Author Archives: Kate
This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Chocolate Souffle (or you could just buy her a diamond solitaire)
The other Sunday I shopped for a diamond solitaire. Platinum, Tiffany-style band, at least a carat, perfect clarity and color. I looked into the heart of the stone through a tiny magnifying glass and saw it sparkling back up at … Continue reading
The Wednesday Tipple – Criminal Intent, Karma, and Bourbon with Spiced Apple
The thought of not being able to watch the Olympics on the BBC is making me consider turning to a life of download crime. Considering, mind, I’m not actually admitting to anything, just to be absolutely clear here.
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Tagged apple, bourbon, drink, ginger, Kim, New York, olympics, spice
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The Monday Treat – pot au chocolate, oreo crumbs, optional worms and a book party
It was my friend Wendy’s best friend Mary’s YA book launch yesterday, so a crowd gathered at a Soho bookstore to drink wine, listen to her reading extracts from Wuftoom, and celebrate her fabulous achievement.
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Tagged book, dirt, pot au chocolate, worms, wuftoom
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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Pizza with vodka sauce, and the upside of waiting for a table
If you live in New York and you like to eat out, you will inevitably spend a lot of time hanging out outside restaurants with a whole bunch of other people who agree with you that an hour, an hour … Continue reading
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Tagged date night, pizza, tomato, vodka sauce
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The Wednesday Treat – Tom Collins, and a side of cupcakes
Is there any way to eat a cupcake outside the context of a birthday party without feeling just a little bit Sex and the City?
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Tagged cupcake, gin, lemon, Sex and the City, soda, tom collins, writing
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The Monday Treat – mood music, Pineapple, Coconut and Lime-Glazed Loaf Cake
Jon’s iPod shuffle, which has a flair for spontaneously coming up with the perfect life soundtrack, triumphed again this week. He emerged from the subway uptown to meet me grinning all over his face; “I really did take the A … Continue reading
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Tagged A-train, cake, coconut, loaf cake, mood, music, pineapple. lime, shuffle
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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Vanilla roast chicken, and living on a movie set
Living in New York can feel like living on a movie set – and not just because there are movies shooting all over town. A friend of mine who works at The Whitney watches a crew move in every night … Continue reading
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Tagged chicken, date, modern art, Movie, recipe, tribecca, vanilla, Whitney
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The Wednesday Tipple – Frozen Mint Juleps and The Lucky Day
My Mum and Dad were visiting New York, and we took a side trip out of the city to see what we could see and have lunch. What I saw was a four leaf clover, right in the middle of … Continue reading
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Tagged four leaf clover, Kentucky Derby, luck, mint, mint julep, mint syrup
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The Monday Treat – Space Kids Hit Manhattan fueled by Blueberry Pancakes
A friend of mine had been to Space Camp as a child and had described the experience as “absolutely no question the best week of my life, made up of the best days of my life!â€
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Tagged blueberry, Empire State Building, Jess, Kids, New York, pancake, Space, Space Camp
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