La Bottega at the Maritime Hotel – Feast of the Seven Fishes

One of the perks of being part of the press?  Press events and press dinners, of course.  I was invited to a press dinner previewing the Feast of the Seven Fishes at La Bottega at the Maritime Hotel – a traditional Italian feast featuring why yes, seven courses of fish.  By the time this post goes up, the menu will no longer be offered (I write 99.9% of my posts in chronological order, and run on about a month-delay schedule) – just join in and see what I ate.  Love the bottles of water they placed on each table with [...]

FBM Holiday Potluck 2011

As loyal readers of Feisty Foodie know, the FBM likes to get together for a potluck every couple of months. Since we are in the middle of the holiday season, it was time for our now annual FBM Holiday Potluck. We all had a good time last year and were looking forward it again. This time around CT & I hosted at our apartment. It was only fair since Hungry and Beer Boor has hosted on multiple occasions previously. CT made jambalaya with chicken, shrimp and smoked chorizo. She has been tweaking this recipe for a while now, so it [...]

Print Lounge

I recently attended a press dinner showcasing the Harvest Dinner menu at Print Lounge, a rooftop lounge with a gorgeous view (it’s covered/heated!).  As soon as I walked in, I was greeted with a lovely sparkly cocktail.  There was another one that bordered on spicy that my dining companion for the evening, DLS, thought was a bit too spicy.  We were quickly seated though, and served enough wine the rest of the night that it’s a wonder my pictures aren’t blurrier… Our first course: scallop crudo with oysters, caviar, yuzu, lemon, olive oil and horseradish, was light and refreshing, perfect [...]

Green & Black’s

I had the great pleasure to attend an event showcasing the lovely Green & Black’s brand of chocolate, which is completely organic.  Before this, I hadn’t much experience with the chocolate, but I got to sample many different kinds over the course of the evening.  Even more fun?  We each sat down in front of these trays and were then informed… it was a quickfire challenge!  I don’t watch Top Chef or those types of cooking reality shows, but the gist was that we had 7 minutes to create a unique tiramisu from what was in front of us: sugar, [...]

Serve from American Express

Everyone experiences this – go out to dinner with friends, the check comes, and people start scrambling for calculators, their wallets and scrounging up bills smaller than a $20.  I know it can’t just be my friends and I – it’s hard to always get exact or close, so you wind up with “can you toss in a few bucks for me? I’ll get you next time” and while that usually works out and evens out in the end, maybe you want less uncertainty in this part of your life.  That’s where Serve, a new program from American Express, comes [...]

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