A 75th birthday at Old Post Tavern, an old fashioned overlooking Grand Central, and a gluten-free feast at Bistango with both daughters. Then Shaggy Coos sausage rigatoni, college football Saturday, a globe hunt at The Recollective, and a pot of beef-and-bison chili on a perfect fall Sunday.
Recipes
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The Perfect Spicy Margarita Recipe with Fresh Jalapeño
This Spicy Margarita Recipe combines blanco tequila, fresh lime, Cointreau, agave, and jalapeño for the perfect balance of sweet, tart, and spicy. Finished with a Tajín rim, it’s an easy, refreshing cocktail for happy hour, taco night, or summer entertaining.
Travel & Destinations
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What I Ate This Week: First Days, FiDi Lunches & Fall Comfort Food (Oct 5 – 11)
A first day at a new NYC job, brisket at Mighty Quinn’s, carbonara at Eataly, and 20-minute pancetta cavatelli at home. Then a NoMad apartment hunt, Colony pizza, oysters and lava cake at Sinclair, and butternut squash soup my daughter made on a rainy Sunday.
Travel & Destinations
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What I Ate This Week: Pepolino, Stone Street Pizza & Smoked Filets (Sept 28 – Oct 4)
A long Tuscan lunch at Pepolino, a new FiDi slice, and orecchiette on Stone Street with both daughters. Then braised beef at Martel, a Miller-and-Aperol Thrilla at Ryebird, a football win, and grass-fed filets finished on the smoker for a family Sunday dinner.
Travel & Destinations
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What I Ate This Week: Salmon & Risotto, FiDi Lunches & A Tampa-to-CT Road Trip (Sept 21 – 27)
A birthday dinner at Martel, hot honey pizza at Seppe, All’Antico Vinaio’s September special, and a pecan-crusted salmon at The Chelsea. Then a Tampa-to-Connecticut road trip with tacos in Fort Mill, a Harry Potter festival in Staunton, and spaghetti and meatballs back home.
Travel & Destinations
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What I Ate This Week: Charlotte Steaks, Joseph’s Birthday Dinner & Wallpaper Fuel (Sept 14 – 20)
A Charlotte work trip brought airport pizza, a plastic-cup old fashioned, and steak frites at Dressler’s. Back home: a birthday bone-in filet at Joseph’s Steakhouse, giant Sapore sandwiches for wallpaper day, and Colony pizza to welcome a daughter home.
Travel & Destinations
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What I Ate This Week: Pearl Street Pizza, Via Posa & An Italian Sunday Dinner (Sept 7 – 13)
From Labor Day burgers to a homemade Italian Sunday dinner with the in-laws, this week brought FiDi pizza on Pearl Street, a first visit to the new Via Posa in Fairfield, Spicy Blood Orange Margs at Geronimo, grass-fed NY strips, and a lemon flourless cake worth every bite.
Food & Dining
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What I Ate This Week: Move-In Day, Takeout Wins & A Foccia Feast in NYC (Aug 31 – Sept 6)
From lemon chicken piccata at home to a foccia feast in NYC on move-in day for my daughter, this week’s food diary is full of comfort, takeout wins, and one very good bottega find worth returning to.
Lifestyle & Culture
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What I Ate This Week: A New FiDi Pizza Trail Stop, Storm-Dodging Steak Frites & a Casa Me Feast (Aug 24–30)
From a new FiDi Pizza Trail stop and a storm-dodging steak frites dinner to a memorable feast at Casa Me in Westport and a Sunday spent making homemade pasta, this week’s food diary covers it all.
Food & Dining
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What I Ate This Week: Homemade Tuffoli, a New Favorite in Fairfield & an Old Newtown Reunion (Aug 17–23)
From homemade tuffoli with farm sausage to a new favorite dish at Sinclair and a reunion dinner at an old Newtown haunt, this week’s food diary covers the full range — home cooking, FiDi lunches, and Fairfield County favorites old and new.
Food & Dining
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What I Ate This Week: BBQ in Westport, a Joe’s Pizza Verdict & Seaport Pasta (Aug 10–16)
This week’s food diary runs from grass-fed burgers at home to a first Wonder order, an honest take on Joe’s Pizza, a spontaneous dinner with my daughter at Serafina, standout BBQ at Walrus Alley in Westport, and a beautiful Seaport dinner at Osteria del Porto in FiDi.
Food & Dining
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What I Ate This Week: Bucatini, a Bridgeport Staple & Riverside Pasta in Westport (Aug 3–9)
From a homemade bucatini all’amatriciana to a comforting dinner at our favorite Bridgeport spot and riverside pasta in Westport, this week’s food diary follows the small, satisfying meals that shaped an ordinary week — plus a familiar Eataly panino and a quick chicken parm lunch in FiDi.