Inside for Dinner at Indochine, East Village, NYC
Last time I dined at Indochine, I was so impressed not only by the restaurant's food but also by its service. We were dining outside, [...]
May Matta-Aliah’s Lebanese Pilaf Rice Recipe
In response to our Guest Foodie question, "If you could have anyone, past or present, at your dinner table, who would it be and why?" [...]
Welcome Home Bakery’s Cinnamon Rolls, Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn
Welcome Home is a new bakery in Bed-Stuy that has received significant acclaim and celebrated its first anniversary last month. Around the same time, the [...]
Valencia Food Truck, Connecticut
Backyard bliss in Norwalk, where a wedding reception that felt like a warm hug — made even better by the Valencia food truck parked just up [...]
Most Recent Bites
Inside for Dinner at Indochine, East Village, NYC
Last time I dined at Indochine, I was so impressed not only by the restaurant's food but also by its service. We were dining outside, being bitten by mosquitoes. Our server actually went down the [...]
Our Delayed Holiday Gathering, Novita, Flatiron, NYC
One of our organizing team members couldn't attend our annual holiday luncheon at an iconic, holiday-decorated venue because she was a snowbird at her Florida home. We decided to book it at Novita, a local [...]
La Masseria, Theatre District, NYC + Two Strangers Carry A Cake (Across New York)
During our sub-frigid winter, I chose restaurants within a 5-minute walk of our theatre. This time, the classic La Masseria is across 48th Street from where we saw the delightful two-character musical, Two Strangers Carry [...]
Chinese New Year Celebration at Dim Sum Palace, Hell’s Kitchen, Theatre Row, NY
Over 30 of us gathered at Theatre Row's Dim Sum Palace to celebrate the Chinese New Year. My ex-expat group had negotiated a Chinese New Year menu ($100 pp) in a private area of the [...]
Happy Hour at Docks Oyster Bar, Midtown, NYC
A group of us gathered at Docks Oyster Bar for their 3-star happy hour. We had a front corner in the restaurant's bar area that felt like our own. I sipped their happy-hour blood-orange Cosmo [...]
Toloache, Midtown West, NYC + Just in Time
When we learned that Jonathan Groff would be playing his final performance in the Broadway musical Just In Time (Circle in the Square Theatre) as Bobby Darin on Sunday, March 29, 2026, we had to get tickets. He's [...]
Back to Cull & Pistol for Lunch, Chelsea Market, NYC
During my "Greet" with a new friend from Cumming, GA, we stopped for lunch—specifically a lobster roll—at Cull & Pistol in Chelsea Market. A "Greet" is a free, informal tour of an area in New [...]
Happy Hour at Martiny’s, Gramercy, NYC + the Career Accelerator Legacy Awards
Seems we all had the same idea: arrive at Martiny's before our 6 pm reservation to chat with some of the others. The door on this freezing night was locked and remained so until exactly [...]