NYC-based food blog featuring [mostly healthy] recipes, restaurant recommendations and how-to's
A few weeks ago, Hunter’s hosted a Chef’s Tasting Table event in preparation for their summer menu release. Their chefs created 15 different three-course menus along with 15 cocktails for the restaurant’s friends and family to try and help decide what items will be permanently placed on this summer’s menu. Each night a different menu…
Chicken is one of those ingredients that we all get stuck with. My immediate instinct with chicken breasts is to saute them, bread and fry them, or bake them in the oven. That’s not to say those are my preferred methods, they’re just ones I’m used to. Ironically, chicken is one of the best ingredients…
Here are some fun things my phone saw me eat recently that I’ve decided not to dedicate individual posts to. Enjoy! A brunch of Croque Madame with a heaping side of perfect French fries at L’Express - a brasserie in the Flatiron neighborhood that so closely resembles Paris with its menu and decor, that it…
What do you get when you bring an ex sci-fi screenwriter with an undying love for ice cream to Prospect Heights? Ample Hills Creamery, the Brooklyniest ice cream parlor of all. Ample Hills proudly serves their small batch, handmade, organic treats in a fun setting that excites children of all ages. In the few years…
Lately, I’ve been trying to think of ways to enhance my blog content. I want to challenge myself - to broaden my cooking horizons, if you will - and I want you, my readers, to have something to look forward to. (Way back when, I had a short stint with soups but quickly grew sick…
I find any food that’s comprised of dough stuffed with meat - be it a pork bun, wonton or Russian pirozhok (chewy yeast dough stuffed with minced meat and deep-fried) - irresistible. Foods like this allow you to have your protein and starch in one bite and I’m all about that efficiency. I wonder who…
