Cuisine. Culture. Commentary.
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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Now that Memorial Day has come and gone, it’s time to think SUMMER. In addition to looking forward to the season in general (it’s my favorite!), I’ve assembled a list of things I want to do. I managed to check off most items from my last list and hoping for the same with this one.…
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The high and low from the week of 5/30
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Take some time to reflect.
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The high and low from the week of 5/23
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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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The high and low from the week of 5/9
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At my nephew Reed’s bris, the caterer suggested adding olive bread to the menu. It was a last minute addition, but it was such a good add. I didn’t get his recipe, but I guessed at the ingredients and made some adjustments so it became my own: First, make an olive tapenade. Start by finely…
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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BJ Novak is goofy. Each of the short stories in this book elicits a chuckle. “How does he come up with this stuff?!” is something I bemused after almost every story. Novak chooses a different, random situation for each story. There’s the one about a woman on a date with a warlord, the roast of Nelsen…
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Peaches to Apples 