Yesterday, I shared a Peach, Habanero Chilli & Basil Jam recipe with you in the first part of a trilogy of Peach and Chilli recipes. This is part two of the Peaches and Chillies trilogy! § I mentioned that while the jam was cooking, I made a Habanero simple syrup. In my quest for recipes [...]
I distinctly remember the moment when I decided to give up sugar in my tea. I was standing by the TV in my great-grandmother’s front room… aged five. This should give you some idea of how long I’ve been drinking tea for. Today I am grateful that I am married to a man who knows [...]
Mr. Fizgig can make a drink out of anything. It’s not just that he learned a few tricks in bartending school — which, of course, helps — but that he has a gift for making fabulous cocktails. He can even make a dry martini to meet my grandmother’s approval, and she’s quite particular… It’s rather [...]
This is a review that I wrote for PAPER magazine back in May 2006. Sadly, K&M bar has since closed, but it was a cheerful shabby-chic spot in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. K&M There once was a pierogi place called Krystyna and Margaret, which was itself probably once a 1920s Williamsburg barbershop. Now it’s a bar named [...]
This is a review that I wrote for PAPER magazine back in April 2006. Clandestino is a French wine bar on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Clandestino Fresh-faced Parisian Laure Travers says her intention with the two-month old Clandestino was not to open a French joint but a neighborhood hangout. Despite her intentions, she’s [...]
