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New Amsterdam Market Valentine’s Gift Shop & Soda Fountain

Yesterday and today, the New Amsterdam Market held their Valentine’s Gift Shop & Soda Fountain in an historic, wood-beamed warehouse …

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The Roger Smith Cookbook Conference

Who doesn’t remember curling up on the sofa as a child and reading the Better Homes & Gardens cookbook with …

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Duck Pancakes for Chinese New Year’s Potluck

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Gong Xi Fa Cai and Gong Hey Fat Choy!  Yesterday was the Chinese New Year’s Potluck co-hosted by The Diva …

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Bocuse d’Or American Team Competition

Today, I had the unique experience of attending the second day of the competition at the Culinary Institute of America …

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Chicken with Tomato-Pancetta Sauce and Mashed Potatoes

This dish brings back memories of my folks coming to visit me when I lived in Bologna, Italy.  Far away …

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Smorgasbrewery!

Slogging through the slushy, grey remnants of Saturday’s snowstorm to Williamsburg, the Brooklyn one, not the Virginia one, I made …

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