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| | | Mermaid Inn 568 Amsterdam Avenue (bet. 87th and 88th Streets) 212-799-7400 I wanted to love it. I really, really wanted to love it. I had read so many good things about it. I love seafood. I love finding great seafood joints that I don’t have to drive 2+ hours for…I might have to keep looking. Th... Read More | | | | | | I’m taking a quiet moment out of my fab vacation in Nantucket to write this post. I’m sitting here at a large wooden dining table that seats twelve in the house my sister rented for the week. It’s one of those farm house-style tables that was probably eight times more expensive than it appears. One... Read More | | | | | | So I finally enrolled in culinary school. As part of my application, I had to write an essay to explain why I wanted to go, so I started typing. After about 10 minutes this is what I came up with. It turns out it was only supposed to be 200 words and the essay below is about 600 words so I had to e... Read More | | | | | | This post is dedicated to the dear Mrs. Linda Schiffman, a New Yorker transplanted to the South years and years ago who thinks herself unacceptable just because she doesn’t have a fried chicken recipe. Don’t worry, Linda. As long as you can recognize a good bagel when you taste one, you’re perfectl... Read More | | | | | | Or something like that. That’s the typical reaction I’ve been getting to the latest Life Decision I’ve made. After a lot of thought and consideration, a lot of soul searching and weighing of pros and cons, a lot of whining and wailing to patient friends, I’ve finally arrived at the answer to all th... Read More | | | | | | Translation: “Gifts from Paris and Belgium” My lovely soeur (sister) recently returned from a two week jaunt through Paris, Belgium, and Germany. She brought me back a few delectable gifts perfectly suited to my primary interests in life (eating and cooking). First a box of mind blowing Belgian cho... Read More | | | | | | Cafe Habana 17 Prince Street (Corner of Prince and Elizabeth Streets) (212) 625-2002 Reservations Not Accepted Nolita (short for “North of Little Italy,” absurd, I know) is a small segment of Manhattan that I don’t get to as often as I would like: just a tad too far north of my job, a tad too far... Read More | | | | | | A few months ago, my sister stumbled upon a description of a class at the Institute of Culinary Education (aka ICE) that, for my birthday, she registered me for, “Culinary Career Exploration Day,” an eight hour day full of lectures and a professional-style cooking class all aimed at helping the hap... Read More | | | | | | Last Saturday I had my own little Kentucky Derby party, New York-style. Isn’t the Derby this Saturday, you ask? Yeah…so? The point is I wanted to throw a fun, festive dinner party and someone suggested Kentucky Derby as a theme. I’ve rarely had a chance to cook Southern food so I jumped at the oppo... Read More | | | | | | Atlantic Grill 1341 Third Avenue (between 76th and 77th Streets) (212) 988-9200 I’ve decided to add mini-reviews to my repertoire of posts since I tend to agonize over my regular restaurant reviews so much that it takes forever to publish them. Sometimes I go to a restaurant that for whatever rea... Read More | | | |
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