Gather Gets West Elm-ed

The stuff of your tablescaping dreams.

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Prosecco Rising

According to Justin Noel, nobody should put prosecco in a corner.

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Cocktails? You Can Pickle That

Three bartenders share easy drink recipe ideas where cornichons loom large.

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A Condiment for all Reasons

The recipes that rely on mustard from some of our favorite cookbooks of 2017

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Screen Time: Eating in Bed

So wrong, but so right.

Hanging on the Telephone

It’s been 47 years since New York updated its abortion law—take 47 seconds a day to change that.

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Cookbook Hoarding: Stir. Sizzle. Bake.

One skillet, endless possibilities.

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Cookbook Hoarding: Small Victories

If accessibility is what you’re after, Julia Turshen is your cooking spirit animal.

Music

An Ojai Dinner Mix by Dmitri Siegel of Sonos

A meal isn’t complete without music, and when it’s played on a killer sound system, even better.

In the Kitchen

In the Weeds: Evolved Raw Ganja Goo Balls

From Dead show parking lots to your kitchen, an updated take on the time-honored pot treat.

Music

Sunny Ozell’s Spring Fever Playlist (and Crostini)

Singer songwriter Sunny Ozell shares her favorite seasonal crowd-pleasing recipe and the tunes to play while you’re enjoying it.

Discoveries

Haute Chocolate is a Hot Number

Brooklyn-based chocolatier Beryl Fine is about style and substance.

Music

Seven Questions for Hinds

Meet Hinds, the all-girl band from Spain we can’t stop listening to.

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2015 Required Reading: Hartwood

A cookbook with wanderlust at its heart.

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2015 Required Reading: Slow Fires

The book’s cooking credo: slow and steady wins the race.

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2015 Required Reading: Guittard Chocolate Cookbook

An essential cookbook for the chocolate-obsessed.

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2015 Required Reading: Sourdough

There are many who treat their sourdough starter with the same love and care and devotion that they would extend to a child. It is that precious.

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2015 Required Reading: The Food Lab

In the annals of essential books both cooking-related and non, a new tome should be immediately added.

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Gone Shopping: Copenhagen and Amsterdam

On a recent trip to Copenhagen and Amsterdam, I found a new shopping focus: all things cooking and serving.

Party Lines

London Dispatch: Gather × Shinola

What do an independent food magazine and a storied watch brand have in common? More than meets the eye.

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There is Nothing Rotten in the State of Denmark

The pizza crust rustled, shaking black bits of charred crust all over the grooved wood table, as I slowly edged a slice equally overloaded with fresh herbs and even fresher burrata onto my plate.

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Cyn-Cyn City

A summery take on one of our favorite cold-weather tipples courtesy of Fish & Game’s Jori Jayne Emde.

Summer League

An ice cream that isn’t cookie-cutter.

In the Kitchen

A Doughnut, Pre-Dunked

Coffee and doughnuts, closer than ever.

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Beyond the Sea

Haeckels, a brand quite literally sprung from the sea, teams up with the creative food minds at Hoi Polloi for a seaweed-focused spread.

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A Book of Kid’s Food Stories

New York elementary schoolers recall meals good, bad, and outrageous.

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The Social Act Hops To It

A Gather recipe comes to life in Copenhagen.

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A Spirited Way to Spring Forward

Meet our favorite gin of the season.

In the Kitchen

G&B Coffee’s Spice Trail

Forgo the macchiato in favor of something mellow and yellow.

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The Silver Spoon Heads South

Two of our favorite recipes from one of our favorite regions of Italy.

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10 Sexy On-Screen Food Scenes

From dinner-table seductions to a lunch-room blow-job lesson (with carrot), food has long been a turn-on.

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Gather Journal Pops Up at Haven’s Kitchen

We so love a pop-up shop, and this month we’ve landed at Haven’s Kitchen, a dreamy cafe, event space, and cooking school in New York’s Chelsea with one of the sickest kitchens we’ve ever laid eyes on.

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Meet Jasmine and Melissa Hemsley, the sisters behind The Art of Eating Well

For this London-based pair, food love is in the family.

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Malin Elmlid of The Bread Exchange on baking and trading sourdough across the world

For Elmlid, bread is a universal language.

In the Kitchen

Out to Lunch: A Holiday Potluck with Chay Wike

“I love getting together with my friends around the holidays, but I wanted a way to do it without taking up their precious weekend time,” says Chay Wike, the creative force behind Chay, a favorite L.A. resource for home accessories, textiles, clothing, and gifts. “Lunch is always a low-stress event for everyone,” she says. “And, making it a potluck keeps […]

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Jameson’s Secret Garden

  Oisin Davis, a long-time lover of spirits and the organizer behind Ireland’s first Dublin Cocktail Week, showed off a thing or two about making memorable whiskey-based drinks.   Oisin got into whiskey through his Irish-American father, though he fell in love with cocktails while living in San Francisco for a year. He credits Sex […]

Feast Your Eyes

We were so inspired by the Magic theme that we couldn’t resist capturing it on video. Taking its cues from photographer Grant Cornett’s fantastical dessert chapter, the lush video was created by Bill Stepanoski and is accompanied by a dreamy new track, entitled, fittingly, “Magic” from Brooklyn-based musician Thieving Irons. “Magic” is available for download at thievingirons.com. Enjoy!

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The Great Outdoors: Foraging in Ireland

  Some of us rarely need much urging to get happy hour started. But a locally-harvested fall forage, on a brisk afternoon, is a delightful way to inspire a liquored pick-me-up. All you need is a penchant for outdoor adventure, a good wicker basket, and a nice bottle waiting—in this case, Jameson Black Barrel whiskey, […]

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Small Wonder: A Piedmont Restaurant Worth the Trek

  There are great meals and then there are the ones so remarkable that they become permanently etched in your sensory memory. The languidly paced, multi-course wonder I was treated to last month at “da Cesare” in Albaretto, a hilltop town in Italy’s Piedmont region accessible via many narrow, winding, tummy-twisting roads, falls squarely into […]

The Field Guide: Berlin

With 450 art galleries, over 175 museums, 4,650 restaurants, 900 bars, and, at last count, 13 Michelin starred chefs, Berlin is a fast evolving city with a significant cultural bite. Yes, there’s a dynamic art scene, and, if you want to party from dawn until, er, dawn, this is the city where you can do […]

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Coffee Talk in Berlin

  For American ex-pat Kris Schackman and his Austrian partner Sophie Weigensamer, coffee is a serious business. For their hugely successful Berlin café Five Elephant Coffee they source directly from farmers, roast the beans themselves on-site and meticulously measure water filtration to achieve the perfect brew. Since opening Five Elephant in 2010, the duo have […]

Beyond the Page

Taking Five with Sharon Van Etten

  Musician Sharon Van Etten’s 2012 debut, Tramp, deserved all of the many accolades that were lobbed its way: it was an intimate, revelatory album practically made for repeat listening (the song “Serpents” alone racked up a lot of mileage on our stereo). And this year’s sophomore effort, Are We There, is an even bolder […]

In the Kitchen

Florence Knight’s Summer Panna Cotta

Florence Knight’s summerized version of panna cotta makes good use of seasonal blueberries and gets an extra punch from a few glugs of grappa. ANDIE CUSICK   Panna cottas, blueberries & grappa   100ml/3½fl oz. grappa reduced to 75ml 10.5g/0.4 oz. gold leaf gelatin 1 vanilla pods 68g/2.4 oz. caster sugar 60g/2.5 oz. double cream […]

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Meet Florence Knight of Polpetto

  When I moved back to London earlier this year the first restaurant I ate at was Polpetto. After a two-year hiatus this Venetian-inspired bacaro had just reopened in a new, larger Soho location—to much effervescent excitement and five star reviews (not to mention setting the bar high for my own personal restaurant explorations). Owned […]

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Ace Shoots for the Moon

It seems fitting that Ace Hotel chain’s first on-site juice shop would be in their spiffy downtown L.A. location; after all, if there was a city that could be credited with birthing the juice trend, it’s L.A. And if there could be a woman cited with continuing to spread the good word about juicing and […]

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A Whiskey Summer Sipper

The Tipperary cocktail was first seen in Hugo Ensslin’s Recipes for Mixed Drinks published in 1916. With equal parts Irish whiskey, sweet vermouth, and Chartreuse, it’s an aromatic, sweet cocktail best sipped slowly after dinner. Arguably too sweet for many tastebuds, a newer version was created in 1922 by Harry McElhone, who later ran Harry’s […]

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Master of His Domain: Meet Jameson Whiskey’s Blender

  Jameson’s Master Blender, Billy Leighton befits his title with one of the best noses in the industry. He talks to us about the process of perfecting the Irish tipple, from handpicking each cask for an increased flavor profile to the right mix of pot still and grain whiskey, culminating in a fruity, charred or […]

Party Lines

Space Ninety 8 Event Recap

A big (huge!) thanks to Space Ninety 8 for inviting Gather to create a pop-up shop in their sprawling Williamsburg, Brooklyn store this summer, and for letting us throw an amazing party last week to celebrate it! We had a blast. Everyone was in good spirits, literally, thanks to libations provided by Jolie Folle wines, […]

In the Kitchen

Violet Cakes Makes a Summer Sweet for Gather

Claire Ptak of Violet Cakes puts her sweet tooth to good use at her popular London bakery, and, this week, she very kindly conjured up a recipe especially for Gather. Happy baking!                                             Pistachio, Hazelnut […]

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Meet Claire Ptak of Violet Cakes

    It wouldn’t be an overstretch to say that Claire Ptak has been obsessed with baking her whole life. Growing up in Point Reyes, California her first job was in a local bakery at age 14 and, by 27, Ptak had impressed the pioneering and spirited Alice Waters so much that she was offered […]

Table Talk

Lee Westcott Gets a Room of His Own

  Lee Westcott. Remember that name. No really, you should. The Typing Room at London’s Town Hall Hotel may be his first solo venture but Westcott’s resumé reads like a hot-list of notable chefs and award-winning restaurants across the globe. Stints at Per Se in New York, Noma in Copenhagen, four years with Tom Aikens—and, […]

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The New Jewel in Diana Yen’s Crown

The credo behind Brooklyn-based caterer and food stylist Diana Yen’s first book, A Simple Feast: A Year of Stories and Recipes to Savor and Share (Roost Books), is delightfully straightforward. Unfussy, but elegant, recipes designed for gatherings of every creed, all of them separated by the season for which they are best suited—like fennel seed-crusted […]

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Debi Mazar’s First Cookbook

  If a book were to be judged solely by its dust-cover testimonials Extra Virgin (Clarkson Potter) would clearly be in the winner’s circle. The first cookbook by Debi Mazar and husband Gabriele Corcos (of the charming Cooking Channel show of the same name), its jacket is littered with comments from well-known figures of the food […]

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Katz’s Lights It Up

  Over the years there have been many a strange candle concept. There was the White Castle candle designed to mimic the steamed beef and onions aroma of their signature sliders. The newsprint scent that was an olfactory homage to The New York Times. Or the candles modeled after aromas as varied as dirt, laundromats, […]

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Alisú Dishes on Food Destinations

Daniel Hernandez Lyon, former publicist and frequent jetsetter, founded the website Alisú (it’s named after a private residence in Caracas, Venezuela) earlier this year as a destination for slightly more offbeat takes on all things style, food, culture, and travel related.

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Chef Off Duty: Andres Meraz

We have a lot of love for Miami; after all, in the depths of the coldest New York winters, it has often provided a perfect sunny respite, a mere few hours away.

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Into the Woods: The Forest Feast Becomes a Book

When photographer and artist Erin Gleeson decamped from New York to a cabin in the woods outside San Francisco, her environment changed drastically and, in turn, so did her career.

This Valentine’s Day, Woo with Gather

Up all night to get lucky? Of course you are. Come Valentine’s Day, who isn’t? Well, we tend to think the way to their heart is through their belly.

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12 Days of Gift Ideas, Day 11

Being treated to dinner is always a great gift; being treated to a mind-blowingly delicious meal at a widely-lauded restaurant opened by a disciple of Tokyo’s infamous sushi master Jiro might be the greatest gift ever.

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12 Days of Gift Ideas, Day 10

File this lovely ceramic vase under something I wouldn’t think to buy myself, but desperately want: ergo, it makes an ideal gift.

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12 Days of Gift Ideas, Day 9

Some are year-round tea drinkers, others take a more seasonal approach: in other words, when the temperature drops, out comes the kettle.

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12 Days of Gift Ideas, Day 8

A fact: this French carafe and glass set has long been my regular go-to gift.

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12 Days of Gift Ideas, Day 7

For all the earth mothers and urban woodsmen in your life, the wares lovingly crafted by Williamsburg-based design outfit Nightwood make for an amazing gift.

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12 Days of Gift Ideas, Day 6

Byredo, the Stockholm-born fragrance brand founded by Ben Gorham, has since their inception released a steady stream of impossibly elegant, thoughtfully conceived-of perfumes (my personal favorite: Gypsy Water).

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12 Days of Gift Ideas, Day 5

The new book by Rene Redzepi, acclaimed chef of Copenhagen dining mecca NOMA, may just be the ultimate gift for the food obsessive in your life.

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12 Days of Gift Ideas, Day 4

I can say unequivocally that I love everything that Fort Standard, the studio founded by Gregory Buntain and Ian Collings, makes.

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12 Days of Gift Ideas, Day 2

As far as kitchen accoutrements go, I’m a sucker for anything brightly hued. And Swiss brand Kuhn Rikon’s paring knives most definitely fit the bill.

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12 Days of Gift Ideas, Day 1

If you’re anything like me, you have yet to buy a single holiday present. So for all my fellow procrastinators and binge shoppers, today I kick off twelve days of gifting ideas. First up, a cookbook for the adventurous home cooks in your life.

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Tacombi Gets in the Spirits

Serve tacos out of a vintage VW van and they will come. Tacombi at Fonda Nolita, a massive garage turned lively taqueria, has proven that to be true. And, as of this fall, you can chase that set of barbacao tacos with one of three signature mezcals

Table Talk

The Elm Takes Root

Can a cast-iron pot full of vegetables warrant an almost fifty dollar price tag? When they are in the hands of critical darling chef Paul Liebrandt formerly of the much-acclaimed Corton, they surely can.

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Roberta’s, The Cookbook

The last time I was at Roberta’s was about a month ago. Michele (Gather co-founder) and I were invited by the wonderful Michael Harlan Turkell to be guests on his weekly radio show, The Food Seen, broadcast live on the Heritage Radio Network from a cabin-like booth in the middle of the restaurant’s dining room.

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One Good Dish

Onetime (and long-time) chef at San Francisco foodie mecca Chez Panisse, New York Times City Kitchen columnist, and author of one of the most beloved (and a personal favorite of this writer) cookbooks ever, A Platter of Figs, any recipes that David Tanis doles out I eagerly scoop up.

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Going Underground at Coal Vaults

A basement in London’s Soho might well conjure up all manner of elicit connotations referencing the area’s former guise as a hub of naughtiness and antics best kept behind closed doors.

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Bottled Up

When it comes to all things kitchen and cooking-related I’ve always paid close attention to my Italian grandmother. And that extends beyond me hovering behind her back making mental notes while she’s cooking osso buco or rolling out dozens of meatballs; I also take note of what’s in her fridge. That observation led me to […]

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Sorella, the cookbook

You had me at hello? Well, Sorella, the unassuming Lower East Side Italian sharing plates restaurant had me at pate de fegato.

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Juice Talk with Amanda Chantal Bacon

Remember when juicing used to refer solely to steroid-driven muscle-pumping? Yup, I barely do either.

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Canal House Cooking: Pronto!

That Melissa Hamilton and Christopher Hirsheimer, the women behind Canal House Cooking, have developed a cultish following is no surprise.

In the Kitchen

Arugula: Beyond the Salad Bowl

While my backyard Brooklyn garden has experienced a bit of an, er, rough patch this year thanks to a ridiculous surplus of rain, the one vegetable seemingly unaffected is the arugula.

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Bitter Sweets

Growing and fine-tuning my home bar (ok, the double kitchen cabinet where all the booze lives) is high on the mission list for fall.

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Hedgebrook Cookbook: Celebrating Radical Hospitality

What is truly radical about the brand of hospitality Hedgebrook doles out is in its impact.

THE PINES: A CAMP GROWS IN GOWANUS

There are amazing neighborhood restaurants—those places that you’ve come to rely on for simple but great food mere blocks from your abode, but that you wouldn’t necessarily trek to if they weren’t so close by.

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Kitchen Porn, Courtesy of One Fine Stay

Real estate ogling just may be one of my favorite pastimes so for me onefinestay is pure eye candy.

In the Kitchen

Strawberry Pops Forever

It’s hot. Blazing hot. So pretty much anything frozen tastes especially good right now.

In the Kitchen

The Great Scape

It’s that time of year when the green market is a veritable treasure trove of extraordinary fruit and veg

Table Talk

The Pines: A Camp Grows in Gowanus

There are amazing neighborhood restaurants—those places that you’ve come to rely on for simple but great food mere blocks from your abode

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The Raw Deal

This is not a cookbook. No, rather, Cook it Raw (Phaidon) is an art tome of the finest order, wherein the subject is food and the chefs around the world who are elevating it.

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Melia Marden’s Euro Star

Just as the arrival of warmer months heralds shifts in our wardrobes, so too does it affect what’s on our plates

Table Talk

The Beagle, More Bite than Bark

Brothers Danny and Kieran Clancy are best known for their electronic music night, krankbrother, showcasing some of the world’s best DJs in locations as disparate as rooftops, boats, mountains, and beaches.

Discoveries

BB in Your Kitchen

Besides food, the other topic that occupies much of my waking writing hours is beauty—it’s been my primary beat for over a decade.

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Yvette Van Boven’s Endless Summer

  It was Yvette Van Boven’s first book, 2011’s “Home Made”, that introduced the world to the Amsterdam-based restaurant (Aan de Amstel) owner’s singular approach to food: carefree, passionate, and, most importantly, fun. Her fans, myself included, appreciate her easy-breezy recipe writing style and whimsical illustrations; both can be found (along with gorgeous images by […]

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Sage Gets Spirited

It was Root that first wooed me.

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Everything’s Coming Up Rosewater

Or rather, Rosewater Driftwood.

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A Three King’s Day Feast

I spent this past New Year’s in the Bay Area with my family, and my mom suggested we make a big dinner for Three Kings Day which happens a week into January.

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How to Boil an Egg

It just might be nature’s most perfect food. Gratifying on its own and an essential component in so many recipes, the egg is the epitome of delicious simplicity.

Marketplace

Cheesecake Goes Long

Some might disagree, but for me the best cheesecakes are less about the light-as-air fluffy interior than the sweet, crumbly goodness that is the traditional graham cracker crust.

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Baguettes and Beyond at Runner & Stone

They had me at the baguette.

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Little Flower: Recipes from the Cafe

I have usually found that cookbooks tend to fall under a few different umbrellas.

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Lamb Neck at Calliope

If you have yet to try Calliope, the unassuming and entirely excellent restaurant on a busy corner of 2nd ave in New York’s east village I can’t encourage you enough to go.

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Food News: New York

Three new reasons to make a mid-week restaurant date in February.

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BuzzFeed’s Big Dipper

Fact: I’ve never watched the Super Bowl.

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Where Chefs Eat

The name pretty much says it all.

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The Essences of a Woman

There is no one more befitting of the title green fragrance pioneer than Mandy Aftel.

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Once Upon a Time in Mexico

After a great many years of unwavering tequila devotion, I’ve recently begun to discover the magic of mezcal (aka, mescal).

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Great Balls at Yunnan Kitchen

There is a lot of goodness to be found on the menu at Yunnan Kitchen, the excellent new small-plate restaurant focused on the cuisine emanating from China’s Yunnan province.

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Hand Soap Stars

I’m a sucker for fancy soap.

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Mc, What Exactly?

I’ve long thought fans of McDonald’s’ McRib to be a hardcore bunch.

Homefront

Lafco Diffuses the Situation

I’ve historically never been a big fan of the diffuser as a home scent solution.

In the Kitchen

Lamb, Take One

Lamb is one of those meats that I rarely, if ever, cook at home.

Discoveries

A Cut Above

Target has experienced big hits (Missoni) and major misses (Kirna Zabete) with their designer collaborations, and their latest holiday collection (strangely also available at Neiman Marcus) frankly has a bit of both.

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Having a Cow

There are certain dishes that will always taste like home to me.

Homefront

A New Flame

I have had a great many brands’ candles land on my desk over the years and I can say with absolute certainty that nothing looks quite like the one by eco-brand Lite+Cycle which takes the idea of recycling to a whole new level.

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Forever Food

I count myself a longtime tattoo appreciator, and no greater is my fandom than when the design happens to involve my first true love—ahem, food.

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Labels to Love

At the end of every holiday we always end up with two things: the overwhelming feeling that some kind of detox is imminently necessary, and a dearth of ingredients collected for the many new recipes we attempted.

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The Lebanese Kitchen

The cookbook shelves are crowded with bibles devoted to intense dissections of various regional cooking styles (Italian, French, American etc). But until this month’s release of The Lebanese Kitchen (Phaidon), that corner of the Middle East was one still ripe for further exploration.

A La Mode

The Eighth Wonder

You could say my mother wasn’t a Hostess fan; in fact, she probably, if asked, wouldn’t have a clue what it even was.

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Sitting on the Dock of Katama Bay

Staring at the Atlantic Ocean from a sorting platform in Katama Bay, Massachusetts it’s easy to lose yourself in daydreams of devoting all your time to important matters like whether it will be lobster or clams for dinner.

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My Chocolate Heaven

I have visited San Francisco many times over the years, and, on each of those visits, spent many hours eating my way through various corners of the city.

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How Buffalo Does Beef

Since my longtime boyfriend is a native Buffalonian – or rather, suburban Buffalonian; he’s actually from a picturesque little town outside the city – I have made many a pilgrimage to our state’s far Northern reaches to see his family.

Table Talk

A Match Made in Vinegar Hill

I’ve only had the distinct pleasure of eating at Animal in L.A. once but considering it was with my little brother who shares my proclivity for over-ordering, it was a seriously gluttonous, and entirely delicious affair.

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From the Source

San Francisco-based food photographer Michael Lamotte’s blog From the Source is a gorgeous visual ode to the locally-sourced goods he comes across in and around his Bay area home.

In the Kitchen

Just Peachy

I’m still not sure if it’s a curse or a blessing but on my daily commute through New York’s Northern Dutchess County I pass an excellent orchard called Migliorelli Farms.

Garden State

My Sergeant Pepper

This summer my obsession reached its peak when I decided to attempt to grow shishitos myself.

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Perfect. Fried. Chicken.

PFC. That is what they are, in my humble opinion, doling out at Pies ‘n’ Thighs, my hands down favorite place for fried chicken in New York (though I will confess to the occasional Popeye’s trip too).

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A September Spritzer

A few years ago on a trip to Italy, I discovered a slightly sweet seltzer made by Schweppes called Gassosa, and I haven’t seen it since. A recent find in my local snooty-food mart brought back memories, so I had to try this Gazzosa.

In the Kitchen

An Ode to Avocado Toast

Oh avocado toast how I love you, let me count the ways.

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Crab Boil at Back Forty

At the peak of crab season every year New York restaurant Back Forty invites diners to roll up their sleeves, pick up a mallet and dig in; and every year I happily oblige.

In the Kitchen

A Happy Mayo Mishap

Having the opportunity to consume fresh-caught scup, striper, blue fish, mussels and quahogs on a regular basis, thanks to a family cottage near Buzzards Bay and a father-in-law who loves to fish (father-in-common-law, to be accurate), is a privilege I try not to lord over my fellow city-dwelling friends too hard.

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Order Up: Waitresses in Music Videos

Historically music videos have not exactly been known to provide an accurate lens into the lives of the characters in them—after all, if we were to take their stories as truth all the “business women” I know are wearing clothes that are not nearly tight or short enough.

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The Victim of the Bottle with the Giallo Label

J&B Whiskey has a long and varied history.

In the Kitchen

A One-Pot Wonder

I love anything that requires little in the way of cooking tools, and when said dish also happens to incorporate two frequent greenmarket purchases (kale and, when in season, Meyer lemons), I’m sold. Such is the case with this, one of my favorite Food52 recipes.

My Kind of Hybrid

Plum purists be damned! After a quick stop this weekend at Pacific Green Grocers (151 Court St., Brooklyn), I am officially on the pluot train.

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Made in Lisbon: Food Shops, Old and New

More than clothes, more than decorative trinkets, the keepsakes I like to amass while traveling are of the food variety.

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Following Frank’s Lead in Lisbon

Skate Jackson Pollock. My college art major self was completely enthralled with the dish before I even got the opportunity to taste it.