Update on Parents Need to Eat TooSM, the Class
If you’re joining me today via the link in Mommypoppins, welcome! Parents Need to Eat Too is a cooking class for new parents, specifically intended to help you feed yourselves when there’s a baby in the house. There are four sessions, each of which sends you home with that night’s dinner: The New Mom’s Pantry, ...Keep Reading
Why Eating at Del Posto Is Like Eating in a Hotel Lobby
Stephen and I had a daytime date today, lunch at Mario Batali’s Del Posto. It was a lot like eating in a snooty hotel in Florence. Here’s why: The room itself. Oh my god, the room. Big, soaring staircases. Signage in Italian (“guardaroba” instead of “cloakroom”). Marble everywhere. Curtains so overembellished they’d make Scarlett O’Hara ...Keep Reading
Psst… Williamsburgers: Moving Sale at The Brooklyn Kitchen!
I meant to tell you: Everyone’s favorite kitchen shop, The Brooklyn Kitchen, is moving out of their Lorimer Street location and into The Brooklyn Kitchen Labs. Harry and I stopped in this weekend on our way to the bakery, as we always do. The boy needs to visit Woody, the resident dog, every.single.time we walk ...Keep Reading
Dorie Greenspan’s CookieBar
If you live in New York, or heck, anywhere in the tristate area, haul ass over to Park & 59th Street PDQ. Dorie Greenspan, author of the much-loved cookbook Baking: From My Home to Yours, has opened a popup cookie shop inside the Mizu salon. It’s called CookieBar, and her partner is her son, Josh. ...Keep Reading
The Burg’s Got a New Cupcakery: Cupcakeland
More than a few of us miss Cheeks, the little bakery on Metropolitan Ave where the owner was often grumbled about (some accused her of being surly, but she was always nice to me) and the baked goods, especially the cupcakes, were outstanding. I still miss their lemon tart. Well, folks, just down the street ...Keep Reading
