Category Archives: Food
Do you want pastrami with that?
A good pastrami sandwich has long been the calling card of a number of famous Jewish delis in New York City. Katz is probably the most well known, 2nd Avenue Deli is displaced but dependable, and Eisenberg’s, my unchallenged favorite … Continue reading
Essex Street Markets
After the extraordinary inspirational performance of the Stockholm Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall last week, I thought I should have a look at some Nordic nosh. Maybe the secret of the joyful dancing conductor was in the food he ate. So … Continue reading
Cheesy language
Slooshing through the snow on our bikes last weekend, Sean and I slid to a stop at the Bedford Cheese shop in Grammercy Park. At first glance it looked like a premium gourmet deli, and once inside, the sight of … Continue reading
NYC flat white
Even though we all know that the best things in life cannot be duplicated, there is always the temptation to try. After delighting in the taste of apricots picked straight off the tree in Port Lincoln, I couldn’t resist a … Continue reading
Downunder delights
I have to seriously rethink the whole definition of good coffee after being completely spoilt by the perfection of rich creamy flat whites in my recent (too) fast and fabulous trip DownUnder. Maybe it’s the water, maybe it’s the milk, … Continue reading
Happy Thanksgiving!
It is a glorious day here in NYC and Thanksgiving is in the air. This is the busiest travel day of the year in the US, as everyone scrambles to get where they need to be. Lucky for me I … Continue reading
Pumpkin and Pecan
Amy’s Bread on Bleeker Street is a good place to be especially on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays when they bake their cinnamon and raisin twists. But on Saturday after a sunny ride downtown via Washington Square, there was even … Continue reading
Wine tasting in RedHook
If you were thinking of going wine tasting in Brooklyn this weekend you are out of luck. Sandy is on her way, so there is no subway to get you to the ferry, no ferry to get you to Red Hook and … Continue reading
Tony’s wagon
According to Forbes magazine, the sixties on the east side of Manhattan is the most expensive zip code in America. From east 60th to 69th on Madison Avenue, there is wall-to-wall luxury. Armani, Cartier, and Hermes rub shoulders with J … Continue reading
Pardon my french…
We love Paris, but if you are tossing up between that fabulous place and this fabulous place, choose New York and have the best of both worlds. The reason is Maison Kayser, a French patisserie of culinary superiority even by … Continue reading
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