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04/27/2006

I Am a Movie Star

Last summer a documentary filmmaker asked me if I would star in a small video for a new website called NYCFilms. I met him in... read more

02:56 AM in Fame! | Comments (16)

Allow Me To Astound You With My Kitchen Prowess and the Recipe I Made from my New Favorite Cookbook: Devil's Chicken Thighs with Braised Leeks and Dijon Mustard from "Sunday Suppers at Lucques" [Plus: Bread Pudding!]

Take a good long look at that picture. Study it, embrace it. What you are about to see, when you click ahead, are all the... read more

02:41 AM in Recipes | Comments (16)

Plugs

Here are some quick non-food-related plugs for the non-food-related spirit in all of us. (1) Yet again, I was given free tickets to Broadway Shows... read more

02:10 AM in Etc. | Comments (7)

You're So Levain (The City's Best Chocolate Chip Cookie at Levain Bakery)

There are certain bloggers who are known for getting the scoop. They break big news stories, create political scandals, get interviewed on CNN. And then... read more

01:52 AM in New York Restaurant Reviews | Comments (7)

04/25/2006

Student Dining Day

Broadway shows offer student rush tickets an hour before the curtain goes up. You show your student ID, pay $15 and sometimes you get seats... read more

02:00 AM | Comments (19)

04/24/2006

Bonkers for Bouchon (aka The Samsung Cafeteria)

I seriously wonder how many people who walk past the newly opened Bouchon Bakery at the Time Warner Center think it's a restaurant owned by... read more

02:11 AM in New York Restaurant Reviews | Comments (8)

Toasted Coconut Marshmallows FROM HELL

New York, NY. April 18, 2006---For foodblogger Adam Roberts, the night started out like any other. "I was crying into my pillow and cursing my... read more

01:03 AM in Recipes | Comments (20)

04/21/2006

Presto, Pesto

When Liza Minnelli married David Gest-o She said, "Dear David, I get so depressed-o when I feel a hunger in my chest-o." Dear David scratched... read more

12:22 PM in Recipes | Comments (13)

04/20/2006

Pretty Indian Food at Bombay Talkie

There are two types of Chelsea restaurants: those that are near Billy's Bakery and those that aren't. I have been known to plan entire evenings... read more

12:23 PM in New York Restaurant Reviews | Comments (10)

04/19/2006

Tom Cruise's Placenta Polenta

""I'm going to eat the placenta. I thought that would be good. Very nutritious. I'm going to eat the cord and the placenta right there."... read more

02:06 AM in Etc. | Comments (51)