Cuisine. Culture. Commentary.
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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Extra Virgin is a great place for a date. I know this because while I was there with a couple girlfriends, we noticed most of the tables around us were occupied by couples. And why wouldn’t they be? Extra Virgin is a tiny West Village restaurant and “tiny” and “West Village” are three words that…
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I was wary when Amy wanted to eat at Hu Kitchen before a movie this weekend. One look at the menu and I could tell it was super healthy – and not in the sneak veggies into your kids’ meals sort of way. The word “organic” was thrown around a little too often for my…
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Have you ever been disappointed in something when the outcome wasn’t even that bad? That’s how I felt about Alder. The restaurant had been #1 on my list for about seven months and for good reason: it earned a 2-star review from The New York Times, is currently on at least three “Best of 2013”…
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If you were Jean-Georges, you would build a gorgeous restaurant in the bottom of your apartment building, wouldn’t you? And then you would make your son the head chef, right? I certainly would. It’s the epitome of convenience. Well, it is for him. For me, it was less than easy to get a cab all…
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When I walked by Arctica (a douchy typical Murray hill bar) and noticed it was now Whitman and Bloom I thought…oh good, Arctica 2.0. But when Albert said that’s what he wanted for his November pick, I couldn’t argue. You see, we’re trying to establish a tradition where we each choose 1-2 new restaurants or…
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Madison Bar and Grill does a crazy brunch buffet with seafood, eggs benedict, hanger steak, a chocolate fountain, and more. It’s $25 and comes with a cocktail and unlimited coffee. It can be a bit overwhelming so when Steph and I met at this uptown Hoboken establishment, we ordered off the regular menu (the fact…
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I forgot tis the season for Madison Square Eats! I happened to walk by right at lunch time and it just so happened that the stall I most wanted to try accepted credit cards. This cash-free gal was in luck! I had never heard of Mighty Balls before so that was the main draw. They…
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You know it’s fine dining when you don’t even get a normal menu so I had a feeling I was in for a treat when we were handed a 4-course tasting menu at McCrady’s. At $65 per person, it’s an indulgence, but we were on vacay so…what the hey! The entrance to the landmarked tavern…
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After getting a fabulous set of nails, a colleague and I decided to grab a quick drink at whatever bar was closest. That turned out to be Public, which may have been swankier than we were looking for, but they served alcohol so it fit the bill. When a group of trendy Soho girls waltzed…
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Peaches to Apples 