Cuisine. Culture. Commentary.
I wanted most of my trip to LA to be about discovery. I didn’t want to plan too much out because I had the hopes of just stumbling across local favorites. There was, however, one place I had heard about for so long that I was dying to go. Gjelina was listed as a favorite on…
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Since our Saturday and Sunday evenings were already scheduled with wedding events, Friday night was all about hanging out with Greg and Susan – it’s so rare that I’m in Cali (rare = never) that we needed to take advantage. They were spending the weekend moving from their Marina del Rey home into a new…
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Yesterday I told you I preferred The Clam Bar to the other seafood place across from my Montauk hotel. But that doesn’t mean the other spot was bad. Cyril’s Fish House is definitely worth a visit, if for no other reason than to see Cyril himself, always situated at his corner table with his flowing…
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I’m gonna say it: I am obsessed with The Hamptons. Ugh how bougie of me. But the area is just too cute for me to function and Montauk, in particular, is relaxed and beautiful. It is the perfect area to enjoy the food of the season: lobster rolls. Lucky for us there were two seafood…
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Last week the weather really began to turn into something nice so when me and a group of coworkers had Wednesday night drink plans, we made sure to pick someplace outside. We may have jumped the gun a bit because after about 45 minutes, the cool breezes from the South Street Seaport started to get…
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I was sad when Pie Face closed because I love the trend of restaurants that focus on one (usually carb-filled) type of food. I also don’t hate when they’re open late. We’ve got one for mac and cheese, one for cheesesteaks, one for rice pudding, we used to have one for pies. Our pie connection may…
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A coquette is a coy flirt, which is just how Bridge, Liz, and I wanted to feel on our last night in New Orleans. With the boyfriends/husbands at home, we wanted to flirt with the town…but it’s a mature flirt – more Magazine Street than Bourbon Street. Bridget’s local foodie friend recommended the farm to…
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People have been buzzing about Corkbuzz for a while and though I thought it sounded like a good spot, I wasn’t rushing to get there since I already have some pretty solid wine bars on rotation. But then watched a documentary about Master Sommeliers and learned it’s nearly impossible to become one and extremely rare…
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When the waitress came to our table, we asked if she had any favorite dishes. “Oh, this dish is just amazing,” she said. “But so is this one…and THIS…and you can’t not order this…or this or this.” By the time she was done, she had listed the entire menu as “favorites.” I can assure you that’s…
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The plan for our last family dinner in Vegas was sushi. I had been craving it and Allison will never deny it so the deal was done. Except the restaurant couldn’t accommodate us during the time slot we wanted and we didn’t have any wiggle room since Allison had a red eye flight to catch.…
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Peaches to Apples 