Bubbles & Bivalves at the Oyster Bash

Nothing sets a celebratory mood more than Champagne.  And it’s even better when it’s paired with raw oysters! Enticed by this delicious combination, I eagerly looked forward to the Oyster Bash at the Standard Hotel, one of the 2009 New York City Wine & Food Festival‘s Saturday events.  The afternoon of indulgence featured free-flowing Champagne [...]

Miami's Best Brunches

You can’t beat brunch.  A great brunch is the most sumptuous meal of the week and it’s the best excuse to have all of your favorite foods at one time. If breakfast is the most important meal of the day, just think how important brunch must be! Looking to plan your Sunday brunch?  Here are [...]

Destination: Boulder

Breathtaking mountains, great hiking, pedestrian and bike-friendly streets, charming restaurants and cafés, and tons of breweries — these are what make Boulder such a great destination. I recently spent a long weekend in Boulder for my friends’ wedding.  It was my first time there and I loved it from the start. Coming from flat South [...]

A Conch Tour of the Florida Keys

I love spending a weekend in the Florida Keys.  It’s a quick drive from South Florida but it feels so much farther away.  As soon as I turn onto the Overseas Highway and can see sparkling blue-green water on both sides, I immediately feel happy and relaxed. Of course no visit to the Conch Republic [...]

Deering Seafood Festival

If there’s a food festival going on, I’m there! Yesterday I had the chance to check out the 5th Annual Deering Seafood Festival on the Bay at the Deering Estate at Cutler.  It was my first time at both the seafood festival and the Deering Estate and I had a great time. Grey skies and [...]

Area 31: Fresh Seafood in Downtown Miami

The latest in haute hotel dining is sure to lure seafood fans to downtown Miami. Area 31, located on the 16th floor of the new Epic Hotel, is a great addition to the downtown dining scene. The restaurant is named for the region where most of its menu is from. Area 31 is the marine [...]

Pearl Oyster Bar's Lobster Roll

After hearing about my love of lobster rolls, a friend said I had to try the one at Pearl Oyster Bar in Manhattan’s West Village. Earlier this week I took the subway down to West 4th Street to try one for myself. During my senior year of high school and in college, the West Village [...]

Pret a Manger and Quick Bites at Grand Central

Free WiFi is the greatest. I’m sitting outside at Bryant Park on this gorgeous fall day and am loving the fact that I can connect to the internet. The park is packed with businessmen and women having lunch, parents pushing children in strollers, friends chatting over coffee and tourists carrying bags from the department stores. [...]

Oysters at the Oceanaire Seafood Room

My knowledge about oysters is pretty much this: I know that I really like them. I prefer East Coast oysters over the smaller West Coast ones, and I really liked the oysters I had in Paris that were from the west coast of France. Last night my husband and I went to the Oceanaire Seafood [...]

The Best Lobster Roll

It’s been my family’s summer staple for as long as I can remember – lobster. Every summer we’d spend a week at my grandparents’ house on Cape Cod and feast on some of the freshest and tastiest lobster. One restaurant we never missed is the simply named “Raw Bar” in the Popponesset Marketplace in Mashpee. [...]