If you were to ask me how excited I am that it’s Friday, I would do a back flip in response. A back flip, and I don’t even know how to do a back flip. That’s how excited I am that it’s Friday. To celebrate this lovely Friday morning, let’s talk about [...] [...more]
Ah… the good people of New York sure know how to put a smile on my face and lure me in for cocktails. A bar in Park Slope, Brooklyn posts clever quips to nudge people in their door for those all important weekend brunch cocktails. This sign is a tongue in cheek homage to Sarah Palin in [...] [...more]
In the middle of my crazy work day, lunch isn’t usually the most glamorous of affairs. I’m lucky if I can run out and grab a warm chicken breast and veggies. Some days all I can do is cross my fingers and throw everything I have in the fridge between two slices of bread and [...] [...more]
I’m a little bit nutty about Bravo’s Top Chef. Between the beautiful food, insane competitions and house drama, I could literally watch hours and hours of repeats and be one happy girl. I once nearly attacked Chris (the tall, cute chef from Top Chef Miami) when I saw him in my local grocery store. I [...] [...more]
What a sad, sad day for the grocery store cookie aisle. I have the fondest memories of Mother’s cookies. My parent’s weren’t big on the junk food aisle. I remember only rarely passing through the cookie section of the grocery store and seeing my dad reach for an item. On the rare occasion that he [...] [...more]
These are just like a little bit of heaven. The best part of the recipe is that you can cheat by using a boxed brownie mix (it happens, we all do it!) and spiffing it up with a a cream cheese swirl. The result is a treat somewhere between cheese cake and chocolate [...] [...more]
I’ve had a serious craving for salmon lately. When I attack salmon with spices tonight I want to steer away from my traditional lemon salt and pepper. Salmon is a lot more versatile than you might think. Tonight I think I’m going to take inspiration from chicken and try my hand [...] [...more]
If you’re a New Yorker, not many things will strike you as strange. If you were walking around near Rockefellar Center this morning you might have noticed a full on cranberry bog. Strange for New York? Hardly. Ocean Spray, those crazy cranberry enthusiasts, have created an impressively sized cranberry bog in the middle [...] [...more]
I love chocolate. I love beer. I’m working on the belly that illustrates both of those facts. Imagine my delight when I found chocolate and beer together is a beautiful cake. Leave it to the super sexy kitchen maven Nigella Lawson to bake together two of the worlds finest ingredients. Sally at PinkBytes baked up [...] [...more]
I always have a battle plan when I hit the grocery store. Every trip, that plan invariably fails me. See, I’m the kind of person that always grabs a hand held basket instead of a cart. I feel like the basket will help me limit the amount of items I buy and the amount of [...] [...more]
