Argavi, Midtown, NYC + UN’s Focus on Woman Tour
Virginia, our passionate United Nations guide for our "Focus on Women" tour, amazed us with the figures and facts she spouted. She shared that in 1948, [...]
Choose Your Ingredients for This Macaroni Bake
On a Zoom call recently, someone mentioned baked ziti, which sparked memories of what Connecticut soccer moms' served when feeding a huge crowd of players [...]
Shy Brothers Cloumage, A Versatile Tangy Cheese
Cloumage is made from Shy Brothers' coastal Massachusetts farm's cows' milk plus three ingredients. According to the company, their Ayrshire cows enjoy seasons of grasses [...]
Staycation at the Dream Downtown, Chelsea, NYC
Upon realizing that I could buy a resort pass to the Dream Downtown hotel in Chelsea only a few blocks away, I decided to take [...]
Most Recent Bites
Bottomless Brunch at Maya, Midtown, NYC
One rainy day recently a friend and I stopped in at Richard Sandaval's Maya, a restaurant listed in the Michelin Guide as one of the ”Best Mexican Restaurants in Manhattan." Like almost everyone else, we [...]
The Mary Lane, West Village, NYC
The Mary Lane, a classic West Village restaurant offering locally sourced, market-based fare, is situated on the cobblestone corner of Bank and Greenwich Streets. We shared two dishes as separate courses so we could enjoy [...]
Pizza at Numero 28, Upper East Side, NYC
Instead of meeting in one member's home, our bi-monthly book group met at the Upper East Side location of Numero 28, an authentic Neapolitan brick-oven pizza restaurant. We sipped the Wild Fighter, Cabernet Sauvignon, Alexander [...]
Cafe Cluny West Village, NYC
Cafe Cluny is a sweet little West Village place to lunch. It had been years since I had dined there, this time booking a table outside as the weather was perfect. Service is attentive, food [...]
Paper Plane Cocktail Recipe
While in Washington, DC, staying with my friend Scot, he offered me a Paper Plane, his new summer easy-to-make cocktail. He recently started experimenting with cocktails when he moved from beer and wine to liquor. [...]
Bistro Mediterranean Tapas Bar, Milford, CT
The third Bistro Mediterranean Tapas Bar opened recently in Milford in a restaurant with a seemingly revolving door. I experienced various iterations when I lived in the area. We stopped in before the official opening [...]
Breakfast at The Marshal, Hell’s Kitchen, NYC + Illinoise
Charlie Marshal's eponymous restaurant, a unique gem in Hell's Kitchen, is one of my go-to pre-theatre places. This time, we returned for brunch before heading to the Tony-nominated Illinoise, the narrative dance musical at the St. James Theatre that's [...]
Chicka and the Don, Flatiron-Gramercy, NYC
Chicka and The Don is a new Latin American restaurant in the Flatiron District, where Almayass was on 21st Street. The waiter mentioned a third that had come and gone. As their guests, we sampled much of [...]