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Category Archives: DRINKS

ACAI AND SEASONAL RESTAURANT

Seasonal Restaurant & Weinbar in Midtown Manhattan manages to give its Austrian/German cuisine a contemporary lightness that feels…well…positively sleek and healthy.

Posted 14 April 2010 † Susan Manlin Katzman § RESTAURANTS ‡ Comments Off on ACAI AND SEASONAL RESTAURANT ° Tagged: , ,

BACON OLD FASHIONED

So guess what J. Walter Thompson’s marketing agency thinks is up and coming for 2010? Their official trend-spotting list of 100 Things to Watch in 2010 places “Bacon Everywhere” at number 7. Bacon popular?

Posted 05 February 2010 † Susan Manlin Katzman § ENTERTAINING § RESTAURANTS ‡ Comments Off on BACON OLD FASHIONED ° Tagged: , , , ,

IRISH COFFEE

There is a trick to making Irish coffee. Connoisseurs agree that the cream on top of the coffee should float in a neat, separate layer without seeping. Again, tricky. In order to learn the technique, you might have to make the drink over and over and over again—-which is the perfect time to remember your […]

Posted 22 December 2009 † Susan Manlin Katzman § COFFEE § RECIPES ‡ Comments Off on IRISH COFFEE °

TURKS AND CAICOS

Just returned from a fabulous trip to my favorite archipelago, Turks and Caicos—40 islands and cays strung along the blue neck of the Atlantic Ocean like gorgeous shimmering pearls. I stayed on the main island, Providenciales, or “Provo” as locals call it, in Ocean Club West—a peaceful, lushly landscaped resort with individually owned condos renting […]

Posted 08 December 2009 † Susan Manlin Katzman § RECIPES § RESTAURANTS § SALADS § TRAVEL ‡ Comments Off on TURKS AND CAICOS ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , ,

MY WILD IRISH WHISKEY TASTING

Not everyone came with a pure palate.  In fact, some had…well…how should I say it…some had been training all afternoon, so approached the whiskey tasting fueled by not only enthusiasm, but also experience. We met in the lounge of the No. 1 Pery Square Hotel in Limerick–ten American writers and four Irishmen (one of them […]

Posted 28 October 2009 † Susan Manlin Katzman § TRAVEL ‡ Comments Off on MY WILD IRISH WHISKEY TASTING ° Tagged: , ,

LAST WORD ON ITALIAN COFFEE

I confess, I’m confused. I have been corrupted by Starbuck’s overloaded coffee terminology and can barely get my mouth around the 10-word drink options; I don’t even have the ability to order a “tall” when “small” seems so okay. In Italy, coffee terms are more manageable (sort of). Although different places write their coffee menu […]

Posted 21 September 2009 † Susan Manlin Katzman § COFFEE § TRAVEL ‡ Comments Off on LAST WORD ON ITALIAN COFFEE ° Tagged: , ,

BEST COFFEE IN ROME-again

TAZZA D’ORO I once watched an episode of Roseanne, in which Roseanne (Mrs. Conner) went into the bedroom that her daughters, Darlene and Becky, shared to tell them goodnight. Ignoring Becky, she sat on Darlene’s bed, looked at her intensely and said something like: “You know you are my very favorite child and I love […]

Posted 17 September 2009 † Susan Manlin Katzman § COFFEE § DESSERTS § RECIPES § TRAVEL ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , ,

BEST COFFEE IN ROME

  SANT’EUSTACHIO IL CAFFÈ Many places in Rome make good coffee, but Sant’Eustachio (in the Piazza Sant’Eustachio near the Pantheon) wins local accolades for being best of the best. Here is the quintessential Italian coffee bar/ shop that does everything right including purchasing beans from a variety of free-trade growers, roasting the beans over a […]

Posted 16 September 2009 † Susan Manlin Katzman § COFFEE § TRAVEL ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , ,

PICASSO/SANGRIA/SPAIN

In his early years Picasso painted birds and flowers and sweet little landscapes (truly—you can see them at the Picasso Museum in Barcelona www.musupicasso.bcn.cat),then he started frequenting Els Quatre Gats (The Four Cats), a tavern/café in Barcelona, and his painting changed. Could be the influence of other artists who made the bar a bohemian enclave […]

Posted 29 July 2009 † Susan Manlin Katzman § BARCELONA § RECIPES ‡ Comments Off on PICASSO/SANGRIA/SPAIN ° Tagged: , , ,