On May 30th, Angie, Cliff, Josh, and I experienced Alinea. Cliff and I had casually talked about going there when we were eating at the Per Se Salon a while back, but since we were on opposite sides of the country and Alinea is situated in Chicago, I thought our chances were pretty slim. However, […]
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 […]
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. […]
I’m always interested to read about people’s New York Diet on nymag.com and thought it would be fun to do a recap from my weekend’s festivities. On Saturday, I started the morning with a quick breakfast of two eggs, whole wheat toast, and a healthy dose of Frank’s red hot sauce. I was introduced to […]
