Sometimes you just need to indulge yourself in a full on “fat kid food” day. You know the kinda day where you wear your largest, stretchiest sweatpants and no calories are counted. This is exactly what I did here with this massively cheesy and meaty mac & cheese along with a side of these quick…
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New Year, New Me! JK – same shit, same me. I have, and always will, love me some legit NYC bagels. And trust me, it really does make a difference that it is a legit NYC bagel. We’ve all heard the stories, where the bagel-makers lend the extra flavor into their craft via the city…
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Now that it’s getting colder out, it’s making me reminisce of the few times we spent at the Jersey Shore. As much as we wanted to make it out to Seaside Heights and revel in our favorite trashy reality TV show’s hot spots, we’ve actually only made it out to Asbury Park in New Jersey.…
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Rizzo’s is an institution here in Astoria, NY. Opened in 1959 by brothers of the same surname, they’ve not only managed to thrive for 60+ years by the same family, but also opened an additional location in the LES. It’s crazy to think of that as long as I’ve lived in Astoria (8 years or…
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For whatever reason, I have a strange affinity for smuggling local foodstuffs into the US when traveling overseas. Going through customs is always a little worrisome for me, but knock on wood, I have yet to be caught. I’m reeeally going out on a limb here and assuming y’all reading this aren’t gonna snitch on…
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I have no idea how the Instagram algorithm works- like no fucking clue. How a gorgeous dry aged ribeye steak from a 4 star restaurant gets a couple hundred likes versus my homemade stupid Italian sausage pasta which has now almost 2K. Like, baffling. Anyway, here’s the recipe for those that have bombarded my comments…
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I’ll be honest – I have A LOT of dumb people posting stupid shit on my Instagram. Whether it be, “this pasta isn’t real Italian food”, to “this looks disgusting”, to “u ugly” (LOL honey, come on now)… I mostly end up laughing and writing them back with something unamusingly nasty. What actually DOES piss…
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