TRAVEL: Cajun Cooking at New Orleans School of Cooking

Last week, my husband and father in law had a conference in New Orleans. Every year the conference is held in a different city. Last year, it was in San Francisco, so we turned it

ONE PAN: Seasoned Spatchcock Chicken Recipe with Za’atar Roasted Potatoes

Over the last month or so ALL of my favorite food bloggers, including Melinda Strauss of Kitchen Tested and Shannon Sarna of The Nosher, have been spatchcocking their chicken. I know it sounds dirty, but

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STYLE: Saved by Sole Patches

I LOVE wearing high heels. Unfortunately, they do a number on my feet and knees. Thankfully, I found out about Sole Patches. They have been my saving grace. Without them, I wouldn’t be able to wear

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LOCAL: Wagamama in NYC

The first time I ever ate at Wagamama was in London while I was studying abroad in 2005. The next time I found it, I was in Sydney, Australia in 2006. When I moved to Boston in 2011,

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BAKE ME: Neiman Marcus Popovers

Over the last year or so I have become obsessed with cafe inside Neiman Marcus at the Mall at Short Hills. Occasionally, I meet my in laws there for lunch during the week. It is such

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TRAVEL: A Day Trip to Brussels

This past summer I FINALLY convinced E to “Take Me To London,” and the way I did that was to entice him with a day trip to Brussels. He had been DYING to go to

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LOCAL: Apple Picking and Pumpkin Patching at Riamede Farm

Every year, E and I go apple picking. It is something we started doing when we were living up in Boston. How very New England of us! It is one of our favorite fall traditions. This

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BAKE ME: Apple Cake for the High Holidays

On Sunday night the Jewish New Year, otherwise known as Rosh Hashana, begins. The holiday spans two days and is filled with prayer, family and food. It is customary to eat apples and honey throughout

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LOCAL: A Mast Brothers Chocolate Shop Grows In Brooklyn

Every couple days Gilt and Gilt City emails land in my Gmail box. Over the last couple months I hadn’t seen anything that excited me to the point of buying it. Then I saw that

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SAUCES AND SPREADS: Homemade Blueberry Cherry Jam

As you probably know by reading my blog, I am a HUGE fan of the farmer’s market. See HERE, HERE AND HERE. We go ALL THE TIME. In addition to our weekly trip to the

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