Recipe Testing: Sesame Wow Greens
Here’s another vegan recipe I tested for Terry Hope Romano’s upcoming international cookbook. So far, I’ve tried her fresh noodle soup in sesame miso broth, ginger marinated cucumbers, pumpkin potato panko cutlets, as well as her spicy kale coconut relish. This time I tested another one of her Japanese-inspired dishes – oshitashi, a Japanese spinach [...]
HaChi Restaurant Preview and Grand Opening
This past Tuesday July 26th, HaChi Restaurant & Lounge celebrated its grand opening with a media event and preview party at their new space in the Lower East Side and we were there in attendance! HaChi, meaning the number “8″ in Japanese (a lucky number), offers casual fine dining with a contemporary French-inspired Asian fusion [...]
Crispy Seafood Salad with Panko crusted shrimp
In my previous post, I mentioned that I received a gift pack from General Mills through MyBlogSpark which included a box of Progresso Lemon Pepper Panko for me to review and a copy of Michael Chiarello’s Bottega cookbook. Panko bread crumbs are not a new thing for me, but I was still very excited to [...]
Progresso Panko Bread Crumbs and Chef Michael Chiarello Cookbook Giveaway! [CLOSED]
[THIS GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED] Congratulations to Emma L Horton, who would like to make Maple-Pecan chicken! You will be receiving an email from me soon. Please respond within 48 hours with the requested information! Hope you enjoy your box of panko crumbs and the cookbook! Thanks for everyone that participated in the giveaway! Have a [...]
Taste of Midtown East
When I found out that Scoopt St was organizing the Taste of Midtown East, I just had to mark my calendar, gather a few friends, grab the deal. After having such a great time at their Taste of 7th Street crawl in February, I knew this going to be a fun time as well. The [...]








