This Dinner Will Get You Laid – bravery, hats, chicken piccata and a side of kink

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Kate

Chicken Piccata illustration for recipe

My friend Wendy’s friend has made a brave life choice; she’s given up being a lawyer, or a market analyst, or whatever it was that she did in her fancy midtown office, and is following her dream of making hats. Continue reading →

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The Wednesday Tipple – Scotch Mist in honor of Burns Night (oh, and some deep fried Mars Bars)

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Kate

Scotch Mist cocktail illustration for Burns night recipe

In the chip shop in the town in Scotland where my husband grew up, they will literally batter and deep fry anything. Sausages? Why not. Pizza? Obviously. Chocolate bars? Nae problem. Continue reading →

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The Monday Treat – Flapjacks to bolster against the terrors of bagpipers

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Kate

Flapjack illustration for Burns Night recipe

My husband and I are stalked by bagpipers. We go shopping in Edinburgh. There’s a bagpiper. We honeymoon in Paris. Bagpiper. Machu Picchu after three days hiking the Inca Trail. Bagpiper. And now, several blocks away, the dulcet tones of that weapon of war drift up to me as I type. Continue reading →

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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Slow Roast Duck for Chinese New Year, and a question; do you have a type?

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Kate

Duck And Pancakes for Chinese New Year recipe

Through the wonder of the internet, my friend Jen has discovered a disquieting fact about her ex boyfriend: “his new girlfriend looks exactly like me.” Continue reading →

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The Wednesday Tipple – Sidecars, 80′s advertising porn and celebrity gardeners

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Kate

Sidecar cocktail illustration for cocktail recipe

Over Christmas when Jon and I were visiting his parents in Scotland, we were given the task of organizing all our stuff that was stored in their garage. We moved to New York with 2 suitcases, so literally everything else we own – sofas, bookcases, books, photo albums, cds, pots, pans, candle sticks, an air pop popcorn machine – is in familial garages, lofts and barns. Continue reading →

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The Monday Treat – Kofte Meatballs and the music of food

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Kate

Kofte meatball illustration for meatball recipe

Inspired by necessity – taking 17 hours of Christmas Music off my iPod – I have been organizing my iTunes library. Out of this flurry of activity has come the Kitchen Music Playlist. Tag line: songs to cook to. Continue reading →

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This Dinner will get you laid – Chicken with Puy Lentils, and the superstitions of New Yorkers

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Kate

Don't walk signs for a winter recipe of chicken and lentils

Upon first impressions you may be fooled into thinking that New York is a highly rational place, rooted in the real. Real estate, real hard work, commerce, business – some guy was talking trash to a transvestite outside the Duplex the other night and she threw her shoe at his head. Serious, real stuff. Continue reading →

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The Wednesday Tipple – French 75 and interpretive poetry rap – in homage to Gertrude Stein

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Kate

Recipe illustration of French 75 cocktailsOur friends Hilary and Jeremy, inspired by Gertrude Stein’s famous Parisian artist salons, hosted a dinner where everyone had to stand up and do a turn, talk about their latest play or project, test run a new song, and generally be creative and fun. Continue reading →

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The Monday Treat – Pear, Cranberry and Walnut Loaf Cake with Maple Glaze

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Kate

The skeleton of the Christmas tree is out on the pavement waiting to be collected. The majority of the needles have been swept up, though we did find some in our bed this morning, which is frankly, a little curious. Anyway. It’s gone. The holidays are over. In spite of the unseasonably mild weather, January is beginning to bite in all kinds of insidious ways. Continue reading →

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This Dinner will make taking down the tree suck less – Chicken Tagine for an epiphany feast

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Kate

Epiphany Kings for Epiphany dinner party recipes

Today is epiphany. Time to take down the Christmas decorations, sweep up pine needles and surrender to the inevitable gloom that comes with the realization; the holidays are well and truly over now. Continue reading →

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