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EMBRACING THE “GOOP” & Midtown Lunch
I RECENTLY JOINED ZACH BROOKS’ MIDTOWN LUNCH team to write about, well, the best lunch in Midtown Manhattan. I’m psyched to cover ground so close to home and am also kicking myself for not trying $6 spicy chicken biryani from street carts til now. But Better Late Than Never I always say.
Zach moved to Los [...]
SHORTY AWARDS • Earning My Fruit Stripes
IT’S BEEN A GOOD MONTH despite the glum weather and slow starts to new projects. I once spent two months in a hospital bed so if there’s a prize for playing the Waiting Game, I think I’d win it. But while some parts of life have been dragging along, other bits have been speeding ahead, [...]
VILLAGE TART • Pastries Short Ribs FREE TIRAMISU
VILLAGE TART • 86 Kenmare Street, New York City, 212 226 4980. Follow them on Twitter @villagetart
I TEND TO AVOID NEW YORK CITY RESTAURANTS WHEN THEY FIRST OPEN, unless I’m required to go for an assignment. Thus, I wasn’t in a rush to dig a fork in Nolita’s Village Tart til opening ceremonies were over [...]
No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
I’M RASH. I don’t like the word but, sometimes, that’s what I am. I also tend to arrive ten minutes late for personal appointments and have a death-grip on what some regard as unrealistically high expectations. To top this toxic cake of bad traits, I’m guilty of cynicism too. For that, Conan, I’m sorry.
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PLEASE VOTE • Why You Should Tweet & Believe
IT’S TRUE. I’M RUNNING A TWITTER RACE in the food lane. Why? Well, if there’s a tool I use more than any other to meet, greet, share, amuse, chat about chow, and generally make a buffoon of myself, it’s Twitter.
On Sunday, I skimmed the food category of the Shorty Awards a.k.a. “Twitter Oscars” and noticed [...]
I’M NOT A GLUTTON • I JUST BAKE A LOT
IF I’VE LEARNED ANYTHING FROM BLOGGING IT’S YOU ARE WHAT YOU BLOG. So when I wax poetic on brownies, deep-fried turkeys and show more interest in food than people, it’s easy to assume I’m eating it all too.
I like the way my friend Melody of Gourmet Fury put it: “On the surface, I appear to…spend [...]
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