The NYWCA’s annual potluck was last night. Theme: Air Your Dirty Laundry… as in, what are your guilty pleasures? Food tended towards sweet or cheesy.

I’ve been sampling my way through Coupla Guys Foods tomato sauces and last night, after a long day out and about, the mushroom sauce was calling my name. “Rich, earthy and slightly spicy” is how the guys describe it on their website and that’s exaclty right.  I heated up some chiocciole (ie, snail-shaped pasta) and [...]

After the Supper Club‘s Hudson Sky Terrace party last night, champagne and ri-fueled cocktails left us very, very hungry.  What to do when ravenous around 10:30pm?  We headed to La Palapa, an old favorite of mine. Dinner is served until midnight every night of the week – and going on the slightly later side will [...]

You know that Malagache is my specialty but if you are interested in making Senegalese cuisine, Lab 24/7 has got the program for you.  This Saturday…. you’ll learn how to make yassa – chicken with lemon and onions – and maffe – a peanut and meat stew. (So this may be from my time in [...]

So it’s clear at this point that I was in Cincinnati over the weekend. And while it’s true that I really prefer my mother’s cooking to just about anything else, I must confess that there is one other meal I crave while in the Queen City: Sung’s Korean. These are the top 10 Cincinnati restaurants… [...]

The Gowanus Canal is turning into a feeding frenzy this Saturday May 23rd when NYC’s best and most loved food trucks will line up to dish out their tastiest fare.  Think Van Leeuwen, Green Pirate and Red Hooks finest. (Here’s a similar feeding frenxy but this one took place while I was in Mexico… yum… [...]

I never expect much out of dining out in Cincinnati.  It’s a combination of my past six years living in New York and the fact that my mother is such an excellent cook that nothing in my hometown could surpass her cooking.  Also, I really just crave Graeter’s.  However, on a recent trip to Slim’s [...]

Been sipping on tasty elderflower cocktails lately?  Wanna learn how to make them?  At Union Square Wines, there’s a full blown tutorial happening this Friday evening.  Kick off the night right by getting tips from the best.  Phil Pepperdine, Jason Littrell, and Matty Gee will all be there instructing aspirational mixologists on how to make [...]

This delightful tweet popped up in my feed this morning. Good news!

Walking through Chelsea yesterday, a sign outside of Three Tarts Bakery advertising lemonade with elderflower honey drew me into the shop. Indeed, I satisfied my lemonade lust but as I was walking out the door, I was confronted by yet another irresistible urge.  Three Tarts has long been known for their variety of homemade marshmallows [...]