Happy spring, and happy Monday, Greenpoint. I’m resolving to be healthy and renewed after a shameless and somewhat regrettable Saturday night binge on freshly baked chocolate chip cookies, prompting a […]
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Recipes Gone Wild: Lucky Luna’s Kimchee + Nori Bloody Mary
Last Sunday, the weather was so gorgeous, and for the first time in months I wasn’t daunted by the thought of leaving a roughly one-block radius. Jen G and I […]
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Recipes Gone Wild: Yana Gilbuena’s Sinuglaw
Spring meditation exercise: Close your eyes. Picture yourself clothed in billowing white linen, ocean waves spanning before you, skin kissed by rays of golden sunlight. One hand holds a frosty […]
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Recipes Gone Wild: Julia Turshen’s Sweet Potatoes with Red Onions and Pancetta
What’s more warming and comforting than a pup snoozing beside you on the couch? Trick question…nothing! But I can tell you what comes close. A big bowl of roasted sweet […]
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Recipes Gone Wild: Ryan and Yolim’s Chocolate-Covered Hazelnut Biscotti
Keeping with the theme of cool and amazing couples, this week’s sweeeeeet recipe comes from one of my very favorite couples— Ryan Kuonen and Yolim Khoo. I first met Ryan […]
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Recipes Gone Wild: Eva Schmidt’s Heart-Warming Borscht
Today marks the start of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, and what better to celebrate the opening ceremony than with a big bowl of borscht? I’ll admit that […]
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Recipes Gone Wild: Jen G’s Bloomin’ Bread
Have you heard about this big sports game thingy tomorrow? As you can see by my drawing, I’m not much of a football fan. I thought a bronco was a […]
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Recipes Gone Wild: Beth Lewand’s Random Green Gratin
Before becoming a Greenpointer, I was a Williamsburger, living near the bridge with a lovely French lady and her feisty kitten, whom we’ll call Tache (to protect the innocent). In […]
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New Bistro Opens at Coco 66
Greenpoint’s Coco 66 (66 Greenpoint Ave) has had its ups and downs over recent years but, as of last Wednesday, its future is looking decidedly brighter. A new bistro has […]
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Recipes Gone Wild: Gouda Times with MacKenzie Smith
Phew! I thought the weekend might never come, but it’s officially almost here, bringing with it the things that make all that hard work worthwhile. Time for cooking real dinners […]