My very good friend, Ariel, just got back from a summer vacation in Paris, London, and Ireland. Since he was gone during my birthday, he offered to buy me something from Paris (I’m not sure I say this enough, but I really do have the best friends in the world). I told him that I […]
Soon after I returned from my trip overseas, Ariel, Joe, and I met up for dinner at Cafe Habana. Joe’s friend recommended the place and told him three things: 1. order the mojitos, 2. the corn is delicious, and 3. they don’t take reservations. Joe and Ariel were on time and for some reason I […]
Eric and I met up a couple of weeks ago to grab dinner and catch up on life since we hadn’t seen each other in over a month. Eric has a running list of restaurants he’d like to try and I agreed to go to 5 Napkin Burger because I hadn’t visited yet. Maria said […]
On Monday, I attended the 2010 Fancy Food Show at the Javits Center – here are some of my favorite new confections that were at the show! These duets are truffles with two fillings – my favorite was the raspberry and peanut butter flavor: Amella Caramels was started by a husband/wife team and they have […]
A couple of weekends ago, I went home to North Carolina for the Dragonboat Festival. The Chinese Association was having a large party and wrapping zongzi for the occasion, so I decided to fly home to learn how to make the rice dumplings and also to spend time with my mom and her wonderful friends. […]
