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Pumpkin Bread Pudding
The Sweet Life

Pumpkin Bread Pudding
8 oz French Bread, torn into cubes, 1 day old (about 5 cups)
1 cup whole milk  (Vanilla Soy milk con be substituted)
1 cup heavy cream
3 large eggs
1 15 oz can pumpkin puree
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup raisins or dried cranberries
3 T unsalted butter, melted
1t vanilla
1 t cinnamon
1/4 t ground ginger
1/2 [...]

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Toni Takes Off!
Cheese ‘n Chocolate

    Ok, this week we had a great day trip…packed up the traverse and headed to Coach Farm where they make amazing artisan goat cheese. The farm manager rene put me to work and i found myself in perhaps the only situation in which one can say “massage the teet” and not [...]

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Horseman’s Hollow
SCARY!!!

Ready to be scared senseless? Head to Sleepy Hollow’s new haunted attraction at historic Philipsburg Manor in Sleepy Hollow, Horseman’s Hollow. The historic site has been transformed into a town gone mad by the Headless Horseman. It’s pretty gross and very campy. Altho, I did get a good photo opp with the star of the [...]

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SoHo: Chinese Comfort Food
i.e. Anise and Beer Braised Beef

Onwer Amy Lee’s mom came here from Hong Kong when she was just 6 years old. She has spent most of her life in Alphabet City… but when it comes to the stomach satisfying stuff comin out of her kitchen… the Lee’s are cookin it old school.  The menu simple. Home cooked meals even your [...]

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Do you really know SoHo?
From Brothels to Bill The Butcher.

hi everyone!
we are heading to soho….one of nyc’s great shopping destinations. if you have ever headed there on a sunny saturday, broadway can be impossible to navigate and all of the tourists probably don’t know its incredible history……which began long before the artists immigration in the 60s and 70s. some things tourists surely do not [...]

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Chelsea Brewery
Checker Cab Blond Ale, pls!

The Chelsea Brewing Company’s brewery is Manhattan’s largest microbrewery. The brewery consists of a copper and brass 30 barrel brewhouse, six 60 barrel uni-tanks, four 30 barrel uni-tanks, two 60 barrel bright beer tanks and six 15 barrel servers which are located behind the bar in the restaurant.
The brewery features a fully automatic grain handling [...]

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Voted Best Mexican by Cast & Crew

If you are in Montauk YOU HAVE TO go to The Hideaway. An awesome Mexican restaurant tucked away in a tiny harbor. Family owned and operated, everything from the sopas to the pulled pork burritos are incredible and authentic. But be sure to order the corn and copious amounts of margaritas, natch! We shot a [...]

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What happened to my toddler?

7.9.10
hola all! the weirdest thing has happened in the past few weeks. we went to the cape for a little vaca before the hubs started his new gig and something happened to our son! no longer is he the little helpless toddler we once knew. HE TURNED INTO A FULL FLEDGED CHILD! armed with a [...]

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Roti Canai Heaven: New Malaysia

If you want to really impress your fellow foodies, then you will surely want to take them here. Down a little alley off of Bowery, among the street peddlers selling bras and socks, is where you will find this AWESOME spot. Roti Canai for under 3 bucks, it is a staple for Malaysians living in [...]

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Curry Leaves’ Curry Laksa OMG

A true gem! The type of place we love to take visitors. It may be in Queens, but it feels like you are walking into a restaurant in Malaysia. Not much English is spoken here by the staff or the clientele, but that was just fine by us, because it was here where we had [...]

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