Cuisine. Culture. Commentary.
WHY DID NOBODY WARN ME THIS BOOK WAS GOING TO MAKE ME CRY? Finch and Violet meet on the roof of their school’s bell tower, both intending to jump to their deaths. Ever since the death of her sister, Violet has been unable to find joy in her life. Her life has changed so dramatically…
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Bubby’s is famous around NYC when it comes to brunch. I think that’s because for a long time it was the only cute place in the highly residential TriBeCa for a long time. More restaurants have entered the neighborhood, but Bubby’s remains a favorite thanks to it’s consistently good comfort food and amazing drinks. Let…
Read MoreWeekends are for weddings! If you’re like me, with 9 weddings each year, the weekends are, quite literally, for weddings (attending them, that is). Also if you’re like me, the weekend is a time to think about planning your own wedding. Lots of people carve out a certain time each week for to wedding planning…
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Everything I had read about Via Carota mentioned that they do things with vegetables that could make any meat lover reconsider their values. Don’t think of it as a vegetarian restaurant – there is plenty of meat and fish on the menu. It’s just that the vegetables are given true attention rather than serving as…
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3 fun things for the week
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Sometimes I think there’s a place you’ve just got to know about and my Public Service Announcements (PSAs) will give you the full skinny. With Liz visiting from DC, I wanted to actually plan a couple things so we weren’t just wandering aimlessly. And since we had plans to booze Saturday night, we wanted to…
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In this present day version of Pride and Prejudice, Liz Bennet is a New York magazine journalist who returns to her native Cincinnati to help her mother and four sisters care for her father after a heart attack. The Bennets are an interesting bunch. There’s Mrs. Bennet, a women with a shopping addiction, who can…
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Flammekeuche, or tarte flambée, is a French dish that’s basically flatbread pizza with a cracker thin crust. It’s typical of the Alsace region and something I ate all the time when I lived in France but haven’t had since…until now. La Tarte Flambée is a cute little restaurant in my Murray Hill neighborhood. In the year…
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The high and low from the week of 6/13
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After ordering a little too much Mexican, I had a some rice and black beans left over, along with some esquites (that spicy corn with mayo and cotija). I decided to turn it into a full meal with a few simple additions that I could pick up on my way home from work. This easy…
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Peaches to Apples 