These past two months, Mag Club ESP has been in full effect. And what was on the menu? Beans, beans, and nothing but beans. At Julie’s, we had falafel, spicy black bean dip, two types of lentils, white bean and cabbage salad, and hummus. A few weeks ago at Michelle’s, the spread was a little […]

CHECK OUT OUR 10 Best Super Bowl Snacks AND Vegetarian Super Bowl Buffet! The Super Bowl is coming up, and it’s bound to be a good game. We hear people are excited. What do we have to contribute? Cool old Giants sweatshirts, lots of team spirit, some luck to the office pool, and food. Together with Food Network […]

MAG CLUB HALL OF FAME: Southwestern Artichoke Dip; Lentil and Goat Cheese Salad; Caprese Salad; Chocolate Bottomed Blondies It’s no secret that Jordana is, er, the weak link of Mag Club cooking. It’s never cause for complaint though, since her contribution usually involves take-out sesame noodles from the restaurant on the ground floor of her […]

OTHER WARM DIPS: Panko-Crusted Spinach Dip; Ali’s Southwestern Artichoke Dip; Gooey Mexican Dip Back on the hottest weekend this summer, that week in July when the wind stopped and the temperature never once dropped below 100°F during daylight hours, Alex and I journeyed even further south than our overheated New York to Philadelphia, to meet […]

There’s quite an art, as you’ll be finding out all this week, to brown bagging. We are big believers in the benefits of bringing your lunch with you to work (we have a whole chapter about “packing the quarter-life lunchbox” in our book!), on planes and trains, and wherever your day may take  you. We […]

EVENT: Oscar Night! VENUE: The Couch, In Front of the TV PARTY SIZE: 10 TYPE: Best Picture-Themed Potluck Party MENU: True Grits with Southwestern Shrimp; Fighter Black Eyed Peas; Blackened Swan; King’s Cake I love watching the Oscars. And perhaps it is this love that has dissuaded me from ever hosting an Oscar party. You […]

EVENT: A Stormy Philharmonic in Central Park/Indoor Picnic VENUE: Jackie’s Apartment, Gramercy PARTY SIZE: 10 TYPE: Cultural Parkside Picnic, Turned Coffee Table Buffet MENU: Roasted Eggplant Sandwiches with White Bean Spread and Chive Pesto; Pesto Chicken Salad Sandwiches; Pomodoro Fresco Pasta Salad; Wine & Cheese One of my favorite summer evenings since moving back to […]

EVENT: Naptime Cocktail Cruise VENUE: Kelsey Banfield’s Boat, Martha’s Vineyard PARTY-SIZE: 6 TYPE: Casual Summer Sail MENU: Ina’s Guacamole (Kelsey); Gorgonzola & Pear Toasts (Kelsey); Pesto Shrimp “Lollipops” Last summer, I tweeted about making one of these rainy day salads on Martha’s Vineyard. Or, perhaps it was a tweet about how Obama’s security helicopter circling […]

Act natural, colorful, warm! EVENT: Cara and Phoebe’s Quarter-Life Kitchen Photoshoot #2 VENUE: Central Park PARTY SIZE: 4 TYPE: Saturday Picnic MENU: String Beans with Mustard Dressing and Cured Shallots; Pomodoro Fresco Pasta Salad; Hard Boiled Egg Sandwiches; Carrot Raisin Cookies Recently, we staged a picnic photoshoot for our book. Though the food, the friends, […]

EVENT: Passover Seder VENUE: BGSK’s Extended Households PARTY SIZE: 9; 37 (plus Elijah, obviously) TYPE: Long, Drawn-Out Culturally Significant Dinner MENU: Matzoh Ball Soup; Brisket; Potato Kugel with Sauteed Shallots; Nutty Passover Puffs My Aunt Jennifer is responsible for most of my formative memories of brisket, and most of my positive experiences with passover. The […]