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Perfect New Year for 8
New Years Eve is a time for elegance and extravagance. It’s pretty much the only dinner party of the year where black tie doesn’t feel like a crazy dress code. And much as I usually like to mix low brow … Continue reading
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Tagged chick peas, chocolate, cream, egg, fennel, fish, gold, lemon, New Year, potato, rosti, seafood, snapper, sour cream, spinach, white wine
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Christmas Present Quest
“What do you buy a man who you think you might be falling in love with for Christmas?†wondered Amazing Grace as we admired the food-themed windows at Barneys (though, on a slight tangent, did anyone else find them aggressive? … Continue reading
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Apple pierogi with warm apple compote
Last Hanukkah our friends Ingyin and Yosi cooked us the greatest latkes in the world and then promptly moved to Abu Dhabi to set up the new NYU physics department. Just the two of them and a whole bunch of … Continue reading
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Tagged apple, cinnamon, cream, Festival of Lights, Hanukkah, perogi, pierogi, recipe, vegetarian
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Wines for Thanksgiving
My sister Sarah is the Wine Buyer for Amathus Drinks, a London based importer and wholesaler. I know, great job, right? She discovered her calling at University where she became that rare thing, a discerning student drinker. Upon graduating she … Continue reading
Bonfire Night Party – Chili and Baked Potatoes
Remember remember the 5th of November, Gunpowder treason and plot, I see no reason why gunpowder season should ever be forgot.
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Tagged baked potato, beans, bonfire, chicken, chili, food, guy fawkes, onion, poultry, recipe, sparklers, stew, tomato
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5 Sweet Halloween treats including Oozing Pus Chocolate Cup Cakes and Worms in Dirt.
Oozing-Pus Chocolate Cup Cakes (makes 6 – 8 portions) These are molten white chocolate truffle cup cakes by any other name, and the warm white chocolate really does ooze pus-like from the centre when they are cut open – the … Continue reading
Scones, Jam and Cream
When it comes to matters pastry-related, who better to turn to for advice than a grandma, and I have, in my opinion, the very best grandma to give it. She’s been making scones for church coffee mornings, for jumble sales … Continue reading
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Tagged baking, clotted cream, cream, grandma, raspberry jam, scone
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Afternoon Tea (with Palmiers)
After the Americana fest of Labor Day, and with the weather taking a turn away from the brutal to the more civilized, I’m left feeling ever so slightly homesick for an imagined England of afternoon teas on chamomile lawns, of … Continue reading
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Tagged afternoon tea, Alice in Wonderland, biscuit, coffee cup, guest artist, puff pastry, snack, vanilla sugar
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5 side dish ideas for a Labor Day barbeque
Overheard on the subway yesterday morning; “What are you doing this weekend?†“I was going to go to Eric’s. But I didn’t want to go because he lives in Queens and also, I kind of hate him, but if there’s … Continue reading
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Tagged blueberry, corn, cranberries, heirloom tomato, labor day, lemon, mayonnaise, mozzarella, pecans, potato, red white and blue, rice, ricotta, salad, tomato
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Ten exceedingly summery things to do while there’s still time.
The sad cold rainy start to the week reminds us that the unthinkable is true, summer will not in fact last forever. Labor day is fast approaching. We need to wear white while we still can. Luckily the temperature is … Continue reading