The NYC Kitchen

Food vs Foodiness: Why you should know the difference

I love eating fresh, seasonal food in its actual form, foregoing processed food in its often scary incarnations. Which is why I am excited for Erica Wides’ smart new radio show: Let’s Get Real: The Cooking Show About Finding, Preparing and Eating Food on the Heritage Radio Network. Erica Wides, a Chef and Culinary Instructor […]

Fragrant mushroom egg rolls from Spice Market

I love egg rolls. Okay, they’re fried and all but that’s okay once in a while. And I’m always a sucker for unique ingredients like galangal, which is in the ginger family and often used in Southeast Asian dishes. These egg rolls are served at Spice Market, which is still going strong in the Meatpacking […]

The 3rd Annual Summit Wine & Food Festival

What are you doing this weekend? Want to meet a few top chefs? I am heading to the Third Annual Summit Wine & Food Festival where I’m going to taste the food of these chefs: • Executive Chef of Neely’s Barbecue Parlor Wade Burch, who won Food Network’s Chopped • Alex Garcia, star of Cooking […]

A sneak peak at my App: iFoodShop

I want to tell you about my upcoming App for the iPhone/iPad. I’ve been working on it since the beginning of the year and it’s just about done, which is a huge relief! Among the many reasons I love living in New York City is the amazing abundance of food shops: spice stores like Kalustyans, […]