Happy Thanksgiving!

It’s been a crazy few weeks so I apologize for my sporadic postings.  I have lots of good stuff to tell you about – Market Table, Frankies Spuntino, BLT Market and, of course, the highlights and lowlights of Thanksgiving dinner.  My husband and I are off to Belize for vacation next week.  I will try [...]

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Top tapas

Last week, we visited one of our favorite spots in the city – Tía Pol.  We discovered Tía Pol in 2006, two years after this delightful spot opened (it’s unclear why it took us so long to get there, but we’ve been trying to make up for lost time ever since).  It seems that Tía [...]

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Union Square Cafe bar nuts

Last month, I made two Saturday afternoon visits to Union Square Cafe (USC) after shopping at the Greenmarket.  I highly recommend visiting USC during the lull between lunch and dinner, which starts at 5:30.  It’s a delightful (if slightly decadent) Saturday afternoon activity.  On both visits, we were treated to USC’s bar nuts, which are [...]

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Brunch bliss

My husband and I have been wanting to try brunch at Telepan for some time, but it’s hard to swallow the $28 prix fixe on an average weekend.  Our scuba diving lessons, which prevented us from eating dinner out last weekend, provided the perfect excuse.  Telepan brunch was high on the list because of the [...]

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Thanksgiving menu continued

We made it past the 1000 hit mark – thanks so much for your support and enthusiasm!  to demonstrate my gratitude, I am going to tell you about the insanely fabulous brunch that we had at Telepan…but I can’t do the brunch justice today as I am pressed for time and tuckered out from a [...]

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Hearth…worth the trip (a.k.a., please be my 1000th hit)

I resisted Hearth for some time, despite the restaurant’s glowing reviews and the many personal recommendations that I received.  I looked at the menu several times and was never inspired.  Exacerbating my lack of enthusiasm was the restaurant’s location on the Lower East Side, which is a long haul from our apartment on the Upper [...]

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chocolate, chocolate, chocolate…and more chocolate

By now, much has been blogged about last weekend’s Chocolate Show, but I wanted to weigh in with my thoughts on this annual ritual.  The event was held at a new venue – Pier 94.  The new space offered pros (namely more space) and cons (far-flung location and less “energy”), and I would be pleased [...]

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Wine Spectator’s Top 100 Wines of 2008

I am still gathering my thoughts on last weekend’s culinary adventures.  In the meantime, Wine Spectator is releasing their Top 100 Wines of 2008 all week.  They have announced #7-10, #5-6 will be announced tomorrow, #2-4 on Thursday, and the wine of the year on Friday.  So far…
#10: Seghesio Zinfandel Sonoma County 2007 – 93 [...]

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Thanksgiving countdown – 17 days (eek)

Between going to the Chocolate Show and having dinner at Hearth (more on both topics coming) over the weekend, I took my first Thanksgiving grocery shopping trip (I am trying to avoid having to arm wrestle a little old lady at Fairwayfor the last bag of pecans).  My mother-in-law makes a delicious cornbread and sausage [...]

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The Harrison vs. The Red Cat

Last month, we went to The Harrison with our “go to” dinner couple, Mike & Caroline.  My husband and I ate at The Harrison in 2002 before we moved to NYC.  I don’t remember being wild about the place, but I was propelled to return by Frank Bruni’s recent review and our adoration of sister [...]

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