“La Vara Opens in Cobble Hill”
Alexandra Raij and Eder Montero, who co-own two Spanish restaurants in Manhattan, the tapas bar El Quinto Pino and the Basque-inspired Txikito, have opened La Vara in Cobble Hill. This Spanish restaurant is an ode to her Sephardic Jewish heritage ...
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posted May 14, 2012 - 4:12 pm
“Ready for Summer? Beekman Beer Garden Beach Club Now Open”
As the temperatures creep up, New Yorkers get pulled toward the water. We escape for a weekend in the Hamptons, Fire Island, the Jersey Shore or even Maine. What about a much closer destination? Sure, there’s no sandy beaches or tall waves c ...
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posted May 13, 2012 - 9:55 pm
“Snocone Anyone?”
My friend Will O'Hare (an Irene Ryan award winning actor, I'll have you know) sent me this tip about his friend Dan Levin's new Snocone shop in Williamsburg. Dan sold his homemade snocones last summer at the Blackbird Parlor and is now ...
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posted May 10, 2012 - 8:44 pm
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“Arthur on Smith”
Butter is an ingredient I have some affection for. I love to cook with it, to spread it on thick cut slices of toast, to watch it melt over summer's white corn. But at restaurants it can be tricky. It's often overlooked, served thoughtlessly cold ...
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Posted May 14, 2012
“Mom Alert: New Snacks and a New Cookbook (worth buying!)”
I haven’t written about the Mom thing in a while, probably because I have been busy being one to Emily who is about to turn three (!). And it’s just a lot harder than I thought to find the time to reflect and write about the process. B...
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posted April 1, 2012