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Tea and Truffles at Chocolate Bar Henri Bendel


Punk Rock Cabinet de la Meridienne, Alison Nelson’s Chocolate Bar – located on the third floor atrium of Bendel’s – is the perfect respite for fair trade organic tea and single origin fair trade truffles.
After an exhibit at MoMA, a visit to the polar bears at the Central Park Zoo, or window shopping at Tiffany’s, […]

Hunters vs. Vegetarians: Who’s Greener?


Last Friday night I found myself literally stuck in the middle of one of those conversations most people never want to be stuck in the middle of.
While waiting for a concert to begin, I introduced two of my friends, one who has spent time in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula - my husband’s homeplace and one of […]

Slow Food in San Francisco Chronicle


Inside a former Olympic speed skating stadium in Turin, Italy, something very slow is taking place and spreading fast.
It’s the second Slow Food Terra Madre, a gathering of farmers, food producers, chefs and others who care about the quality, sustainability, regionalism and taste of the world’s food. Here’s a paragraph from the […]