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Table Farm Coming to Bayside, Queens

HOLLER. My hometown is moving on up in the world, the foodie world! Valentino's On The Green, the Italian/American restaurant that is housed in Rudolph Valentino's former home will be launching The Shared Table Farm, a development by chef Don Pintabona that aims to demonstrate and teach various types of farming […]

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Monday Smorgasbord – May 2nd

This week in food looks like…Cinco De Mayo! In the words of the late, great George Carlin: "One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor." Places I'd Like to Try ASAP: The Dutch – Andrew Carmellini's new spot in SoHo serving up Hot Fried Chicken w/slaw and honey-butter biscuits, Smoked Ricotta Ravioli […]

Food and Drink, Recipes

Spanakopita aka Spinach Pie

  As promised, I will be sharing some recipes from my big fat Greek Easter. First up? Spanakopita. I don't know too many people who don't love spanakopita. Greek or not, it's a delicious combination of spinach, onions, feta cheese and flaky, buttery, phyllo dough. I put my own spin on it […]

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My Big Fat Greek Easter

  This year I wanted to host Easter at my place. Why not? I finally have a kitchen big enough to cook the amount of food needed to feed a bunch of hungry Greeks, and I had a few new recipes I wanted to test out. I made the traditional recipes […]

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Marshmallow Peeps Rant

It wouldn’t be Easter without me rambling on about my irrational hatred for marshmallow Peeps. Some of you may know this, but I think these popular treats are evil-looking. All lined up straight with those little black eyes staring up at you, judging… The weird thing is that they’re kind […]