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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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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Chicken Caesar Salad and life lessons
It was my friend Molly’s birthday this week. She turned 25 and celebrated with whiskey and an origami competition in a dive bar on the lower east side. By 10pm she was in reflective mood, looking back over her quarter … Continue reading
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Tagged 25, anchovies, Caesar Salad, chicken, dating, life lessons
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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Greek Salad Topped Chicken For Warm Spring Nights
It’s Spring in New York – daffodils, blossoms, no need to wear a coat weather, the whole bit. The evening was filled with out on the balcony possibilities and I was determined to make the most of them.
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Tagged chicken, feta, greek salad, olives, spring, tomato
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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
This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Jambalaya in anticipation of Mardi Gras
As Mardi Gras approaches, thoughts turn to beads, then to breasts, and then to jambalya. Yes, sometimes I wonder about my thought processes too.
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Tagged beads, chicken, jambalaya, mardi gras, old bay, rice, shrimp
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The Monday Treat – Spicy Cola Chicken Nachos with Guacamole – in anticipation of Superbowl
As Superbowl approaches, thoughts turn to burgers, mac n cheese, pizza, oh, and football of course.
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Tagged avocado, chicken, cilantro, cola, guacamole, lime, nachos, Superbowl
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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – bravery, hats, chicken piccata and a side of kink
My friend Wendy’s friend has made a brave life choice; she’s given up being a lawyer, or a market analyst, or whatever it was that she did in her fancy midtown office, and is following her dream of making hats.
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Tagged chicken, dreams, hat making, lemon, parsley, stock
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This Dinner will get you laid – Chicken with Puy Lentils, and the superstitions of New Yorkers
Upon first impressions you may be fooled into thinking that New York is a highly rational place, rooted in the real. Real estate, real hard work, commerce, business – some guy was talking trash to a transvestite outside the Duplex … Continue reading
This Dinner will make taking down the tree suck less – Chicken Tagine for an epiphany feast
Today is epiphany. Time to take down the Christmas decorations, sweep up pine needles and surrender to the inevitable gloom that comes with the realization; the holidays are well and truly over now.
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Tagged chicken, cous cous, epiphany, Istanbul, lemons, Morocco, pomegranate, preserved lemons, tagine
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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Thanksgiving Roast Chicken – and a triumphant lack of naked ballet!
Here are some of the things that a quick poll of my friends revealed they are thankful for this year: good health, family, having jobs, not having mice, iPads. Here’s what I am thankful for this year: I did not … Continue reading
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Tagged chicken, cranberry, naked ballet, parsley, pumpkin, sage, sausage, stuffing, Thanksgiving
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