Spot Dessert Bar
I was disappointed when his restaurant P*ong closed so was thrilled to hear that pastry wizard Pichet Ong is back, now with a dessert bar called Spot. I recently stopped in with a friend and Miss Toddler S to review it for Paper Magazine. Here are two highlights, but stay tuned for my full review, […]
Le P’tit Paris
Sometimes mussels and frites, plus a glass of wine, is all you need for dinner, and it’s what I recommend at Le P’tit Paris. This wasn’t my favorite French bistro, but as they say in France, it was “agréeable.” Read my review in Papermag.com for more suggestions.
Chicken tagine with couscous
What do to with the tagine I bought at Sur La Table that’s been sitting in my cabinet for way too long? Make the eponymous dish of course. What I love most about tagines is that you can easily get creative making them. For example, I hate raisins, and though a lot of tagine recipes […]
Pasta with escarole, white beans and chicken sausage
In my vain attempt to get Miss Toddler S to eat a wider variety of vegetables, I’ve opted to make quick pasta dishes like this one, which includes escarole and white beans—one of my favored combinations. Though the rotini topped with the most grated parmesan trumped, for the most part, the vegetables, she’ll have plenty […]
Spicy chicken & peanut soup
Here is a warm, spicy soup for this cold, wintry day. And as much as I hate peanut butter (people are often surprised that this is one of the few foods I detest), for some strange reason I actually like it when it appears in a recipe. Since I am not a peanut butter connoisseur, […]