A Nice Cuppa

So what’s a girl to do when she wants homemade lattes but can’t afford an espresso machine? I buy a milk frother of course!
Aerolatte makes a battery operated steam-free milk frothing wand. I know, it’s a bit of a mouthful to say, but if you love lattes as much as I do, but […]

I recently had a leisurely lunch with my husband at the Spotted Pig in Manhattan???s West Village. First of all, go there. Everything is wonderful from the polite, laidback service right down to the amazing coffee we enjoyed with our dessert. I am so used to ordering an American coffee following a meal, it???s really […]

Skylar: Maybe we could go out for coffee sometime?
Will: Great, or maybe we could go somewhere and just eat a bunch of caramels.
Skylar: What?
Will: When you think about it, it’s just as arbitrary as drinking coffee.
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…between dark roast and fire.
These were the first words I read as I opened up my new Fresh Roast Plus home coffee bean roaster and started looking through the directions. I have to say, this gave me pause. I wanted fresh roasted beans, but I really didn’t want to burn my house down. If you […]

The first time my sister caught me shoveling sugar into my coffee, she almost gagged. She explained to me that ???Real Coffee Drinkers??? don???t use sugar. A little heavy cream, perhaps, but certainly not sugar. I felt like a fraud. I vowed to be a ???real??? coffee drinker. No more sugar in my […]

I???m a foodie who loves to write (or a writer who loves food, if I want to be egalitarian about it). I get excited about ridiculous things like high-quality cake pans and a good thesaurus.
I???ve lived in New Jersey, Switzerland, Boston, London and New Jersey again (in that order). I love country music, non-fat lattes, […]

Tell me what kind of tea you drink, and I???ll tell you what kind of person you are. That claim may sound like some sort of New Age hokum you???d expect from a guy who lives near Woodstock, New York, where yogis and Feng Shui consultants almost outnumber carpenters and financial consultants. Still, the […]

I’ve been on a bit of a mission to duplicate the velvety, bittersweet creations of my local coffeehouse at home. At some point, I thought it made a lot of sense not to shell out $4.00 a day for my daily caffeine fix (I tip generously), and that I could save a lot of money […]

I didn’t drink my first cup of coffee until I was almost 20. I didn’t start cooking until I was 21. But now that I’ve begun, I’m addicted to both. While I don’t work in a food-related setting, most of my time is spent making, tasting, experimenting with different tastes. Born and raised in […]

If I’m not walking alone, I’m usually walking with someone. A relative. A co-worker. A female friend I’m anticipating is anticipating me being her ex someday but knowing nothing lasts forever, I relax and enjoy the ride. And when the question that inevitably comes up on a walk comes up, “You […]