Food and Things

Here’s a photo of Strollo’s Light House for great Italian ice (yes, it was raining) and a pic of the boardwalk at Spring Lake.

July 31st, 2007 | Category: Jersey Shore, New Jersey | Leave a comment

Ok, I admit it. I’m a Long Island beach partisan. I grew up 10 minutes from the ocean and as far as I’m concerned, the Island has great beaches, so why go any further? (OK, maybe the Cape has higher dunes.) But today, I gave in, and followed my Philly-born hubby to “down shore.” Yes, [...]

July 29th, 2007 | Category: Jersey Shore, New Jersey, food, new york restaurants | Leave a comment

The dollar may be sinking and the cost of a trip to France may be skyrocketing, but you can get a taste of French cheeses closer to home at Formagio Essex’s latest offering–which takes you on a culinary excursion to the court of Louis XIV. While you’re at it, learn about cheesemonger Max’s culinary tours [...]

July 28th, 2007 | Category: France, cheese | Leave a comment

The Greenmarket on 97th between Amsterdam and Columbus is rockin‘. Lots of folks shopping there this morning, right in the shadow of the construction site that caved in and sent the poor folks of Park West Village scurrying out of their apartments the other day. Soon, 30-story luxury buildings and a Whole Foods will be [...]

July 27th, 2007 | Category: greenmarket, tomatoes, upper west side | Leave a comment