Two dear friends introduced me to the James Beard Foundation last year when they gifted me a membership for my birthday. I had no idea such enchantment lived a mere block from my apartment! Over 200 nights per year, guest chefs are invited to cook dinner in the former home of James Beard; if you’re lucky, you’ll be sat in the elevated nook that was…
How lucky am I to have a man who not only likes to cook, but felt it was necessary to add a sous vide machine to our kitchen arsenal?? AND he buys me delicious wine for the best date night dinners at home! One such example was our inaugural sous vide experience: duck breast with Brussels sprouts, butter lettuce salad and wild rice with morels,…
Thank goodness for my waistline I seem to have less eats to post from the month of June…..although a girls weekend in Marfa, TX (full of TexMex and queso) was certainly the opposite of health and restraint! I started the month with a feast at Delmonico’s Steakhouse, a NY Institution of fine dining! The highlight was the maple-cured house bacon, absolute crack! Full post detailing…
One of the highlight meals of the past month was at Delmonico’s in downtown NYC. The restaurant was founded in 1837 and was the first fine dining restaurant in the country. Quite a bit of history and tradition are embedded in the walls, I’m sad it’s taken me so long to make it there! I was prepared to be underwhelmed by another “steakhouse” meal, but…
In between all the eating during our 36 hours in Philly, we had a chance to head out to the country to visit Grace Winery. It was a beautiful sunny day, and just a 40 minute drive had us feeling like we had truly escaped. The property is home to a few acres of vineyard, a variety of livestock, a 15-room inn, and winery…
One of my favorite things about NYC is its proximity to other destinations. Case in point, we recently headed to Philadelphia for a 36 hour foodie tour. Amtrak was having a sale so it was a quick and painless 1.2 hours from Penn Station and we were walking through the City of Brotherly Love. When I say “foodie tour” I mean it, we didn’t have…
It’s official, I’m a Pinot-phile! It’s hard not to be when you have such great friends supplying delicious wine (see other examples here, here, and here)! The same friends that introduced us to Wild Hog Vineyard over Easter, brought out the good stuff with this 2011 Wild Hog Pinot Noir from Saralee’s Vineyard. Wild Hog purchases grapes from this esteemed vineyard estate, blending 7 or…
What and where I ate in the month of May, it was a doozy! My best foodie-friend Carolyn scored us a last minute reservation at Le CouCou the night after they won the James Beard Award for Best New Restaurant! We tried all the classics: pike quenelle with lobster sauce, asparagus with tuna sashimi, “tout le lapin” and the duck breast. For dessert, we doubled…
I hope everyone had a lovely MDW! To kick off the summer, my man and I enjoyed dinner at the bar of Cafe Altro Paradiso, a spot that’s been on my list for a while now, and I’m bummed we haven’t made it sooner, it was delicious! I just love summer weekends; when the city clears out and any restaurant or bar seat is your…
Last night I attended an island wine tasting at one of my favorite wine stores here in the city, Verve. The lovely wine director of Blue Hill led us through 5 wines from the islands of Corsica, Spain, and Greece. I really loved all the wines, but my favorite of the night was the 2015 A Mandria di Signadore Patrimonio from Clos Signadore….
