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provence on cape cod
I have a few perennial favorite foods I can only find on Cape Cod. Each year when I jet east to enjoy beach time with my family, I have to get cranberry pecan rolls at Pain d’Avignon. At least once per trip I must buy a bag of the almond biscotti at Bucky’s, with... »
blind chocolate tasting on the farm
A chocoholic’s Hawaiian fantasy, I had the opportunity to take Steelgrass Farm’s Chocolate Tour a couple of weeks ago. The tour is conducted at Steelgrass’s luscious, and mainly edible, property near the town of Kapa’a, on Kauai’s North Shore. As I mentioned in a previous post, Steelgrass does not currently product chocolate but does... »
if i can’t get home i’ll get fat
As one of the victims of the Blizzard of Christmas ‘10, I’m stranded in Manhattan until Friday, at least. Thank heavens (or Starwood) for the Element on 39th, which allowed us to keep our room indefinitely at the promotional rate. (The hotel offered half-priced rooms for their grand opening, a rate which was supposed... »
a pink and bubbly brunch
This weekend offered the potential for a particularly enticing brunch. You see, I had to review a magnum of Iron Horse Cuvee Joy Rose sparkling wine. (A magnum is the equivalent of 2 bottles of bubbly.) The wine was an assignment for an article I was writing and well, when you have to open... »
july 4 farmers’ market
This summer I’ve started a new routine of spending Sunday mornings at the farmers’ market and then heading home to make brunch for whoever shows up. The 4th of July was a particularly special Sunday for me because Chrysta Wilson, owner/creator of Kiss My Bundt Bakery chose to spend her first day off in... »
bravo is destroying table manners in america
I make no secret about it, I watch a lot of Bravo TV. But what I’ve seen in recent months has made me think twice about supporting the channel that is killing the concept of table manners, one repulsive episode at a time. First there was Flipping Out with show star Jeff Lewis’s food neuroses... »
Being the Aphrodisiac Queen at Valentines
I’d been meaning to write sooner but the past 10 days have been a blur. I did my first national morning show appearance on the CBS Early Show. Didn’t catch it the first time? You can watch it here: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6150470n_source=feedburner_medium=feed_campaign=Feed%3A+CBSNewsEarlyShow+%28The+Early+Show%3A+CBSNews.com%29_content=Twitter. After my quick trip to NYC for 2 minutes of fame (and a freak snowstorm), I... »