Brewers PicNyc

Last month, Thrillist announced the first food festival of the season on Governors Island would be the Brewers PicNyc over Memorial Day weekend. They also offered a deal for VIP tickets for $55 instead of $85, which included one hour early admission plus all you can eat and drink(beer too). CT and I enjoyed Meatopia and Parked last year(although we ended up in the minority that felt that way), so we were both keen on returning for another festival. Since we are old hands, we know how best to navigate these events. Rule #1 Arrive EARLY! On the way to [...]

Southwestern Corn Muffins

A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, I made jalapeño-cheddar corn muffins that I really enjoyed and the other night I thought, “Why don’t I make another batch?  I’m in a corn muffin state of mind!”  Except…I’d somehow lost the recipe.  And then I decided to just create a whole new one around a boxed cornbread mix.  Yep, you read that right, a boxed mix.  Now if you’ve been reading my posts, you know that I’m the chick who is willing to make a fruit tart from scratch instead of buying it from the bakery.  However, my [...]

Recipe Fridays: Fish Tacos

Terrible photos, but fish tacos!  E-dee-licious, my yoga buddy, mentioned one night that she was going to make fish tacos.  Sounded so yummy and when she told me the method, they were SO easy, I had to make them right away!  I used flour tortillas because I don’t like corn tortillas, but you can use whichever you prefer.  E-dee-licious said she uses tilapia, but I used dover sole cuz it’s cheap and easy to find everywhere.  (I guess tilapia fits those qualifications as well, but when I went to the store, I found dover sole for like $3.99/lb.)  It’s a [...]

The Arizona Biltmore

The Arizona Biltmore boasts a few restaurants to its name.  Unfortunately, we were unable to sample the high end restaurant they boast: Wright’s at the Biltmore (named thusly after Frank Lloyd Wright, who had a hand in designing the resort).  We did, however, get to eat at the Cabana Club and the Biltmore Grill (pictured above: the Cabana Club, located on Paradise Pool). the waterfall/water slide that faces the Cabana Club (I was sitting in those chaises in the right of the picture when I took the picture of the Cabana Club) I ordered what basically boils down to a [...]

Richardson’s, Cuisine of New Mexico – Phoenix, AZ

As it was both my companion and my first time in Phoenix, we wanted to try something local.  Something really specific to this part of the country.  Of course, I had no idea what kind of cuisine it was- Southwestern, yes, but I’d always heard that description used interchangeably with Tex-Mex.  I hesitated to do that in front of anyone lest they be offended (as I’d be a bit annoyed if someone said Chinese/Korean interchangeably, or Chinese/Thai, what have you), but our concierge suggested this place after I told him price was no object and we didn’t care if it [...]