It’s ok if you think I’m a bit crazy. Everyone else around me does too, because I’ve been excited– even to the point of giddy– about making up a batch of ice cream inspired by a recent trip to Il Laboratorio del Gelato. No one would begrudge me the ice cream part, certainly. It’s the kind of ice cream. Beet ice cream. See, there’s that look. Why would I go and ruin perfectly good cream and sugar with something as well, dirty-tasting, as beet? Maybe I am a bit nuts.

There are quite a few restaurants that I love, but it does take a certain level of food and overall environment to get me there. The restaurant doesn’t have to be fancy, it doesn’t have to be well-known, it just has to execute exceedingly well. In my recent visit to Lupa, I am well on [...]

The name Goblin Market comes from an old english poem about unscrupulous salesmen that used to take advantage of naive young women luring them in with tempting fruits, kind of an amusing concept for a little gastropub. If I was taken advantage of, however, I really didn’t mind. The food and drinks were outstanding (as [...]

What a whirlwind of a trip. Four days in New York City is certainly not enough. Between the marathon and the meals, endless crosstown taxi rides, many miles put on the walking shoes, and even a quick show, there was hardly time to even take a breath. Thanks to all of the folks who made [...]

Cam and I have lots of traveling coming up in the next month… first, it’s off to NYC for about four days where Cam will be running the New York Marathon (in obviously much less than four days!). We have dinner plans for two nights already… at Lupa and at Raoul’s, but we are looking [...]