The first Valentines Day that I spent with the man I ended up married to was, not to put too fine a point on it, awkward and uncomfortable. Continue reading
This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Roast duck breasts and pink cabbage puree
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Tagged duck, Paris, red cabbage, rendezvous, romance, steak, Valentines Day
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The Wednesday Tipple – The Love Witch and Rose Pink Sangria Love Potion
Several years ago I wrote a series of interviews about people with highly alternate world views for a fashion-y glossy magazine. A woman who had been abducted by aliens and given birth to alien babies, for example. A man who thought he was a 200 year old vampire, and who obviously, would only meet me at night.
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Tagged cosmopolitan, French martini, love potion, love spell, love witch, Orange pomitini, pink cocktails, valentine's
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The Monday Treat – 20 things to make with a heart shaped cutter
Valentines is upon us. Now that Superbowl is over I am prepared to get out the pink candles, the wooden heart mobile, and, most importantly of all, the heart shaped cutters out of the box. Continue reading
This Dinner Will Get You Laid – New York Strip Steak with Bourbon Butter
Even among people who generally couldn’t give a damn about football. Even among my friends who obsess over things like organic quinoa and sample sale-ing. Even among my friends – alright – one friend specifically – who thought The Giants were a baseball team – the concept of Superbowl resonates. Continue reading
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Tagged football, New York Strip Steak, steak, Superbowl
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The Wednesday Tipple – Football Fans and pizza wonton bites
Everything I know about football can pretty much fit on a cocktail napkin. My dad, who is something of an oracle on American sports in spite of being British, has given up hope.
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Tagged cointreau, football fan, grapefruit, scotch, wonton, wonton pizza
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The Monday Treat – Spicy Cola Chicken Nachos with Guacamole – in anticipation of Superbowl
As Superbowl approaches, thoughts turn to burgers, mac n cheese, pizza, oh, and football of course.
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Tagged avocado, chicken, cilantro, cola, guacamole, lime, nachos, Superbowl
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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – bravery, hats, chicken piccata and a side of kink
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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Tagged chicken, dreams, hat making, lemon, parsley, stock
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The Wednesday Tipple – Scotch Mist in honor of Burns Night (oh, and some deep fried Mars Bars)
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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Tagged Burns Night, deep fried mars bar, lemon, Mars bar, scotch
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The Monday Treat – Flapjacks to bolster against the terrors of bagpipers
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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Tagged bagpipes, Burns Night, demerara sugar, flapjack, oats, syrup
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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?
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