Supper Club: June and Travel
June brings the end of school and the beginning of summer in earnest. In other words, it is actually a bit more hard to schedule a time that works for all three of us. T was traveling in Europe and M was in Asia. We…
Month: June 2019
Weekend Cooking
As I have mentioned before, I love making menus. We had a friend, J, in town from LA and staying with us to attend a wedding, and I immediately peppered her with questions about food preferences. While she is an omnivore, she was making more…
New & Noteworthy
I was trying to picture where the newest establishment from Jody Williams and Rita Sodi was on Grove Street. The website notes that it is located “across the street from the couple’s other beloved restaurants,Via Carota, I Sodi, and Buvette.” The other day, I was…
New & Noteworthy
I pruned a few restaurants off the list, and added Jiang Diner and Rezdora. I kept Crown Shy on the list as I still want to go and Pete Wells just gave it a great review (though gave it his favorite rating of 2 stars);…
New & Noteworthy
This week, I add the long-awaited reopening of Pastis. I literally have not met anyone that has not missed and had kind words about this restaurant. Resy shows reservation times for breakfast, lunch and dinner though, of course, dinner times seem to be booked through…
Matcha, Matcha
I first tasted matcha in Japanese tea ceremonies. I was about eight years old and my mother would allow me to join her. It was how and where I understood the wondrousness of sweet (wagashi or Japanese sweets) countered by bitter (matcha tea). I loved…
New & Noteworthy
In a recent post, I grumbled about my satisfaction with new/hot lists for NYC restaurants. As I was pondering about my ideal list, I recalled one that I used to refer to a lot was the “new“ list that used to be on the New…