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This dinner will get you laid – Arabian Nights Salads, if you’re feeling hot
Just when we though it couldn’t be getting any hotter: 100 degrees. 100 degrees? That’s just not reasonable. People are shaving their dogs.
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Tagged cucumber, fattoush, feta, flatbread, olive, organes, pitta, prosecco, roses, salad, shaving dogs, summer, vegetarian, watermelon
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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Confit of Duck (Part 2)
My good friend Kim is marrying her fiancé Justin this weekend, which is great for them of course, only what will fill the gaping hole left in my social life once all the showers, brunches, and lunches are no more?
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Tagged anticipation, Confit of Duck, delayed pleasure, five spice, honey, weddings
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This brunch will get you laid – buttermilk pancakes with fresh peach compote
Here in New York, people take their brunch very seriously. And that usually means standing in line outside the latest greatest restaurant of the moment, sometimes for hours on end.
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Tagged 100 Acre, brunch, buttermilk, Cookshop, Dos Caminos, ice skating, Jane, Lansky's, pancakes, Pastis, peaches, syrup
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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Dinner at the drive in movie
Ingyin and Yosi have a car. That’s not the only reason why they’re our friends, but it’s pretty nice. And on Wednesday night they made one of my dreams, nurtured on a heady mixture of Sweet Valley High and watching … Continue reading
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Tagged chocolate, date food, Drive in, hot dog, milkshake, Movie, onion balsamic relish, popcorn, truffle
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This picnic will get you laid – If the caviar and salmon don’t do it, the crepe suzette will
There are some picnics that cry out for excess. If you’re watching opera while wearing black tie in a field, you might as well bring the candelabra with you. Once you’ve got over the idea of picnic extravagance it becomes … Continue reading
This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Skirt (Steak) Sandwich with Herb Mayo
Even in a city like New York, populated by people who Pilate as enthusiastically as they experiment with juice cleanses and whey proteins, there are some foods that seem to defy resistance. One of these is frosting. The other is … Continue reading
This Dinner Will Get You Laid – lemon and garden herb pork tenderloin
I have recently been introduced to the heady mixture of drama, romance, hopefulness and sheer desperation that is the missed connections section of the Craigslist website. This week, one of my favorites: To Women of New York Thank you. For … Continue reading
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Tagged Craigslist, date food, dating, dinner, griddle, grill, herbs, lemon, pork, pork tenderloin, Trader Joes
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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – The Weekend That Was! Wilderness Roast Chicken
Last weekend we had a redo of the weekend that never was, where a group of New Yorkers drove 3 hours into the countryside to hang out for the weekend in a rented house, only to be thwarted by sheet … Continue reading
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Tagged brownies, garlic, hiking, lemon, onion, roast chicken, weekend, wine, woods, woodstock
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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Steak Bearnaise At The End Of The World
Apparently the world will be ending on the 21st. It’s not a dead cert by any means, but it’s probably worth eating steak for dinner with someone you adore, just in case. The last time the world almost ended, a … Continue reading
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Tagged bearnaise sauce, bernaise sauce, end of the world, filet mignon, last supper, rapture, steak, tarragon
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