Cuisine. Culture. Commentary.
Happy New Year, everybody! It’s only day 1, but I hope 2015 is treating you well. Since Albert and I are in the same industy, we both got invited to a big black tie industry gala at the Pierre. It was fun to get all dressed up and party in one of New York’s nicest…
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I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas yesterday! I’m spending my X-mas break in Vail so it’s sure to be a white one – even more so than today’s background pic of NYCs first real snow of the season. Happy holidays! As a Southerner, I didn’t grow up watching hockey but am happy to adopt…
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I hope everyone is still stuffed from Thanksgiving. Spending the long weekend in Savannah with my family reminded me just how much I have to be Thankful for. I recently had the opportunity to tour the Good Housekeeping Research Institute. I may not work anywhere near the science field but it was cool to see…
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This holiday never gets old to me. I get the warm fuzzies just thinking about all the tradition. And as is tradition in my family, I am in charge of the appetizers. Since the caramelized onion dip I made for book club was devoured, I decided that would be my backup. I’ve learned to always…
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Thanks to some hard partying at a bachelorette party on Saturday night, I was unable to rally for Cinco de Mayo celebrations on Sunday. My Cinco party was therefore significantly downsized. There were no margaritas, maracas, or sombreros. But there were tacos and we all know that’s the most important part. I’m sure you read…
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I had such a wonderful time with my parents while they were here for a long weekend. It was much colder than we expected, but we didn’t let that stop us from running around the city! If you haven’t been to the MoMA yet to see Edvard Munch’s “The Scream,” get there now before it…
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Because I had no vested interest in either of the teams playing in this year’s Super Bowl, I didn’t feel the pressure to do anything major. Without a team I cared to root for, there seemed to be no need to go to a party and stay up late, only to feel exhausted on Monday.…
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The full NYE recap will be in another post, but there was one dish I made for the New Years pregame I hosted that deserves it’s very own post here and now. You don’t hear “lettuce wraps” without thinking of P.F. Changs. I think even people who have never eaten at P.F. Changs know the…
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I added “2012” to this blog post’s title because after the success of this year’s event, it’s sure to become an annual thing. Oyster roasts are commonplace in The Lowcountry for good reason – they’re freakin awesome. Basically, you create a pit outside and roast the oysters on a grate above an open flame (we…
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Now that we’re in year 5 of Thanksgiving at Mark and Allison’s, we’ve started settling into our own traditions. When we combined the Sand and Konter families we kept some favorites from each side (two turkeys, corn and carrot souffles, cranberry sauce, etc.) and then incorporated some new dishes that have since become depended upon…
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Peaches to Apples 