Café Paradiso, Lincoln Center, NYC + The New York City Ballet
If you haven't discovered Café Paradiso at Lincoln Center to grab a bite before your performance, I highly recommend. It's a gem. The restaurant is [...]
Julie Hartigan’s Grandma’s Pasta Fagioli
My last post re-introduced our Guest Foodie column, providing insight into the points of view of almost top foodies — people who made a living [...]
Mush Foods’ 50CUT: Mushroom and Mushroom Root Blends
An editor friend invited me to sample meatballs at Fieldtrip, a fast-casual restaurant in Rock Center serving rice bowls with veggies and ethically sourced proteins. [...]
Dukes, Hau Tree and Cafe Morey’s in Waikiki, Oahu, Hawaii
Met friends and family for meals while on Oahu, as many had vacationed in Hawaii over the holidays too. Duke's in the Outrigger Waikiki Beach [...]
Most Recent Bites
Café Paradiso, Lincoln Center, NYC + The New York City Ballet
If you haven't discovered Café Paradiso at Lincoln Center to grab a bite before your performance, I highly recommend. It's a gem. The restaurant is conveniently nestled in Lincoln Center on the campus, next to the [...]
Dukes, Hau Tree and Cafe Morey’s in Waikiki, Oahu, Hawaii
Met friends and family for meals while on Oahu, as many had vacationed in Hawaii over the holidays too. Duke's in the Outrigger Waikiki Beach Resort was across from the hotel where my sister and [...]
Chez Josephine, Hell’s Kitchen, NYC + Little Shop of Horrors
It's a true New York immigrant story! I hadn't been back to Chez Josephine since before the pandemic. During my first visit, Jean-Claude Baker, the adoptive son of the restaurant's namesake, Josephine, welcomed me. This [...]
The Opening of Joomak in Maison Hudson, West Village, NYC
The friend of my friend's son invited us to the friends and family opening of the 27-seat restaurant upstairs in the luxury hotel Maison Hudson, his company's—16” on Center—newest restaurant in the West Village. The [...]
Restaurant Week Lunch at Four Twenty Five, Midtown, NYC
One of my friends always likes to sample high-end restaurants during Restaurant Week. Smart lady. That's why the three of us ended at Jean-Georges's newest midtown restaurant Four Twenty Five that opened about a year [...]
Alison Restaurant, East Harlem, NYC + Museum of City of New York
After our amazing tour at the Museum of City of New York with our ex.expats of New York group, seeing the "New York at its core —400 Years of NYC History" amazing exhibit brought to [...]
Tarallucci e Vino, Union Square, NYC
It was my first time at Tarallucci e Vino for lunch. I've been for happy hour and dinner a few times, but not midday, when I met a friend. We were both doing dry January, [...]
Visits to Monkeypod, Ko Alani, Oahu, Hawai’i
We headed off property to Monkeypod Kitchen by Merriman for better food. We liked Ko Olina Beach Club, but not their food offerings. When I lived in Waikiki in the 60s, this area didn't exist. [...]