Franki X Radio Bakery (ft. Gabby)
A good bakery starts with a long line. Even on a weekday post kiddo drop off, jog, or workday break— in the morning, already!? I think cafes and bakeries make the excuse for the community to take it easy; “that thing can wait.” And, “come again tomorrow! We’re here to feed your indulgent side” Well,…
Franki x Rossi’s Deli
It’s typically all about The Number Four; a panino layered with crispy thin chicken cutlet, prosciutto, fresh mozzarella, roasted red peppers, and herb pesto on bread you won’t eat anywhere else. The infamous Long Island Italian Cugine was one of the first to put it on the map—I love that he did. However, the variety…
Raf’s French and Italian Bakery
Raf’s I walked into a dimly lit foyer facing a cute banquet and pastry counter. I marveled at the offerings that were placed in a mid century vintage pastry case. The Italian French inspired eatery would be a great spot to have breakfast or brunch, quietly. Pastry Chef Camari Mick is amplifying the pastry game…
Middletown Rhode Island
I’m claiming it- Newport, Rhode Island is my second home. I’ve lived here for a brief period in college and I’ve visited multiple times with friends and family. I don’t know what it is but it draws me back time and time again. This year my parents and I drove out here for a long…
Jumbo Ravioli
FullSizeRender (32).jpg This is a throwback to an item on the spring menu where I work! Since we are now into the summer season, the restaurant where I work has decided to change the menu. I want to reflect on a past dish of that menu, which was always a popular hit on the hot…
Jumbo Ravioli
FullSizeRender (32).jpg This is a throwback to an item on the spring menu where I work! Since we are now into the summer season, the restaurant where I work has decided to change the menu. I want to reflect on a past dish of that menu, which was always a popular hit on the hot…
La Langosta del Dia
Butter poached lobster, and seared scallops basted in brown butter; a beautiful seafood entrée, complemented by lobster agnolotti, brown butter crumbs, and glazed veggie. Newport Rhode Island, the perfect spot to have a lobster dinner, right beside the ocean! Me? am I getting to eat this, no. But, I am getting to help create it…
Course One: Tallulah’s, RI
Although I work behind the scenes in a fine dining restaurant, I had never before dined out as a guest in one. The very day I started working I wondered what it’d be like to be on the receiving end of a restaurant that serves four course meals and chefs tasting menus. Whether in Rhode…
Boru RI
The food culture influences of Eastern Asia are incredible. I mean, it’s so amazing that it has me fantasizing about ramen noodles at 1 AM. This is true, the thought of ramen noodles and steamed pork buns kept me from getting a good nights sleep last night. And instead of going to bed at a…
NYC Food And Wine Festival
A day well spent working the New York City Food and Wine Festival! I have always had a love for food television and was thrilled to be a part of an event that Food Network and the Cooking Channel were sponsors of; where all of the proceeds went to the NYC food bank and Share…
Chika Hits A Homerun Experience At The Chikalicous Dessert Bar.
I ventured through the lower east side where I came across an all dessert bar. This Small, white walled space housing two tables and a counter with stools, is run by pastry chef Chika. The counter seats watch over the two chefs that assemble the desserts to order each day. Each dessert comes with an…
The Rhubarb And Meringues Of Ottolenghi
Over joyed, because I got to visit Yotam Ottolenghi’s cafe and feast on his famous raspberry meringue next to the Queens palace. I love the Queen, but food is always my favorite especially when it’s covered in pink and fluff. Sarah Copeland introduced me to Ottolenghi’s pastry book Sweet which I have flipped through various…
Afternoon Tea And The London Crawl
I made my way to the U.K. this weekend to visit one of my dearest friends, Hannah. It was a great retreat and I could not have asked for a better time. I felt at peace being in London, I felt it was a perfect place to be young and to explore a food scene…
If you’re Craving Elote you should go to La Esquina
The tiles in the restaurant gave me a sentimental feeling. My mind went back to coming home after a long day of classes and eating a snack that was kept warm on the stove top for me. Such comfort from the start at this small, Mexican food hub, which sits on a corner inNYC’s upper…
LA & Birmingham Travel Nights
It’s unreal. All that I have seen and what I have gotten to do in the first seven days of my new job. As I sat on the last flight of the first week, tapping away at my keyboard and snacking on extra generic trail mix I recapped the week over again and again. Although…
A Hankering for all Things Apple
Where ever you may be, it’s fall and it’s the best. The air smells cleaner although tinged with the amazing smell of burning wood in the distance. Pumpkins are plump and too heavy to pick and apples are in full bloom. What more would you crave than a crispy, airy or cakey apple cider doughnut?…
Living By Design Holiday Special Premiere
Setting up the Set When I started with PowerHouse Productions in September of this year I had not a clue what I would be exposed to, who I would meet, and what it would be like leading culinary on projects that my bosses and Executive Producers Rochelle Brown and Sonia Armstead produced. I was granted…
Cinnamomum
I wasn’t quite sure what story to lead on Cinnamon tea for the month of October. Not to mention I am a bit behind on this post now that we have landed in November. But I feel this is all for good reason. I think that the last two weeks of straight work on and…
One Pot Coconut Pasta and my Checklist
PowerHouse Productions finally wrapped the first season of a design and food show after many trips to California and back! I am always grateful to be a part of their team as Associate Culinary Producer. My first meal back on the east coast this time was a little lazy, because well, I was trying to…
Cali’s Organic Life is sooo Nice!
Pack and repeat. Car rides and unloads. Vegan gluten free and all natural food coloring. Does it make sense? I feel like it’s been ages since I wrote! I was in an LA time warp for two weeks and could not find a quiet moment when I wasn’t dozing off to write. In fact, now…
Next Stop: USVI
Puerto Rico in 1.5 days!? Ok, il take it! What INCREDIBLE culture, people, food, and art to discover. Really very grateful for these mere days there and the work that I have been sent out to explore. So where did I go next? The Virgin Islands of course and yes maybe these are “vacation” destinations,…
My Spontaneous Business Trip to the Caribbean- I’ve never been!!!
Oh Goodness! One of the challenges of working as an associate culinary producer is learning how to go with the flow and be spontaneous. Since I began college four years ago I started realizing how anal and organized I am about everything. How things must be thought out a dozen times before executed. I will…
Ama Ansaah
My official African name was given to me at the naming ceremony hosted by a Queen in one of the regions of Ghana. I can hardly say much about the experience other than the simple fact that this was a true nose dive into the culture of the country. I felt welcomed and warmed and…
Ghana
Akwaaba~ The first word you notice once you enter the country. I haven’t had the time to wrap my head around the journey until this very moment that I sit and write and think and glow at the thought of my trip here with PowerHouse. I am hopeful that my gratitude is visual! …
Lots Of Licks On My Chin Chin
Take this chill off my bones! This cold and mucky city weather is calling for the amazing fluffy and buttery melted chocolate drink from @chinchinicecream in London what a place ! A scoop of fluff torched to a toasted marshmallow which floats on top of thick creamy hot chocolate. Seriously no powder nonsense happening here….
Rhode Islands Sweet Spot
I think most people feel connected to more than one place in the world. Where you grow up and somewhere else that resonates with your soul. I grew up vacationing in Newport, Rhode Island from time to time and I always envisioned myself living there. For about 5-6 months in college while interning in a…
Go The Maine Way
MAINE: Dump of the photos . The iPhone polaroid way. When traveling you can do 3 of 2 things. Prior Research for best things to eat & do, adventure spontaneously OR a bit of both… which we did. Maine is also known for a few things: wild blueberries, lobster, bagels, and whoopee pies; didn’t miss…
Montreal
(my guy with his guys) I’’ve been wondering if Montreal has a monkier; Like NYC is known as the big apple, Charlotte as Queen City and NOLA as The Big Easy. Correct me if I’m wrong, but apparently Sin City takes shape for this not- so scandalous city. It’s old and new; food-filled, coffee soaked,…
Ollie’s Slice Shop & Fletcher & Lu’s
More reasons to love Kingston—somehow these spots got swept under my nose. Ollie’s slice shop is breaking out pizzas like caramelized onion with melted Italian hot pepper and a very pillowy Sicilian. I’m typically not a fan of the grandma style crushed tomato mound on top of cheese, but this was solid. Fletcher &…
Misi
I have gone to Misi Robbins restaurants more times than I’ve visited any other Brooklyn eatery. And there are SO many I want to venture to there. But I will never be mad about it. Buttery, crispy, crunchy, herbaceous, zingy— the buzz words I describe her veggie plates. This time, we hit a few…
Don Antonio
The Neopolitan pizza gem in midtown run by Giorgia Caporuscio. She is a female pizziola powerhouse and I can’t tell you how delicious my experience was. You have to go yourself. The pizza was what one would say “transports you to the source” and I agree… with myself. Without knowing the exact products used I…
Golden Diner
I’ve definitely talked about the Golden Diner lots in the last few months. Absolutely worth a day trip just for the pancakes alone. Get up and out pretty early to beat the morning rush lined up outside the quaint dive. We only tried a few things on the menu including the pancakes, matcha crumb cake,…
Big Night Is THE place
If I ever had a storefront of my own it would probably look like Big Night. I am obsessed with their vintage glassware finds, cookbook collection, and all of the chili oils and tinned fish (even though I don’t eat) you can find. It’s a mecca for a culinary professional or the amateur home cook….
Cape May: fall beach town
Plan a trip somewhere but nowhere at all- I think that makes sense!? Plan the first few days of the fall around a spontaneous beach trip and THEN do what you feel in the moment. No planning needed. One of my girlfriends goes to Cape May almost every summer and offered a few recommendations…
Antique Bar and Bakery
Mornings where breakfast serve as 2 meals for the day plus dessert— I think you’ve won. I had this spot saved in my instagram NJ folder for months after seeing Sister Snacking post about the gigantic cauliflower looking- bread pudding mound. I grabbed Dillon, a few friends and we went. Go to Antique Bar and…
I went to Paris!
In paris you melt over afternoon tea at @lemeuriceparis for its most fabulous pastry experience One of the best food experiences I’ve ever had. All of it! The ambiance of the 1700s, pops of gold, and panels of mirrors lining the walls. The tea set was exquisite, earl grey and rooibos poured from silver…
48 hours “ish” in Frankfurt
In Germany you: Kaespatzle Frankfurt might not be a hot spot, but we chose to stay a few days and made the most of it. As a kid, I was introduced to spaetzle as a side to braised short ribs. It’s so nostalgic and downright yummy- of course, hailing from a type of dumpling, pasta,…
Strasbourg is a hidden gem
In Strasbourg, Alsace you stop for fancy gingerbread First patisserie was shoppe; red, quaint, and filled to brim with gingerbread this and that. I’m not a gingerbread gal, but I wanted to experience what seemed to be a popular and award-winning pleasure. Raspberry filled, reminding me of a linzer (I wish it was one!) and…
Colorado Livin’
I got Colorado out of my system. I’ve always wanted to find myself there for leisure or even work and this summer Dillon and I took ourselves to it. I guess you could call it a vacation. But, after all said and done it was work! We saw, we did, we conquered. And then I…