Beef Stew Recipe/Ottomanelli/Le Vigne
On a walk through the West Village today I got the essential ingredients I needed to make beef stew. First stop: Ottomanelli & Sons Meat Market. This butcher shop on Bleecker Street is one of those family-owned businesses that I hope won’t fade into the past because I enjoy that old-school feeling of asking the […]
Cook. Eat. Drink. Live.
I’m trying to decide if I should go to this event tomorrow: Cook. Eat. Drink. Live. The press release says that it’s a “lively, interactive, holiday-themed event that showcases new food products, celebrity chefs, wineries, cocktails, cookbook authors, mixologists, and popular restaurants. In addition to the tastings, guests can do holiday shopping with both purveyors […]
Wine Clubs
I don’t know why, but I’m one of those holiday shoppers who start shopping late in the game. Maybe it’s because I don’t like having to buy so many gifts all at once and I get overwhelmed. This is much to my detriment, because by the time I start shopping, it’s too late to order […]
Brooklyn Larder
Stepping into Brooklyn Larder is like entering the fantasy version of a corner deli, albeit one with so many tempting provisions you may not know what to buy. There’s hand-crafted cheese (and a cheese room), meats like cured pancetta, country paté and lamb merguez (made on site), fresh stocks, pasta, olive oil, homemade pickles, cashew […]
Macaroni and cheese
This is what can happen when you have a toddler. You can scoop out a portion of homemade mac and cheese for her so it can cool. Then you can run to the living room for two seconds to do one of the other millions of things you were doing, like maybe watering a plant […]