Author Archives: Kate
The Monday Treat – Welsh Rarebit and a question: how many $1000 watches is too many?
“He’ll be late,†said the girl to her friend as they teetered down the Bowery in front of us on Saturday night. “He always is. I mean, seriously, how many $1000 dollar watches has this guy lost?â€
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Tagged ale, cheese, comfort food, Spring Forward, toast, vegetarian, Welsh Rarebit
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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Chicken with Lemon and Thyme, when dinner has to deliver
There are times when we all want to make a good impression. Look like our best selves in a good light on a good hair day, be at our smartest, our wittiest, our most charming. Or, failing that, simply not … Continue reading
The Wednesday Tipple – Cats, Dogs and Gin Bulldog Cocktails
Because apparently there aren’t enough stray cats already in New York, a charity has decided to import them from the streets of Puerto Rico, where they were probably happily sleeping in the sun and catching mice until netted and captured.
The Monday Treat – Chocolate Hazelnut Cookies and The Tangiers Story
Jon and I were having dinner in the kind of restaurant where you’re practically sitting on your neighbor’s lap, and it was impossible not to overhear their conversation, though, I’ll admit, I wasn’t exactly trying not to.
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Tagged chocolate, chocolate chip, coco, cookies, easy, hazelnut, quick
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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Fettuccine Alfredo with peas and pancetta and an important question; what’s in a name?
Not entirely out of the blue, I was able to plug my fascinating fact of the week into conversation: “Did you know,†I told the assembled company, “that Pepsi Cola was originally called Brad’s Drink?â€
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Tagged Alfredo, cream, panchetta, pasta, peas, tagliatelle
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The Wednesday Tipple – a Steadier, for frazzled nerves and catastrophe
One of my first jobs was working as a runner on a hidden camera prank show. The kind where the producers convinced paintballers that they were being recruited for MI6 so the television viewing public could laugh at them. Basically, we messed … Continue reading
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Tagged bitters, brandy, drama, lemon, lost tapes, steadier
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The Monday Treat – Chocolate Walnut Banana Cake to eat while pondering life
The cop in line in front of me at the coffee shop was in trouble: “I’m debating whether to serve you at all,†said the woman behind the counter. “You gotta apologize to me.â€
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Tagged banana, chocolate, coco, coffee, cops, loaf cake, vegetarian, walnuts
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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Profiteroles,Oscars and an unlikely celebrity haunting
As the Oscars approach, we naturally become more concerned with movies and their stars. Some of us, more literally than others.
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Tagged chocolate, cocktail, ghost, ice cream, oscars, party, profiteroles, Susan Sarandon
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The Wednesday tipple – in anticipation of Oscar Night Parties
In a stunning departure from the norm, and in particular, from last year’s Oscar shame of having seen a sad total of 2 nominated movies before the awards, Jon and I took my visiting parents to see the Animated Shorts … Continue reading
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Tagged animation, bitters, champagne, cocktail party, oscars, sugar
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The Monday Treat – Bananas Foster Pancakes, Mardi Gras, Pancake Day and Bird Watching
It was a perfectly ordinary Saturday – coffee, grocery shopping, manicure – until the hawk showed up. Soaring down from the sky to perch in a tree opposite Morton Williams.
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Tagged bananas, bananas foster, brown sugar, hawk, mardi gras, pancake, Panckae Day, rum
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