Announcing Sugar High Friday #6: Stuck on You (Caramel)
Caramel and I go way back. One of my earliest candy humiliations was the time J, the only girl in the entire fifth grade chubbier than I ...
Beef Barley Soup
I’m not much of a beef eater. If you’ve been reading Words to Eat By at all regularly, you may have noticed a distinct lack of ...
All Hail Le Creuset Tres Grand!
Psst! New Yorkers: Broadway Panhandler is having a sale on Le Creuset.
I’ve been coveting a great big one for years—it was the most expensive single item ...
Little Gram’s Sauce
Today I’m delighted to introduce a guest writer, my husband S.
It’s known at “Little Gram’s Sauce,” after my mother’s maternal grandmother, a matriarch ...
My Story, New York, Recommendations
A Bad Night for Food, a Great Night for Funk
Earlier this week, I noticed a squib in the Times saying that Morris Day and The Time would be doing a show Thursday night at the Apollo ...
Baking, Dessert, Nutritious Nibbles, Snack
Gingersnaps
I’m really exhausted today so I’ll make this post short and sweet, literally. I clipped this recipe for gingersnaps years ago from a Peter Kump/ICE ...
The Right Man, the Right Restaurant, the Right Breakfast
Yesterday was the anniversary of S’s and my first date. Neither of us is terribly into Valentine’s Day, so in a tiny rebellion against the Hallmarkization ...
Mains, Quick Suppers, Recipes, Weight Watchers
Chicken Puttanesca with Mushrooms
Finally, a chance to do a little real cooking! On Thursday I had a doctor’s appointment in the late afternoon, and instead of returning to work ...
Music to Eat By
Isn’t it funny how almost anything—even a food blog—can bring all one’s high-school insecurities to the surface? Lately I’ve been watching a chain-letter-type-thingie being passed among all ...
Books, Dessert, Nutritious Nibbles, Snack
Yes, There IS Such a Thing as Too Much Chocolate Pudding
It all started with an innocent thought. S and I were relaxing before dinner, just going over our respective days, when we realized we didn’t have ...