My New Book—Ice Cream: A Global History

Love that Layer Cake

The LA Times has declared cupcakes dead and layer cakes positioned for dessert stardom. Cupcakes are a tease, though they do have their partisans like the folks at “All Cupcakes, All the Time.” One bite and it’s gone. Layer cakes can be savored, bite by bite, frosting lick by frosting lick. My mother made an [...]

Honeycrisps live up to billing

At the Rhinebeck, NY farmers’ market Sunday, Mead Orchards in nearby Red Hook was selling a dozen varieties of apples. My husband bit into a winesap — tart and crunchy, the way he likes it. I spied the vaunted honeycrisps. The were everything they are touted to be: juicy and crisp with a decisive crunch. [...]

An Apple a Day…

When it comes to healthy eating, even mainline grocers are getting into the act. Gristedes, a grocery chain best known for it’s Cold War-era Moscow-like dirty and cramped interiors and sickly produce, is handing out a pamphlet titled, “How Do You Like Them Apples?”, sponsored by the New York State Apple Association. Listing various varieties [...]

Bribing the Doorman

The movie crews are here…again. They paid my co-op board $10,000 so that Hugh Jackman could parade back and forth in my lobby. The street is lined with orange cones. No one can unload their cars in front of the building. You get yelled out if you try to cross the street at the wrong [...]

Bill Telepan recipe

For lovers of hearty soups, here’s a recipe from Bill Telepan, chef of his namesake restaurant in Manhattan.Here is a recipe for you from Inspired By Ingredients by Bill Telepan, Simon and Schuster, 2004.
Cabbage and Potato Soup with Kielbasa and Sweet Hungarian Paprika
Ingredients:
¼ cup canola or other vegetable oil1 stalk celery, peeled and cut into [...]