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Dinner & A Movie: Fried Green Tomatoes
“The girls” and I embarked upon dinner and a movie in this past Friday. Our intention was to make VeganYumYum’s fried green tomatoes and watch the movie Fried Green Tomatoes. But a long agenda of topics to be addressed on top of multiple bottles of carefully selected wine, and you got the hotbed of monkey-wrench [...]
Au revoir Summer
How do you know summer is officially on the outs in New York? 1. The San Gennaro Feast has begun in Little Italy.2. The Mets fail to make it into the play-offs.3. Manhattan’s Chinatown becomes bearable, making a visit to Vegetarian Dim Sum House far more enjoyable.
The Upper East Side… This Really Sucks
True, I am not in love with Manhattan’s Upper East Side but I am more quoting the hilarious Ma Kelly in Johnny Dangerously when she plainly states, hobbling to her L.E.S. tenement: “The Lower East Side. This really sucks.” I’m back on the Upper East Side for my fieldwork placement. So making lemon cake out [...]
New Neighborhood Eat
Greenpoint’s Brooklyn Standard Deli is a localvore’s dream. They’re all about supporting the community as a mart, cafe and bakery brimming with Brooklyn love. Like me! (Most of the time…) Thought sustainable corn cups were something only for far more environmentally progressive cities? Think again! Brooklyn Standard Deli is on it. And naturally, they got [...]
These Are A Few of My Favorite Things: Taking Pictures
Ever since I got my first Le Click camera as a lil’ bambino I have loved taking pictures. I have albums documenting my life, its inhabitants and biomes, since elementary school. I have several theories about why that I’m sure you’ll find cogent had I the energy to explain. But it’s mostly that I think [...]
Z is for Zebra Cake
I don’t often bake whole cakes. My oven is situated right smack dab in the middle of the dramatic slope of my kitchen floor and my cakes come out of the oven slanted and enchanted, taking a heavy blow to presentation. But in light of fellow blogstress and dear friend CandyPenny‘s birthday, I was happily [...]
Lovefest: Babycakes NYC
Babycakes is such an inspiring success story. Owner Erin McKenna has racked up an impressive trail of publicity and celebrity affiliation through the years. Her baked creations–vegan, gluten-free and with no refined sugars–are a breath of fresh air to New York City’s vegan sweets market. I remember my first visit soon after they opened their [...]
Welcoming the Autumnal Equinox
Autumn is my favorite season. For so many reasons: many discernible, others crackling lightly in the cool air, in the shifts of the Earth’s axis, my stars up at bat. What I love: 1. Sweater weather 2. Long nights 3. The Harvest Moon (October 4) 4. Butternut squash 5. New England foliage 6. Halloween 7. [...]
Finding the V-Spot
I don’t get out to Park Slope much. But after the hiatus-ed FoodSparrow reported that Daiya was now on V-Spot‘s menu, we followed our hungry hearts. V-Spot is one of those places I’ve been to several times but never seem to order the right thing. I keep trying because I really want to love the [...]
