Caramelized Onions Recipe
Today I’m sharing my favorite caramelized onions recipe. When I was avidly traveling prior to the pandemic, Brad and I would often live at Airbnbs for weeks or months on end. The funny thing about traveling with nothing more than a backpack is you learn to identify the things you can and cannot live without. […]
Escarole and Beans Recipe
Escarole and Beans is an Old World Italian peasant dish beloved even in modern times for its healthiness, heartiness and nostalgia. This dish varies from brothy soup to a consistency meant for ladling over a thick slice of crusty bread. My recipe lies somewhere between a soup and stew. I typically make this dish in […]
Traditional Guacamole Recipe
The best guacamole is made table-side with fresh simple ingredients. No matter where I indulge in it, guacamole has a funny way of transporting me to a table of my girlfriends slinging back margaritas and watching the waiter mash together avocados, herbs and aromatics and presenting us with a purple- and red-studded green dip. It’s […]
Classic Egg Salad Sandwich Recipe
Egg salad sandwiches: either you love’um or hate’um. I don’t recall ever meeting an “in-betweener” on this topic. If you fall into the love’um crowd – there’s strong opinions about what makes egg salad great. Eggs roughly chopped or pulverized into an almost-paste. Mayonnaise-y or dry? Fresh herbs like dill or simple and classic with […]
Recipe: Homemade Fried Mozzarella
SWhipping up a batch of Fried Mozzarella is super easy. You can prepare it beforehand and fry it up when you’re ready. I love a cozy homemade Italian meal on a cold winter night. Especially when there’s lots of red wine. But let’s be honest, there’s always lots of red wine flowing at my dinner […]
Brooklyn’s Best Restaurants: Torst + Pierozek
Today we’re exploring Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighborhood to try out Torst, one of NYC’s best beer bars, and judge the pierogies at Polish restaurant newcomer, Pierozek. What’s beer-ter than dipping into a warm bar on a chilly winter afternoon to sample an impressive beer menu?? Probably sitting down to a beautiful meal with a beer buzz […]