Today I went to the City Bakery Hot Chocolate Festival.  The flavor was Cinnamon Hot Chocolate. It was a madhouse in there, but if timed well, you can get in and out.  I suggest splitting one cup with a friend – it’s really rich.  Click the link to see when you want to check it [...]

This man will be greatly missed. I feel lucky to have one of his peelers.

While staying as a house guest with some friends in Park City, I was presented with an opportunity to make good with Kahlua, that sweet, syrupy liqueur enjoyed a little heavy handedly by yours truly during high school.  Our hostess asked me to try the buttercream icing she was making, and, not knowing that it’d [...]

Dinner at Walter Foods was meant to be. After spending the holidays practically tethered to my sweetie’s family, we were headed to the Grand Street haunt for our first solo meal in several days.  Upon walking into the classy, almost old-timey resto, whom did we see but good ol’ family—younger brother and sister-in-law sat sated [...]

I was unaware of Torrija, a Spanish dessert, before the Navarra Food Festival in Manhattan a few weeks ago.  However now I am scouring menus for it everywhere I eat. I had the chance to taste the version of renowned chef Enrique Martinez.  The delicacy is essentially made up of bread, in his case brioche, [...]