NYC-based food blog featuring [mostly healthy] recipes, restaurant recommendations and how-to's
New Orleans is notorious for its parties, live music and Creole food, and we certainly got a taste of all three while passing through there on our road trip. There was live music in every bar and on every street corner in the French Quarter, and po’ boys seem to be their equivalent of NYC…
When I heard the surprise announcement at work that we’d have nearly two weeks’ paid time off for the holidays, my first thought was, “Paris.” But realizing I only had a few weeks to buy plane tickets and how costly they’d be this time of year, my dream was quickly shattered. Rene took the opportunity to not-so-subtly…
As fun as brunch may be in theory, even the most sought-after NYC brunches (see Buvette, Joseph Leonard) tend to serve more or less the same menus - basically eggs and waffles for miles. The better restaurants’ eggs and waffles are indeed better, but they’re still eggs and waffles. While it’s comforting to know what…
Fellow francophiles out there will probably agree that one of the best things about Paris is its cafes and restaurants. The simple yet elegant food, the lingering over a single boisson for hours while reading the paper, the laid back-ness of it all - it’s just so quintessentially French. Classic Parisian restaurants generally have in…
Some great meals have been had lately and attention must be paid. Brunch with my favorite gal pals at Ox Cart Tavern in Brooklyn. Crunchy fried chicken breast with a creamy sausage gravy, two poached eggs, a homemade biscuit and roasted apples. And don’t forget about that beer AND coffee. Admittedly this was after a…
Are you sick of reading about my move yet? If yes, forgive me. This is the last time I’m mentioning it, I promise (…maybe). My old neighborhood standby - the kind of cozy, broken in place to go to after a hard day for beer and some comfort food - was the beloved Brennan &…
