My very talented studio mates will be celebrating the holiday season and selling their wares on Friday December 7th and Saturday December 8th. Please come by to say hello and find something beautiful for your honey, friends or family. You’ll be supporting local hand-made goods and New York Cares (10% of proceeds will be donated to Sandy relief) so you will feel all sorts of warm and fuzzy inside! This year you will find air [...]
I’m currently obsessed with homemade raw almond milk. It’s one of those things that is so worth taking the extra fifteen minutes to make from scratch rather than buying in the store. It’s infinitely more fresh and flavorful and doesn’t contain all the extra stuff that’s added to the commercial brands to stabilize them and increase viscosity. Almond milk is actually lower in protein and calcium than cow’s milk but naturally full of vitamins and [...]
I’ve been waiting for MCMC Fragrances to launch a candle line since Anne McClain moved into Dobbin Mews with us back in April of last year. Anne’s scents are so natural and lovely to be around (just like Anne herself) that even those who think they can’t do perfume are quickly converted. Now, perfectly in sync with the season and cozy times inside, Anne has created four luxurious candles that mirror fragrances from her oils [...]
I’m really excited to present my first app to the world! I had a great time working on Super Soups!, the inaugural effort in a new series of Food Network apps called Food Network Favorites. The app just went live in the App Store on Friday and trust me, you’re going to want this resource on hand as the weather cools down. It contains a mix of recipes from the network’s celebrity chefs and their [...]
This past September marked my second annual Portland, Oregon eating and meetings trip. I’ll be posting the highlights of a three day whirlwind in my favorite small city soon. For now, and in honor of Celiac Disease Awareness Month (yes, apparently there is such a thing) my Portland love story begins at the ACE Hotel’s Clyde Common… While spending some time at the bar at Clyde, I made a few new friends. One is apt [...]
If you happen to follow my Instagram or Twitter feeds you may notice that I’ve been spending a lot of time in local pools and have taken many Van Leeuwen ice cream breaks from the studio. It’s damn hot and I’m using every method possible to keep myself from getting overheated and cranky. I’ve found that the Sorbetto Method really works. To cool down this weekend I grabbed a few overflowing pints of fruit from [...]
My friend Matt bought a lemon verbena plant for his terrace because he thought it had pretty leaves. He texted me me a couple of weeks ago: what can you do with lemon verbena? My plant is getting huge. I answered: ice cream! Matt said: really!? (Heck yes!) I love herbal flavored ice creams. So I went straight to my beloved Epicurious app and found a recipe that originally ran in the September 2008 issue [...]
