Author Archives: Not Just Vegetarian

Delicious contemporary lebanese vegetarian dinner at Ilili NYC

One of my favorite places for a delicious meal is Ilili, a contemporary Lebanese restaurant that has a wide range of vegetarian (and vegan) options.  The restaurant is no new-comer in the NYC restaurant world – I think it has been around for at least 5 years (please do not quote me, but I do […]

Delicious gelatos from a gelato making class at Mia Chef Gelateria

Making a gelato is complicated, yes, very complicated!!  These small batch, artisanal desserts that originated in Italy have to be tough to make, right?  That is what I thought until I took the gelato making class with a couple of friends at Mia Chef Gelateria yesterday. My friends and I had talked about doing a […]

Mushroom risotto at Skylark on the Hudson in Jersey City

It was a bitterly cold day – in fact it was day 1 of the bitterly cold week and not as frigid as day 3/4 of the same week.  The temperature was below 0 Celsius on 5 of the seven days last week .  Days such as these were much the norm in Michigan where […]