Dine in Brooklyn is Here!

Hide the children and pack up the valuables, kids. Dine-In Brooklyn has arrived. In what promises to be the most current Restaurant Week on record (see what I did there?), the old standbys along with some new blood are coming to the party. Some people think of March and get excited for silly things like [...]

Brooklyn Botanic Garden: Chile Pepper Fiesta

Saturday, October 3, 2009 | Noon–6:30 p.m.
Rain or Shine | Free with Admission

Join in New York’s hottest fall tradition, where the grooves are smokin’ and the chile peppers are scorchin’. Enjoy a full afternoon of music and dance from chile-loving regions around the world. Indulge at the Chocolate Chile Cabana, where you can sample goodies, [...]

The Mystery of the Red Velvet Cake

Kombit Kreyol
279 Flatbush Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
718-399-2000
www.kombitrestaurant.com
Getting to Brooklyn from Penn Station was a pleasant breeze of a Train 3 commute. But getting inside Kombit, a Haitian bar & restaurant on Flatbush Avenue, took quite a wait. The girl couldn’t open the grilled door from the inside she had to go outside and try all the master [...]

The Joy of Joyce

Like most, I have given in and become once again a huge fan of the cupcake. A delicious treat that for whatever misguided reason makes one feel less guilty when eating then a whole piece of probably equally fattening and caloric cake.
Recently, I  found myself in the East Village and went to one of the bakeries [...]