Grand Banks, Hudson River Parkway, Tribeca, NYC
When the weather is good, I try to frequent all my fav outdoor-by-the-water restaurants in Manhattan, from the Frying Pan to the North River Lobster Boat, [...]
My Favorite Fudgy Brownies
With all the ingredients on the counter ready to be used, you can whip up a batch of these irresistible fudgy brownies in 7 minutes. [...]
Bialetti Mini Press, A Portable Stovetop Espresso Maker + Coffee
Walking around the 2019 Preview exhibits of The International Housewares Association I stopped by the Bialetti booth, the Italian cookware and coffee maker company, as [...]
Eddie V’s, Nashville, TN + Trisha Yearwood with the Nashville Symphony
We were running late for our reservation at Sixty Vines before heading to the Trisha Yearwood concert with the Nashville Symphony and kept trying [...]
Most Recent Bites
Tyron Public House Happy Hour* , Washington Heights, NYC + The Cloisters
We traveled to the Middle Ages with my ex.expat group when we visited the Cloisters with historical tour guide extraordinaire Kevin Draper. We learned a lot about architecture, discovering that many of the old-looking structures throughout [...]
Le Trou Au Mur, Marrakech, Morocco
On the first night of our Global Palate Adventures trip, after we were settled into our riad, the group had dinner at Le Trou Au Mur, a charming Moroccan restaurant in old town offering a [...]
Central Park Boathouse Dockside Pop Up, Central Park , NYC
For an iconic afternoon in Central Park, I suggest sitting dockside at the Boathouse alongside The Lake that officially opened in 1858. With views of the Manhattan skyline, row boats on the water, the trees [...]
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. The company first macerated cocoa from West Africa with vanilla [...]
La Sqala, Casablanca, Morocco
La Sqala is near the old Medina and around the corner from Rick's Cafe, the institution made famous by the movie Casablanca. We canceled our Rick's dinner reservation for this more authentic one offering Moroccan [...]
Mitr Thai Restaurant, Midtown, NYC
We needed to wait for our last friend to arrive before the restaurant allowed us to be seated. The hostess told us that we had 90 minutes. Once we were seated upstairs, we ordered two [...]
Les Dames d’Escoffier New York Inducts 29 New Members
Our New York chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier inducted 29 new members last month at Al Coro restaurant. Like most all our events, this gathering raised funds for our scholarships. Since 1977, we have awarded more [...]
The Javelina, Union Square/Gramercy, NYC + Comedy at The Stand
My friends had signed up for a Shearwater Classic Schooner sunset cruise, giving them enough time to make our 8:15 reservations at Javelina, a casual Mexican restaurant on 18th near the The Stand comedy club. [...]