Winter won’t commit to Brooklyn this year. There have been a few passing flirtations—a small snow storm, a day of freezing rain and wintery mix—but I’m pretty sure we’ve surpassed 50° every week since November. As a result, I haven’t … Continue reading
Temperatures are below freezing outside, so the thought of getting out of of my warm bed this morning for a breakfast of cold grapefruit was not appealing. Instead, I broiled the grapefruit. Yes, it sounds strange, but it was delicious. … Continue reading
Ramsey and I tore through the first two seasons (and Christmas special) of Downton Abbey last week. If you haven’t been sucked in by Netflix or your local PBS station yet, it follows the lives of a British aristocratic family … Continue reading
I usually make it through the winter cold and flu season unscathed, but last Friday I was struck down by the worst sore throat of my life. It burned and I could barely swallow. There was a stretch during the … Continue reading
Fiore is my favorite Italian restaurant in Brooklyn, and on a cold Saturday evening before a birthday party in Williamsburg, Ramsey and I stopped in for dinner. It was part of our regular rotation of weekend meal locations when we … Continue reading
Are you frazzled from the holiday season yet? You’re probably in a better place than I am. I’ve struck most of the to-dos off my list, but I still need to finish my Christmas shopping, buy a whole lot of … Continue reading
We have entered soup season. It runs from December to late March —not quite coinciding with winter — and overlaps most of hot tea season, which, as we all know, runs from November until the rainy end of April. Once … Continue reading
I’m back in Brooklyn after a weekend in the Baltimore suburbs with Ramsey and his family. We enjoyed a great Thanksgiving dinner, watched terrible movies (Vampire’s Kiss starring Nicholas Cage) and charming ones (The Muppets), and walked around a massive … Continue reading
I love any recipe that calls for boiling sugar. It’s beautiful to watch a cloudy pot of sugar and water become clear, bubbling syrup. If you let it begin to brown and add cream and butter, you can make caramels. … Continue reading
This week. My god, this week. You know a work day has been busy when you get home at seven and feel like you’ve been lobotomized, the contents of your brain left on an office computer screen. You drop your … Continue reading
