I used to live on the Lower East Side in Manhattan a few years ago.  I had my share of late nights out on the town, and one of my favorite destinations after a night out was Creperie, which was open rather late for a place that specializes in crepes.  My favorite crepes were of [...]

It was a semi-rough morning on Friday, one of those days where you just want to sleep in until Noon and luxuriate under the covers.  Unfortunately, it was a work day for me, so I had to get out of bed at 7 and make sure the bambino got her beloved breakfast of champions – [...]

I don’t know what it is about fruit and cookies, but I seriously love it.  Growing up I had an obsession with “cookies with the red dot,” which were shortbread cookies with a sticky strawberry or raspberry jam type filling in the middle.  I apparently have never grown out of that fondness, because whenever I [...]

There are some thing I really miss since going gluten-free, like croissants and baklava, but I can honestly say that I don’t really miss pizza.  There are so many gluten-free pizza restaurants to choose from, and many of them make really good pizza, like Rowayton in Darien.  I found out about them through Toozy Patza [...]

The one thing that people always say to me when they find out I don’t eat gluten is “OMG, is it hard to not eat wheat?  Do you miss it?” and my answer is always yes and no.  When you first embark on gluten-freedom, it can be terrifying and mystifying at the same time.  So [...]

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