold Shoulder to that Iced Café
- A Date on Downing Deserves No Blue Ribbon
- A Feast Fit for a Queen
- A Mexican Fiesta
- A Worldly and Worthy Winter, by Erin
- Affettati Addendum, by Celest
- Affettati Doesn’t Sound Promising, by Celest
- An Olympic Appetite, by Celest
- Bar-Q
- Benoit: Good Night and Good Luck, by Celest
- Best Brew, Through and Through (Part II), by Celest
- Bleu Belle
- Bloody Brits!, by Celest
- Blue Hill Belated
- Boo!
- Brunch and Boating
- Butter Me Up
- Cabrales, Come Hither…
- Candy and Corvettes, by Erin
- Cheese, Chocolate and Cream
- Chinatown is Nuts
- Crush-a-belle: Forever Po, by Erin
- Crush-a-belle: Locanda Verde
- Crush-a-Belle: Pickled
- Crush-a-belle: The Blind Tiger
- Crush-a-belle: Yellow Corn con White Wine
- Doing it Right
- East of 3rd & South of 14th, by Celest
- Fall Food, Fashion & Farmhouses, by Erin
- Faux Coconuts; Real Good Bar
- Faux-toberfest
- Foodluminaries at Centro Vinoteca, the Gossip and the Dish
- Frosting as Fetish
- Go Green! A Conscientious Dining List, (Part II) by Erin
- Grey Dog Bites
- Juicy Burger, Juicy Party
- Let Her Eat Cake, by Erin
- Lick It and Love It, by Celest
- Manhattan Mavens
- Market Report: Everything Tastes Better with Bacon
- Market Report: Mornings At The Market
- Milk is Making Me a Cow, by Celest
- Mr. Niceguy
- No Mas (farmhouse)
- OIBLTIBS, or “Oye’-bl Tibbz”, by Erin
- On the Prowl
- Oysters with an Ex
- Party All the Time, by Amanda
- Pizza Field Notes, by Celest
- Proud Members of Society, by Erin
- Rain, Rain Go Away
- Seedy Chic
- Supper Club Holiday Party Hollaback
- Surprise: Gemma is a bit of a Gem!
- Table for One
- Tall, Dark, and Yummy (Shawarmy)
- That Powder's Not Sugar
- The 'Borg
- The Daily News, The Yearly Beast
- The E.U. in the E.V.
- The King of Greenwich Village
- Think Pink
- Time for Lunch
- Two-Faced and Terrific
- Venetian Dreamin'
- What to Drink...
- Where to Eat...
- Where to Eat…
- With Sweet Comes Sour
- Your Gloves Are Circumsized and Therefore Impractical, by Sara
- ‘Twat Waffle’ Debacle, by Sara
- ►Travel (21)
- A Good Day for L.A., by Celest
- Cowboys con Queso: Our Trip to the Lone Star State, by Kimberly and Celest
- Death of a Salesman
- Food Fight
- Free Yaself Sista!
- Hwy 1 is Fun, Fun, Fun, by Celest
- I have not been honest with you.
- I left my heart in…
- In The Buff
- Jesus sans Skis
- Market Report: Don't Play With Your Food
- Market Report: My Kind of Town
- Market Report: Scallops, Santa & Scrooge
- Market Report: Sniffles & Truffles
- Marmalade, sans Smoosh
- Naughty or Nice?
- Nini's Wedding, by Kimberly and Celest
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- San Fran-Fucking-Cisco
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- Brown Butter Sage Pumpkin Ravioli
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- Market Report: Sniffles & Truffles
- Crush-a-belle: The Blind Tiger
- Market Report: Off The Hook
- Death of a Salesman
- Market Report: Figs & Newton
- Food Porn
- Market Report: To Splurge or Not to Splurge?
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- 'Tis the Season for Truffles, by Celest
- Kimberly Belle vs. The Times (you decide)
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