My love for the magical seed pod named cardamom has been going on for some time. I was first introduced to its qualities when a good friend of mine was instructing me on the fine art of Indian cooking. Ever since my first whiff, we’ve carried on a mad affair. I’ve use it in curries, […]
Santa’s sleigh shows up again this weekend on the Hill, pulling into Frager’s Hardware at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday. The reindeer don’t take flight until 4 p.m. and both days you can take advantage of music, cocoa, free gifts for kids, photos with the jolly elf and a pick up a complimentary print […]
I am stepping away from holiday chatter for a moment to bring us back to another love — sandwiches. If there is one thing we have learned here, it’s that people feel very passionately about their sandwiches (or hoagies, or subs, or heroes, or whatever you want to call them). From Prego, to Mangialardo and […]
Dear New York Times, We are so happy that our little neck of the woods inspired one of your stories today! Look at the happy patrons dining happily at Ted’s Bulletin! And DC-3! And Matchbox! You even got a picture of the homemade “silly” Pop-Tarts in their case! How does the saying go, that if […]
Let’s face it: sometimes the holidays bring out the worst in us. From having to cook for far too many ungrateful people, to having to mingle with people you feel should be accompanied by Novocaine, “relaxing” muzak and bloody gauze in your mouth because they are that painfully annoying, the holidays bring a cast of […]