A Return to Hutong, Midtown, NYC
This time, I knew where to find the Hutang restaurant, whose address is on Lexington Avenue. Its entrance is in the alley off 58th Street, [...]
Anne’s Amazing Almond Toffee Crunch
One weekend while at my friend Anne's home in Mantoloking, she mentioned that we would make Almond Toffee Crunch to then pack in red and [...]
New Kitchen Gadgets Shown at the Inspired Home Housewares Show
Once a year at Chicago's McCormick Place, the International Housewares Association's (IHA) Home + Housewares Market occurs in March. The organization often has a New [...]
All-Day Breakfast, Charleston, South Carolina
On our sibling trip, we started our day by yakking over a meal at one of Charleston's many breakfast-all-day places. First stop, Toast! All Day, as [...]
Most Recent Bites
Cafe Cluny West Village, NYC
Cafe Cluny is a sweet little West Village place to lunch. It had been years since I had dined there, this time booking a table outside as the weather was perfect. Service is attentive, food [...]
Paper Plane Cocktail Recipe
While in Washington, DC, staying with my friend Scot, he offered me a Paper Plane, his new summer easy-to-make cocktail. He recently started experimenting with cocktails when he moved from beer and wine to liquor. [...]
Bistro Mediterranean Tapas Bar, Milford, CT
The third Bistro Mediterranean Tapas Bar opened recently in Milford in a restaurant with a seemingly revolving door. I experienced various iterations when I lived in the area. We stopped in before the official opening [...]
Breakfast at The Marshal, Hell’s Kitchen, NYC + Illinoise
Charlie Marshal's eponymous restaurant, a unique gem in Hell's Kitchen, is one of my go-to pre-theatre places. This time, we returned for brunch before heading to the Tony-nominated Illinoise, the narrative dance musical at the St. James Theatre that's [...]
Chicka and the Don, Flatiron-Gramercy, NYC
Chicka and The Don is a new Latin American restaurant in the Flatiron District, where Almayass was on 21st Street. The waiter mentioned a third that had come and gone. As their guests, we sampled much of [...]
Molkajete Restaurant Bar, Brooklyn, NYC + Green-wood Cemetery
Our ex-expat group took a private temperature-controlled trolley with a guide to explore Greenwood’s historical landscape. We toured some of its 478 glacial-formed acres. The cemetery houses one of the largest outdoor collections of nineteenth—and [...]
Lunch at Ci Siamo, Manhattan West, NYC
This was my first time back at Ci Siamo, Danny Meyer's Italian restaurant in Manhattan West, since its opening. Chef Hillary Sterling is still at the helm with live-fire cooking and seasonal ingredients. Last time, [...]
The Korean COQODAQ, Flatiron-Grammarcy, NYC
Coquodoq, a new fried chicken concept, is currently one of the hottest reservation. The Flatiron restaurant is from Korean-American restaurateur Simon Kim, owner of the Michelin-starred Cote Korean Steakhouse. That's where we were celebrating a [...]