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I need a glass case in my apartment with a stomach pump inside and the words “BREAK IN CASE OF PARENTAL VISITATION” printed on the outside. After leaving the car that dropped me off last night after dinner at the River Cafe, I kissed my parents goodbye, made my way into my building, rode the…

After surprising my mom on Mother’s Day (see video!), I have returned to New York along with my co-conspirator and fraternal non-twin, brother Michael. He is staying at my apartment on the pull-out couch–complaining, already, of a torn sheet. Here is an account of our eating adventures thus far. Yesterday, our plane landed around 2.…

(“Say 22 because tomorrow I’m getting weighed and I think I lost another pound.” – mom) I am in the bedroom of my mother, Heidi Roberts, who is eager to tell you about her method for shedding 21 pounds and counting. Over the last year, mom put on some weight (her diagnosis, not mine) and…

Usually I make a big point to post on Sunday night so your manic work Mondays are filled with culinary escapism. Yesterday, though, I had a big excuse: I flew home to Florida to surprise my mom (and grandma) for mother’s day! See, a week earlier my dad suggested that I come home and surprise…

English Is Italian is the new restaurant from Todd English, the man behind Olives and Figs. The idea is an exciting one: you pay $40 and you’re brought lots and lots of food. First there’s antipasto—here’s Lauren (who’s in town visiting) expressing her excitement at all the food before her: In that picture alone, you…

On Wednesday night, our beloved teacher Janet had us over for our end-of-the-semester party. As you may remember form the raspberry tart post, on Monday night our teacher Carol had us over for a very similar party. I was under the gun to make yet ANOTHER fabulous dessert—a final confectionary statement to leave my class…

I’ve heard from many a kind-hearted reader that they’d like me to add a search feature to my site. I went to Google and attempted to add a site-specific engine but my site isn’t in the Google index. So I just registered to be in the Google index, but that could take a while. In…

Of course I couldn’t resist musicalizing today’s Frank Bruni article on bathrooms in New York City restaurants. Please read it here first so you can be privy to all my article-referencing humor. My apologies to Ellen Green… Click here to listen to “Somewhere To Pee.”

Dear Yesterday Me, I know you’re really stressed about that tart crust, but I want you to see how pretty it turned out anyway! Isn’t it stunning? And you thought you were a failure! Ok, well you were a failure in some ways. Don’t get me wrong: it looks beautiful. People at the party will…

This place opened four blocks below me, down on 22nd street and 6th avenue: (Don’t you love the graphic design?) It opened a few weeks ago and now I’ve been there twice. I really like it. They serve piadana which is a flatbread that’s stuffed with a variety of options. I chose the Daniele and…