In the weeks following my return to New York, I thought I was destined to never again have another taste of the amazing French baguette I was so accustomed to enjoying daily while in Paris. I visited several self-named “French” bakeries in my area, but let’s face it. They were all impostors. And then, just in time, there…
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The Ultimate Paris Food Experience
Imagine this for a second: You wake up tomorrow morning to find that you have every “IT” chef on speed dial. Your inner circle of friends includes a plethora of Michelin chefs, wine producers, chocolatiers, and a smattering of other superstars in the culinary world. You are so tapped into the local and global culinary scene that…
The Top 10 Foods You Have To Eat In Paris
With so many options and so little time to spend in the city of lights, this list highlights The Top 10 Foods You Have To Eat In Paris! I like to plan… a lot. As I painstakingly prepared for our trip to Paris, I researched food extensively. I mean, hey, let’s face it: how…
The Best Paris Chocolatiers
Chocolate. Those three syllables are like music to my ears… or more accurately, stomach. As a kid, I thought Kit Kat and Twix Bars were the best chocolate out there (ok, not going to lie, I still do enjoy a candy bar here and there). Growing up, Lindt and Godiva were the “gourmet chocolate” in…
The Most Amazing Winter Caprese Salad Recipe
This past summer, I had a vegetable garden for the first time in my life. It was so awesome: the garden pumped out tomatoes and basil like a champ. Asheley and I definitely had our fair share of Caprese Salad during those few short months. Now that we are in the winter months, tomatoes are…
Artichoke Basille’s Pizzeria
New York takes its pizza seriously. Ask any New Yorker where to find a good slice of pizza, and they can probably rattle off a list of places. In Manhattan, there seems to be a pizzeria on every corner, and many of those places pump out some really great pizza. Although there are some definite…
A Salt and Battery
A Salt & Battery, the cleverly named fish and chips joint in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, has been on my list of places to try for several months. I first heard of their famous fish and chips like many other people, when they gained national exposure through beating Bobby Flay on his popular Food Network Show,…
Taccozzette Con Stracotto (Pasta with Braised Pork Ragu)
At Mario Batali’s Otto Enoteca and Pizzeria in NYC, there is a dynamite pasta dish called Taccozzette con Stracotto. Featuring braised pork shoulder tossed in a tomato sauce with fresh basil and served among pasta that resembles a shrunk down version of lasagna noodles, it is hands down one of the best pasta dishes I’ve…
Coolhaus: Ice Cream Sandwiches Done Right
I like ice cream. I like cookies. Ice cream and cookies all at once… euphoria! What’s not to like about the old time favorite ice cream sandwich? I remember being very excited as a kid when I would hear that familiar high-pitched tune, signaling the one, the only, ice cream man! Approaching that ice cream…
NYC Doughnut Bliss
Does your family have certain traditions that you truly cherish? Traditions that immediately bring to mind thoughts of happiness and bliss? One of those traditions in our house growing up was doughnut birthday breakfast! I would so look forward to anyone’s birthday in our house just so I could enjoy a doughnut at breakfast. If it was my…
