It’s my birthday today! I turn a whopping 32. To celebrate, my cousin flew in from France and we’re spending the day learning to knit with our Auntie …seriously. As if 32 didn’t sound old enough, an afternoon spent sipping tea and knitting scarves undoubtedly did me in! But I’m also being taken on a [...]
March 12th, 2010
The Daily News, The Yearly Beast
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 5th, 2010
A Feast Fit for a Queen
Click on the video screen above to watch the final webisode in a series documenting The Dinner Belle’s A Feast Fit for a Queen soiree. In this webisode, we take you behind the scenes of Queen Latifah’s lavish fragrance launch event to give you a sneak peek of life in our catering kitchen. If you [...]
December 8th, 2009
Gossip & Gift Boxes with The Belles
Click on the video screen above to watch the third webisode in a series documenting The Dinner Belle’s A Feast Fit for a Queen soiree. In this webisode, The Dinner Belles take to the couch to pick sage leaves (for my Brown Butter Sage Pumpkin Ravioli), wrap gift boxes filled with Whole Wheat Apple Crunch [...]
November 20th, 2009
Market Report: Evening In The Prep Kitchen
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 [...]
October 28th, 2009
Brown Butter Sage Pumpkin Ravioli
You know what’s better than making handmade pumpkin ravioli? Handmade pumpkin ravioli someone else makes for you!
Here’s the thing. You might think it’s a bit of a cop-out, but the truth is that I know how to make ravioli; I’ve made them several times with many different fillings, but unless I’m settling into an [...]
June 11th, 2009
A Mexican Fiesta
A few weeks back The Dinner Belle partnered with The Supper Club to co-host a “Chef’s Night In” Cinco de Mayo cooking lesson and dinner party. On hand were 20 invited guests, the Sauza Tres Generaciones tequila sponsors, and a piñata. Erin and I were behind the stove teaching and tasting our way into Mexican [...]
April 12th, 2009
7,000 Cookies Later
Unless you live under a rock somewhere out in East Bumblefuck you must have heard that London’s lauded fashion haven TOPSHOP, opened last week to multi-million dollar business and mobs of people queuing up for blocks, waiting in line for hours, just to go shopping (and meet Kate Moss).
The Dinner Belle catered the four-day launch [...]
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