‘Good Eats’ Articles

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In case you didn’t know, my family and I moved to South Orange, NJ almost 2 months ago now. Oh yes we did. I am in the city pretty much every single day, but for my kids having the new-found space and a huge house to run in is heaven. For me, being able to [Continue]

There are so many great places to eat in NYC that it was impossible for me to try to compile them all by myself. Thankfully, I have great friends, among them fellow New Yorker and travel blogger Alisha Miranda (she’s also an amazing Social Media and PR consultant – check out her site at http://flavors.me/alishainthebiz ). Here [Continue]

“Food in Italy is not consumption, it is a celebration.” And with those words Mario Rizzotti, Academia Barilla’s Italian Culinary Specialist and Iron Chef America Judge captivated me and completely described everything I feel about food. Turns out that Casa Barilla, the week-long event going on in Central Park (till this Friday, [Continue]

Today is what most of us would consider to be the last day of Summer. It’s not official, though the busy schedule of school and work and all that follows from here on, the heavy rains predicted to fall in NYC this week, and the end of sleeping in and cartoon-watching in the middle of [Continue]

I love pasta. Honestly, I confess I have loved pasta a lot more since I had kids because it allows for multiple recipes, with a variation of ingredients that are quick, easy, and delicious. The idea that pasta is fattening and should be avoided at all costs is one we often hear, however, the truth [Continue]

One of our favorite places to visit, Epcot Center in Disney World Orlando, will be celebrating its annual International Food & Wine Festival starting September 30th till November 13, 2011. One of the reasons I have loved Epcot Center since I was a little girl is because it has this way of transporting visitors from one [Continue]

I must have seen Jennifer a few times before I recall falling in love with her. But I fell in love with her one evening, while attending a book launch for another blogger. We were in this ridiculously expensive penthouse apartment on the Upper East Side, and we were talking among a group of friends. [Continue]

Around the age of 18 years old I discovered Italy. It was my first visit to Europe. I had taken a few lessons in the language, had read a few books, watched a few movies, but none of it would ever prepare me for the experience that was Italy for the first time for me. [Continue]

I hardly ever make anything really fun and special during the summer months, or at least I haven’t for a long time now because living in a small apartment in NYC didn’t allow for much room for entertaining. However, now that we have recently moved into a much larger home, I have suddenly become inspired [Continue]