Restaurant Week at Perry Street, West Village, NYC
When Restaurant Week first started, it was just that, one week. By the time you heard the buzz, it was often too late. No more. [...]
River Cafe Pasta With Cloumage
Trolling online for recipes to use the Cloumage® I received from a fellow Les Dames d'Escoffier board member, I tripped over one purportedly based on [...]
Super-Premium Gin Tasting Including the Indian Crafted Jaisalmer
This has been the year of super-premium gin, at least with the samples I've received to review. The gins include McQueen and the Violet Fog, [...]
Terrasse Des Espices, Marrakech, Morocco
We had the evening off after a visit to an organic farm outside Marrakech. We originally had a reservation at Dar Yacout — a famed [...]
Most Recent Bites
Happy Hour *½ at Dock’s Oyster Bar, Midtown East, NYC + Gutenbert, the Musical
We laughed our way through Andrew Rannells and Josh Gad in the hilarious and unusual “Gutenberg! The Musical!" These two reunited on stage for the first time since 2011 when they performed in “The Book [...]
Nashville: Fenwick’s 300, Noshville, Snooze, Nash Family Creamery and Arrington Vineyards
When served a Bloody Mary ($7) garnished with pickled okra, I knew I was in the South; that, the plate of biscuits ($5) for the table and the price. Our first breakfast at our Nashville [...]
Fresh Fish at Chez Ahmed , Essaouira, Morocco
While we checked into the Suite Azur Hotel in the seaside town of Essaouira, Zachariah headed to the port to pick up fresh fish and deliver it to Chez Ahmed. We were heading there for [...]
Pizza at Norma Gastronomia Siciliana, Kips Bay + Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour
We returned to Norma's in Kips Bay after seeing the talented Taylor Swift in her The Eras Tour movie. I've been told she's the current young generation's Beatles. I so enjoyed the production and that [...]
GREAT GIFT: Stirring the Pot, A Fundraiser for Les Dames d’Escoffier NY Scholarship Fund
Les Dames d' Escoffier New York (LDNY), a group of the most influential and accomplished women in the food and wine world, introduced Stirring the Pot with members — called Dames — favorite recipes for [...]
The Magical Renew Sponge
It was love at first use. I opened a package of GreenPan's Melamine sponge that I had received at a media Housewares Show, deciding to see how it worked. Their claim of wiping away cooked-on sticky food [...]
Marcus Samuelson’s Hav & Mar Seafood Restaurant, Chelsea, NYC
I started writing this post while nibbling Hav and Mar's teff biscuit and blue cornbread spread from last night's dinner. I had warmed and spread it with the honey butter our incredible server, Don, gave [...]
Audrey, Nashville, NYC
Some friends and I were in Nashville to help mutual friends celebrate a 65th birthday and a 10th anniversary. We decided to sample some of the city's fare before the celebration commenced. Audrey in Nashville [...]