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Health and Wellness, Lifestyle

How to Build a Personal Wellness Kit for Everyday Health Needs

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Have you ever found yourself digging through drawers looking for a bandage after a kitchen mishap or scrambling to find pain relievers when a headache strikes? These moments tend to sneak up on all of us. That’s why having a personal wellness kit ready to go can be such a game-changer. Whether it’s minor aches, a sudden cold, or even a stressful day that leaves you mentally drained, a well-stocked kit can make life a lot easier.
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Food and Drink, Lifestyle

Sutton Cafe: Your Favorite Neighborhood Diner in Midtown East

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All Photos By Gail

Every neighborhood needs a quality, go-to Greek Diner — the place where you can get (almost) anything you crave, whether you show up for breakfast, lunch or dinner. In midtown east (on First Avenue just around the corner from 57th Street), Sutton Cafe Restaurant has been keeping customers fed and happy for 30 years — and that’s gotta be good!
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Food and Drink, Lifestyle

Jubilee French Restaurant: C’est Si Bon!

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Above Image Courtesy of Jubilee, All Other Photos By Anne Raso.

Do you like French food? I sure do. Recently, I was invited to dine with a couple of friends at Jubilee, an authentic French eatery that’s just a short trip up First Avenue from my east village flat. Owned and operated by Eric Macaire, head chef Luc Holie (formerly of the late, great L’Absinthe) and his amicable wife Ilda (the couple hail from Montpelier and Paris, respectively),  Jubilee is a neighborhood gem whose warmly decorated interior is elegant while remaining comfortable, cozy and charming. I felt welcome right away.

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Summer Food Fête 2016: The Recap!

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Columbia Crest Wines Hosted the Bar at Summer Food Fête 2016! (All Photos By Gail.  Click on any Image to Enlarge for Detail)

Ah, Summer foods; we love them. Food Fête is the place to find out what’s new in seasonal food trends, and its most recent Summer event, which took place in late June (in tandem with the Summer Fancy Food Show) was no exception. Please enjoy our findings and recommendations! Continue reading Summer Food Fête 2016: The Recap! →

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Love Cafe & Bar: Russian Home Cooking Comes to Kips Bay!

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Interior Photo Courtesy of Leigh Cort. All Food Photos by Anne Raso.

If you are a lover of Russian comfort food who thinks you have to hike it all the way out to Brighton Beach to taste Perogies and Chicken Kiev “like Grandma used to make,” then you will flip for Love Cafe and Bar, which recently opened in Manhattan’s up-and-coming Kips Bay neighborhood to astoundingly positive Yelp Reviews. And that says so much right there, because those Yelpers can be brutal.

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