Brick Oven Pizzaiolo Wanted
Remember how I slipped in a slam on Vertuccio’s, the new brick oven pizza joint near McCarren Park, at the end of this post the other day? Well, check ...
Williamsburg’s Late, Great Brick Oven Gallery: Resurrecting! Sorta.
Stephen and I had some of our first dates at Brick Oven Gallery, a humble little Italian joint on Havemeyer Street. It was known for its 130-year-old brick oven, ...
Hey, Brooklynites, Check out the Greenpoint Food Market!
As if Brooklyn isn’t already the foodiest boro in the city, now we’ve got another place to flaunt our deliciousness…
The Greenpoint Food Market starts this Saturday inside the Church ...
Believe It or Not: 1 Space Available in Parents Need to Eat, Too, Starting THURSDAY!
After all the great responses I’ve received for the next series of classes, which begins this Thursday, somehow I still have one space available. Who knew: People’s schedules change much ...
Mains, New York, Pantry Cooking, Recipes
Savino’s Quality Pasta with Chicken, Artichokes, and Sun-Dried Tomatoes
You know that chicken I “roasted” in the slow cooker? Well, one downside of letting something cook for five hours is that by the ...
One Spot Left! Parents Need to Eat, Too: Starting Thursday July 9
Thanks to the onset of summer (finally) and the last-minute schedule changes that always seem to accompany it, I have one spot available in the next session ...
Parents Need to Eat, TooSM: New Series of Classes Starts in July
The next session of my cooking class, Parents Need to Eat, TooSM starts in just a few weeks!
Now that baby’s here, are you finding it ...
From Beef Wellington to Hot Pastrami in Five Short Blocks
For his birthday dinner, Stephen really wanted to try Beef Wellington—he’d read about it somewhere and the curiosity had been burning for months. (Between his cholesterol issues ...
Good Things Come in Pink Packages
Stephen and a friend of his are installing our new kitchen floor today, one full year after we bought the materials (yay). In an effort to stay ...
Birth of a Restaurant: El Bocadito
Take an informal poll about fantasies at the Greenmarket, Fairway, or Whole Foods, and one will pop up with impressive frequency (after winning the lottery, of course): ...