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I had such a great time while my Mom was here – we just walked and walked for three days. Exploring quaint West Village streets and uncovering restaurants in my own neighborhood. It’s easy to feel sad once she’s gone, but thankfully my life has been so busy I almost don’t notice. I used to live…
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I discovered Taproom No. 307 on a run and made a mental note to check it out. Apparently, my mental notes can’t be trusted because it took me months to actually remember to go. (Note: when I say I remembered, what I really mean is I didn’t remember at all – Albert actually suggested it.)…
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My Mom thought the bartender at Vanguard was joking when he said the ovens were shut off on Friday so we couldn’t order any of the cooked items on the menu. Except it wasn’t a joke. That’s just what happened when NYC experienced a heat wave and the act of using an oven became too…
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Maison Keyser is a Parisian bakery that’s gone global. The contents of the case are exactly like what you would expect from a traditional French patisserie. I had to get a tarte because that’s my favorite and while in France I attempted to try every variety my local patisserie had to offer, which meant I…
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I had a nice bottle of champagne on hand and was determined to use it for mimosas on the roof this past weekend so I invited Beth over for a Saturday brunch. I couldn’t just serve mimosas – that’s just not the kind of hostess I am – so I prepared two summer salads. The…
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I am so excited for my Mom to arrive in the city tomorrow! Her idea of a good day in Manahattan is EXACTLY like mine so I imagine there will be plenty of exploring, meandering, and eating going on. ‘ve always wanted to go to a movie screening in a park, but after six years…
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I love lemon cream pasta. Carbonara is pretty good, too. Basically pasta with cream sauce is decadent comfort food. Have I told you anything you didn’t already know? If you’re like me and you love creamy pasta, read on. I followed this recipe and couldn’t believe how amazing it tasted. You don’t feel like you’re sacrificing…
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Avocado goes great with citrus and anyone who’s eaten at a sushi restaurant knows that avocado and edamame work well together. Just a hunch, but that means grapefruit and edamame could work together with avocado doing the back end work of bringing them together. I just told you the three main ingredients for this salad.…
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We’ve seen tons of chef memoirs recently – even I’ve gotten sick of them. But it’s hard not to be intrigued by Marcus Samuelsson’s story. Samuelsson was not even three years old when his mother walked him and his sister to the nearest town in Ethiopia in search of care for their tuberculosis affliction. His mother…
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Years ago my family took our boat out for a weekend camping trip. On the last morning I was put in charge of making breakfast out of whatever we had leftover. I ended up making breakfast burritos out of shrimp we caught straight off the side of the boat and some cajun seasoning we had…
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Peaches to Apples 