Drift In, Hudson River Parkway + Elephant Migration, Meat Packing, NYC
The migration of 100 life-size elephant sculptures began in Newport, Rhode Island before the herd took up residence in the meat-packing district of New York [...]
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 [...]
Mozart Dark Chocolate Liqueur
The press release about Mozart's four new Chocolate Liqueurs piqued my curiosity. These chocolate liqueurs hail from Salzburg, Austria, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. [...]
Breakfast at Joe’s Cafe, Santa Barbara, California
We had a few hours to kill in Santa Barbara before heading to the airport for our flight home. To have enough time to catch [...]
Most Recent Bites
Vin Sur Vingt Wine Bar, Washington DC + Carlyle in Arlington
I was in DC for my babysitter's burial in Arlington. She was not the woman who took care of my sons, but she took care of me as an infant and stayed close to me [...]
A Michelin-Starred Vegetarian Palace: Dirt Candy, Lower East Side, NYC
Dirt Candy is one of only two vegetarian restaurants in New York City with a Michelin star. Interestingly, chef-owner Amanda Cohen is not a vegetarian. She says vegetables are just candy from dirt. Amanda is [...]
Barbuto, West Village, NYC + Breaking the Story + Twyla Tharp
After we went to different matinees, we met for dinner at Johnathan Waxman's Barbuto on the corner of Horatio and West Street in the West Village, just a 2-minute walk from Little Island. There, we [...]
Thai at Marwin, Midtown, NYC
Two of us sat waiting for the third guest at Marwin's cozy place on First Avenue. We were worried, as our friend never called, answered her phone or texted to say she was running late. [...]
Ambra, West Village, NYC
I headed back to the West Village on a recommendation of Ambra from a friend who frequents the neighborhood and shares my likes of Cafe Cluny and The Mary Lane. We started with Maker's Mark [...]
Lunch in the hood at Da Andrea, Greenwich Village, NYC
When I first moved into my hood, I went with neighbors to Da Andrea, a neighborhood Italian restaurant. I hadn't been back or thought about it until recently when a friend's kids who live in [...]
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 in the field. That's where I wrote on Julie Hartigan, [...]
Julie Hartigan: A Return of my Guest Foodie Column
I introduced my Guest Foodie column on July 10, 2012, twelve years ago today. Over the next seven years, it provided insight into the points of view of almost 90 of the country’s top foodies [...]