Entries from tasting memories tagged with 'NY'
A Little Friday Food Humor
Cartoon from The New Yorker: May 17, 2010 Issue. You can always count on The New Yorker to deliver great content. This week's magazine features this cartoon that tickled my food-loving side. The signs under the fruit bins say:...
Honoring the Empire Diner
Photo by Scott Bartolomei Edmonds. This iconic Chelsea diner has lost it's lease and will be closing it's doors on 5/15/2010 after thirty years in business. Join them on 5/16/2010 for a farewell celebration. The owners hope to find...
Barbarini Alimentari
Photo © Barbarini Alimentari. I am absolutely mad about Barbarini Alimentari. Earlier this year, our good friend Marianne introduced us to this South Street Seaport Italian restaurant and market and what began as a love affair has quickly become...
Food in the City
Photo by Scott Bartolomei Edmonds. New York City terrified me when we first moved here nine years ago. Everything about the city was overwhelming: the noise, smelly streets (it was August after all), tall buildings, signs everywhere and everyone...
The Daily Bread
Going to a bakery after pulling a 20-hour work day in a long week of 10 to 15 hour work days is the best kind of mistake a person can make. As I walked home this morning from a client...
Nothin' Better than S'mores
Photo by Marta Bartolomei Edmonds. Camping would not be complete without this simple and gooey dessert we so lovingly call s'more. The whole experience of making s'mores is enjoyable: you sit around a campfire and watch the flames kiss...
A Few of my Favorites
Marta at Frank. Photo by Scott Bartolomei Edmonds. From the beginning, New York City has been all about food experiences for this girl. When we first moved here, I was terrified of venturing outside to explore the city. That...
Saying Goodbye to the Meatpacking District
Photo by Tony Cenicola, The New York Times. Saying goodbye to the Meatpacking District after 23 years, Florent's colorful history is remembered in the New York Times article, Genre-Bending Hangout Takes Its Final Bows. Yet another casualty of the...
A Series for the Senses
An inspiring event for lovers of food and other delightful experiences. This dinner series to benefit the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture is an ode to locally grown seasonal produce and the five senses. Featuring a menu...
Corn Bread in a Skillet
When I was fourteen years old, my mom flew out to Rochester, NY to visit me. She stayed in a hotel near Marketplace Mall, and I was going to stay with her for the weekend. My dad dropped me...
Eye Candy
Snocaps I, 2006. Source: Rock Made. Photo by Craig Kanarick. There's something about snow in New York City. It's been snowing all morning and there are a few inches of bright white collecting on everything. Walk through the city...
City Bakery Hot Chocolate - Why Angelica Loves NYC
Three years ago this February, I dragged Angelica and Scott to The City Bakery. I was on a personal mission to find the best hot chocolate in the city and I needed a few judges. With stellar reviews and the...
Crazy for Cubanos
Have you ever had a cubano that was so good you couldn't stop talking about it for the rest of the day? Well, Angelica and I just had that cubano today at Mi Floridita Restaurant. We happened upon the place...
Grandma Zona's Apple Butter
One of our favorite fall escapes is to a little family farm in Cornwall, NY called the Jones Farm. Grandma Phoebe and her family make freshly baked goods daily: wonderful pies, delicious linzer tarts, lemon bread, apple cider doughnuts and...
Macaroni and Cheese
My stepmother Carolina was not a very good cook. Her cooking was my first introduction to American food when I was twelve and new in this country. Overcooked broccoli and meatloaf where regularly served. Although I came to love broccoli...
Trout with Lime Tarragon Sauce
Trout reminds me of fishing with Scott and Angelica in Montana. Even though I only managed to catch one trout in the many times we went camping and fishing, I always looked forward to enjoying fresh caught fish with my...
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