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Spicy Gazpacho

Even though it's September, towers of fresh tomatoes still line the produce aisles. Hold on to the tail end of summer with this spicy version...

My Paris Bakery: Boulangerie Patisserie Beaumarchais

Right across the street from our apartment near the Bastille sits a great bakery. I'd visit just to marvel at the charming facade, colorful...

Bakewell Tart

After visiting Borough Market in London, we made a delicious discovery: the buttery, rich bakewell tart. Kin to the American lemon square, it has a...

Best Brisket Ever? Pecan Lodge Serves It Up

I'm speechless...I, a jaded native Texan raised on "real deal," small-town barbeque  joints,  just tasted the best beef brisket of my life. And it...

Les Papilles

Oh, I love Les Papilles! We went there on a chilly March evening while visiting Lizzy in Paris and left 2 hours later, well-fed and...

Real Maple Oatmeal Blondies

Lizzy got home from college and immediately began her baking magic. Using the gallon of maple syrup (Amber Grade) we brought from Vermont, she created...

Primavera in the D.F.? No, It’s the Red Hook Food Vendors.

Not quite, but the next best thing-- the first weekend of the 38th annual Red Hook Food Vendors in Brooklyn: Since 1974, artisans food vendors...