Cuisine. Culture. Commentary.
A boozy brunch felt like it was necessary, so Rebekah, Lindsay, and I hit up Crooked Knife (14th Street location, between 7th and 8th) for some mimosas and good convo over the weekend. There’s a mish mash of furniture at Crooked Knife. There are Victorian couches in the front, burlap covered banquettes in the back,…
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Part of the fun of enjoying a meal is dressing for it. The right outfit sets the mood. I think the food just tastes better when I’m dressed appropriately for the occation. My ensemble for a night out with the girls is very different from the one I would wear to a Sunday boozy brunch.…
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Once again I have to say: I love NYC in the summer! Rosemary’s is always packed for brunch, but because all the trendy West Village brunchers skeedaddled to the Hamptons for the weekend, we were able to walk right in on Sunday. There was still a steady stream of people and nearly every table was…
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After reading Yes, Chef I had an idea of what Nordic cuisine might taste like. Never having tried it, I gathered there were a lot of eggs, bread, fish, and pickling. Vegetables…not so much. Outside of Ikea, there aren’t many opportunities to try Nordic food, even in a place like NYC, so I was excited to…
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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…
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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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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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After going crazy for my 30th birthday and then getting engaged, I had no plans to celebrate my 31st…but then a gorgeous bouquet arrived at my office yesterday, instructing me to be at Hunt and Fish Club at 7 PM sharp for a birthday dinner. I walked into the bar area a little early and…
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Loopy Doopy, the rooftop bar at the Conrad Hotel, has become a summertime rite of passage. It’s too hard to pass up an opportunity to Instagram a pic of their signature prosecco popsicle cocktail. This drink is a glass of champagne with a full-size People’s Pops popsicle stuck right inside the glass. That cocktail +…
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In a true first, my neighborhood has a restaurant that doesn’t take reservations, resulting in a line of cool people awaiting a table. That’s usually what happens in the hip downtown areas of Manhattan. But now that Momosan Ramen has opened, there are hoards of youngsters waiting to get a bowl of noodles. Look at Murray Hill gettin all…
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Peaches to Apples 