A couple of months ago, I had a satisfying lunch at Fleur de Sel, a well-regarded Flatiron Normandy-themed restaurant. Last weekend, our dining experience was disappointing. It wasn’t the food so much although the goat cheese & artichoke ravioli, American paddlefish caviar with beet Dijon jus did just miss the mark. While the pasta was [...]
Thanksgiving is thankfully over. Add one mother-in-law to the proceedings and it’s, well, a challenge.
She arrived with her jar of Lawry’s seasoning salt. I don’t use the stuff. Salt, pepper, garlic, are good enough for my turkey. “You need this,” she said, and dumped this scary DayGlo orange powder all over my lovingly brined turkey.
“Oops, [...]
As my Grandma Binenbaum used to say, “Thanks God!” Now that my Thanksgiving shopping is done, I say Amen!
At Zabar’s, things were particularly zoo-like.
In the narrow aisle between the deli counter and refrigerator case of prepared soups, a mother decided that two days before Thanksgiving–customers were three deep at the deli counter — was the [...]
Much to the chagrin, amazement and befuddlement of Manhattanites, the second NY Trader Joes is scheduled to open in Forest Hills, a leafy, upscale enclave in Queens. But for Manhattan snobs, who think the borough is still the bastion of Archie Bunker types, Queens today is totally cool and Forest Hills is no longer the [...]
OK, there’s stuff for guys to buy in BA, too. My husband, who breaks out in hives at the thought of clothes shopping, actually enjoyed visiting the city’s many intriguing boutiques. At Cuir, in Ricoletta, he bought a pair of gorgeous black leather tassel loafers for $90. These zapatos would have retailed for at least [...]
