Discover What is Flexeril

Have you ever visited your local pharmacy and wandered the aisles in frustration trying to find an effective medication to alleviate your muscle pain? If you are suffering from any type of...

John Dory’s Here!

The new John Dory opened in the ACE Hotel. Cannot WAIT to try it.

Shiny Fruit

The quality of the produce in Paris is fantastic, but these jewel-like fruits on display at Hediard just cannot be natural. Do they polish each berry? Do they have a food stylist come in and spray...

Lunch at Bistrot Paul Bert

Prix Fixe: 16,50 euro includes entree, plat et dessert. With my 5 euro glass of Bordeaux and tax, meal came to 24 euro. Bistrot Paul Bert had popped up in numerous articles as a solid neighborhood...

Draft Lemonade

Good Butter

A ham and cheese on a baguette is elevated to heavenly status with a big healthy swipe of butter. I have to admit, the French have excellent, excellent butter. The best. Here, the butter on the bar...

Pierre Herme Croissant

Eaten in the sunshine. In the background, my favorite leopard print Dieppa Restrepo loafers. The verdict: ridiculously good. Super flaky, light, good butter. I bought macarons here too, for which...

At the Market

The Sunday morning market is AWESOME. I had all these plans to go to these markets all over the city, but the fact is, the one right behind my friend Annic’s apartment is perfect, and I can be...

Everyday Life

The reason I have not yet stepped foot into any of the incredible museums of Paris after almost two weeks of living here is that I have been deeply engrossed in a study of everyday Parisian life....

Spring It

In doing my Paris research, all everyone talked about is a little place run by an American chef, a place called Spring. The chef is Daniel Rose (he writes a column for the Off-Duty section of WSJ,...

One More Reason to Love the 80s

On night 2 of my Parisian life, I found myself at a private wine dinner with a bunch of French people where not only were we tasting vintages from the 1980s, there was a quiz, too. I was the only...

Cepe Season

I don’t know that I’ve never seen mushrooms this big. It’s the season for these earthy giants and the markets are filled with them. Annic is cooking them up right now with olive oil and garlic, and...

Paris Day 1

cafe Notes: I saw 4 women eating baguettes or sandwiches on the street. Skinny bitches. I love them. I saw 1 woman eating an eclair as she window-shopped. Genius. I found my dream car, this little...

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Weekend Bites

Tis the season for those excellent, sweet, crunchy, HONEYCRISP apples at the farmers market. My new favorite shoe line, DIEPPA RESTREPO, and their collection of boldly awesome oxfords and loafers,...

Bitters Sweet

The rain hit my northbound Acela train right after Stamford, and didn’t let go all. day. long. By the time I finished a long, schleppy day pulling clothes for a shoot, which involved multiple trips...

Bread Rising

When I was a child, my stepfather Carl would bake bread. I don’t know where he learned to do it, maybe from his mother or older sister, growing up on the farm in southern Brazil. He didn’t work off...

time for moi

There are few moments more satisfying than this: a hot, frothy cappuccino, a fresh-baked croissant, a magazine and the time to enjoy all of it.

Eat A Pastry Day

That’s what I call today. I would like to eat this raspberry Napoleon. It’s from Bread and Roses bakery in Paris, so until I get there, I’ll probably hit up Balthazar or Falai for a sweet fix.

My Thoughts on This Week

I would like a big bottle of this- And one of these- Maybe another time, I’ll make lemonade. It’s $225, buy online at one of my favorite Boston stores Koo de Kir

Dell’Anima Still Rocks

Dell’ Anima is a small place along a portion of 8th Ave right before 8th Ave gets ugly. It’s always busy, which might be why it opened a wine bar next door. There is a high-top counter along the...

Whale of a Good Idea

I’m a white plate kind of girl. But I love these mariner inspired plates. Wouldn’t the whale serving tray be great with grilled squid arranged on top? The smaller plates I would use for decoration...

AFB: Where to Go

HEY NEW YORKERS! Need some restaurant inspiration this week? Here are 5 spots to try. Just Opened, Casual: the fried chicken and apple pie at Hill Country Chicken, 1123 Broadway nr 25th, in...

Weekend Bites!!!!

*Cocktails: rose sangria at Boqueria (it has tequila in it, genius); sazeracs at Peels, Pimm’s at The Breslin *Food: pasta sitting alfresco at Bar Pitti, pizza at Keste or Franny’s, a cone of fiori...

Home Cook: Amazing Seafood Stew

my seafood stew It has a bunch of names: cioppino, fisherman’s stew, zuppa di pesce, bouillabaisse, but they’re all variations on a tomato-based seafood stew. This is one of those dishes that looks...

Cocktail Hour: Sazerac

The Sazerac was invented in New Orleans in the 19th century by a bartender who loved Sazerac, the French brandy. Today rye whiskey forms the base of a cocktail that is incredibly aromatic and...

Quick Bite: Peel’s

outside Peel's Peel’s is the brand new, surprisingly polished, very white, comfortable sister to taxidermied hipster restaurant Freeman’s. It’s a slightly more upscale diner with a takeout counter...

Eating Afar: Bobo’s Barn Dinner

The biggest draw of the Catskills is also its biggest drawback: there is absolutely nothing going on up there. So we were pretty psyched to hear that Carlos Suarez, proprietor of Bobo in the West...

Dishing: Greg Gimble, Lingerie VP

By all accounts, it seems Greg Gimble has a dream job. He’s a young VP at Va Bien, a lingerie company his parents started 30 years ago. He contacted me to introduce me (the fashion editor me) to...

Love That Dutch Design

photo from vandaagnyc.com For the first time, I thought I could live in a restaurant. Vandaag is light and airy, clean lines, modern, the loudest details being subtle textures like wood slab...