July 2012

Easy Grilled Shrimp

July 29, 2012

  Who needs skewers when you have a grill basket?  I love to make – and serve – kebabs in the summer.  There’s just something fun about them…you can prep them ahead, easily gage how many to make….look great perched on the plate…..but sometimes, there is just no time to thread the skewers.  This was […]

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Spiegelworld: Empire – A Decidedly Adult Event in Times Square

July 24, 2012

  I walk along this block just about everyday, so I was certainly intrigued when I saw this ‘structure‘ pop up.  Turns out it is the home to “Spiegelworld: Empire”.

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Starting Restaurant Week Off Right – Colicchio and Sons

July 18, 2012

This year I started Restaurant Week on a great note – with dinner in The Tap Room at Colicchio and Sons.    Restaurant Week is always a good deal – hundreds of great restaurants offer  an amazing deal on a three-course meal – just $24.07 for lunch and $35 for dinner.  Quite a great deal, indeed! […]

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East Corner Wonton Restaurant in Chinatown

July 11, 2012

  “The kitchen is closed today.” A funny thing to be told when you’ve just been seated in a very full, very busy restaurant, at noon – with everyone around you busily eating.  Thank goodness that – even without a kitchen – East Corner Wonton makes some very delicious and very satisfying food!

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Wild Blueberry Sparkle-Top Muffins

July 5, 2012

There is a big debate among blueberry lovers, which are better – the wild (often Maine) variety or the plumper, sweeter ones most of us come across more regularly. I can’t say I came down on either side of the debate before – I mean we’re not talking Yankees vs Red Sox here – and […]

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