For Sara’s last day in the office, Abby, Soren, and I took her out for lunch. One of the luxuries of working in the west village is being so close to great options for lunch (The Spotted Pig, Mexicana Mama, Energy Kitchen, Baoguette, Employees Only, San Panino, and John’s Pizzeria…just to name a FEW). We […]
A while back, Grubstreet wrote an article titled, The Five Toughest Reservations in America. I was intrigued by the article and very surprised to learn that I’ve visited some of them! The article has some guidelines before naming the toughest reservations in the US (for instance, no seasonal restaurants and no restaurants that accept walk-ins). […]
Have you ever read anything about Rao’s? You’ve probably seen the pasta sauce next to the regular marinara at Whole Foods or some other grocery store and wondered why it cost $7.99 compared to the $1.99 Whole Foods organic stuff. Well, Rao’s is a restaurant in Harlem (and Las Vegas) and it’s one of the […]
Remember how I went to Co and said that their pizza tasted really homemade and hearty? Well, last night, I created THIS: I recently purchased Michael Ruhlman’s book, Ratio, and have been really excited to try out his recipe for pizza dough (the recipe is also found on his blog) I used half whole wheat […]
A while back, Chris and I decided that it would be fun to take a field trip to Brooklyn to try Di Fara pizza. I had it on the list-of-places-I-absolutely-have-to-try, so we took the 30 minute subway ride over to Brooklyn to find Di Fara. To pass the time, Chris and I talked about how […]
