Monthly Archives: October 2010

This Dinner Will Get You Laid – The Theatre Ghost – followed by Witches Hair and Sea Monster Spaghetti

I read somewhere that in New York City the present is so powerful that the past fades away and is lost, but not so for my friend Bob the costume man. “I’ve been on Broadway since Cats was Kittens,” he … Continue reading

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5 Sweet Halloween treats including Oozing Pus Chocolate Cup Cakes and Worms in Dirt.

Oozing-Pus Chocolate Cup Cakes (makes 6 – 8 portions) These are molten white chocolate truffle cup cakes by any other name, and the warm white chocolate really does ooze pus-like from the centre when they are cut open – the … Continue reading

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The Wednesday Tipple – devils on horseback, some in a suitcase, and frozen cantaloupe martinis

“Can I take a look in your purse?” asked the security man outside Ricky’s. I’d been on a quest for glow in the dark vampire teeth to send to godson Arthur (what else?), but was leaving empty handed. Nevertheless, a … Continue reading

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The Monday treat – spicy pumpkin soup and a new, not-so-spicy-pumpkin hair do

So I was going for Mad Men red hair, but as I sat in front of the mirror in the leather and essential oil themed salon sipping my cup of vanilla chai, I wasn’t absolutely convinced. “It’s going to totally … Continue reading

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This dinner will get you laid – The ghosts of boyfriends past flee at the sight of autumn risotto with butternut squash and Madeira soaked golden sultanas

Browsing for Halloween costumes in Ricky’s, Adam and I discussed what we would be this year. I was thinking some kind of generic mourner, since I have black lace gloves and a hat with a veil already. Adam was considering … Continue reading

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The Wednesday Tipple – Warm Bourbon and Milk Punch (and ginger chocolate chip cookies)

Among the many myths about this great city of New York, one of the most enduring is that of crocodiles living in the sewers. Over the summer this story was given a new lease of life when a crocodile / … Continue reading

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The Monday Treat – cinnamon pecan vanilla cheesecake with a hot toffee apple sauce

It was my birthday this weekend, and I celebrated with duck and pancakes with a side order of good friends down in Chinatown followed by champagne and cheesecake at home. Now don’t get me wrong, I love cake cake, and … Continue reading

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This dinner will get you laid – breakfast to take you back to bed (Eggs en cocotte)

It was the end of the Summer of Love for Lizzy and J, and they emerged blinking into the golden autumn light to find that everything had changed. The plants in her window boxes were brittle skeletons, his car, evidently … Continue reading

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The Wednesday Tipple – Chardonnay, (with truffled mushroom bruschetta) and a meditation on micro pigs

Jonathan does not believe in Micro Pigs. I saw one a few weeks ago being carried in a Louis Vuitton by a fancy Park Avenue type lady, appropriately enough, on Park Avenue. He was beaming out at the world in … Continue reading

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The Monday Treat – Roast Chicken and Oranges, the dish that keeps on giving

We’re experiencing something of an Indian summer in New York. After lugging my coat around with me all last week, I’ve decided to take my new beret (a brave fashion choice that I’m not entirely sure about yet) out of … Continue reading

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