Getting your hands on a can of Heady Topper is almost as difficult as finding a bottle of Pappy Van Winkle. This world-class American Double IPA comes from The Alchemist in Waterbury, Vermont. And it’s not exported. They ran out of it at the Emmy’s, causing a media uproar. And bartenders have been known to…
This city is crazed with the Super Bowl. There’s a toboggan slide in Times Square and a pop-up NFL Shop in Macy’s. And yet the big game is in New Jersey, and in the middle of the empty Meadowlands to be more specific. While I will be watching on my couch, I have little inspiration…
My oven is temporarily out of commission. My beloved Viking six burner gas stove has not been turned on since before Halloween. And no, it’s not because I haven’t felt like cooking. Even if life has been chaotic lately, as you know, I find cooking cathartic. Unfortunately, the lovely people at Con Edison saw fit…
This holiday will be the first without my mother. It’s going to be a challenge for me personally, so I’m turning to my favorite recipes — mine and hers — and relying on holiday traditions for a little comfort. We often had this soup for lunch with pumpkin bread and cream cheese. It’s perfect to…
Maybe it’s the cooler weather. Maybe it’s the fact that chicken legs are $0.79/lb. Whatever the reason, coq au vin seemed like a good idea. But spending a full day making it did not. Traditional coq au vin uses a rooster or aging chicken. Today, you’ll be hard-pressed to find a rooster unless you live…
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