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Ichabod’s is small, but size doesn’t always matter. Not when a bottomless brunch is offered, at least. Just $15 gets you two hours of mimosas or bloodies, which go great with the country breakfast (two eggs, potatoes, and bacon or sausage). The food was solid, the vibe intimate, and the location just off Union Square…
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I think of Delicatessen as one of those beautiful people restaurants. Maybe it’s because there are lots of fancy stores in SoHo. Maybe it’s because the restaurant is so crisp and white. At 28 years old I should not be so easily intimidated. There was nothing scary about the restaurant and I was pretty enough…
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As you’ll see from this week’s background (a screenshot of my instagram), the Konter fam released some pretty major news last week. My brother and sister-in-law are expecting a visit from the stork in August! I am so very happy for them and know they will make the best parents. I also plan to be…
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Don’t you love it when things are so easy and also sooo good? I certainly do because it’s nice not to always have to work hard to cook enjoyable food. This recipe for dijon tarragon cream chicken took 20 minutes to pull together and tastes like you spent all day cooking it (I find cream…
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B Flat calls itself an “authentic bar”. If a bar serves alcohol, I would consider it authentic…but that’s just semantics. I suppose they consider themselves legitimate because they have a whiskey on the menu that is $28 for 2 oz. I am not the kind of person that would order that but still found the…
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From temperature to sleep, see this infographic to understand what contributes to your happiness. Esquire used a focus group of 1,000 to determine what makes men normal. How do you stack up? Former mayor Michael Bloomberg is donating $53 million to restock the fish populations in Brazil, Chile, and the Philippines. An effort like this…
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Here in the North, shrimp is never the main meal. I pretty much only ever see it as a shrimp cocktail appetizer or as the protein in a pasta dish. But as a Lowcountry girl I’m used to shrimp being the main event. When you can catch the main course for free off your dock,…
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One of my New Years Resolutions is to start a new monthly feature on the blog (and, again, I resolve to revive the last monthly feature I started, Inspiration Station). Cooking with ingredients of the season just feels…genuine. Each month I’ll select one or two ingredients that are in season and highlight them in a…
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I am trying so hard to take it easy and get back to a routine this week. I went to the gym for the first time since Thanksgiving, I got back into the kitchen to test new recipes, and I spent a lot of time reading. My body and mind both seem to be responding…
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When I say I’m going to eat downtown, I usually mean East Village, Lower East Side, SoHo, or West Village. Rarely does “downtown” mean anything lower than that. But when two of your friends live basically at the bottom tip of the city, you may have to travel a bit. This time, a dinner date…
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Peaches to Apples 