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September 5, 2010 By cheryl

Hotel Delmano: The Last Toast of Summer


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Labor Day weekend in the City and it can feel as if the world has fled to the beach.

For the less privileged, this is prime playtime in New York, however — packed restaurants are emptier, exclusive bars suddenly become accessible.

With Hurricane Earl nowhere in sight, the sky is a saturated cerulean; a light breeze cuts through the waning warmth. We are in Williamsburg, my writer friend Mr. B and I, for an afternoon of nursing our disappointments at not being at a beach ourselves. But mostly, to catch up on this Writing thing that we do.

“I want you to check out this bar,” he says, “I think you’d really like it.”

And so we find ourselves sliding into seats outside the Hotel Delmano, watching the too-hip rompers and ankle boots and tousled-just-so hairdos amble by.

The thing here is the cocktails. It’s mid-afternoon — but a holiday weekend, we reason — so we decide to oblige …

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Filed Under: Boites, Brooklyn, Cocktails, New York, Restaurants Tagged With: Amy Tan, Beach, Brooklyn, Cocktails, Coriander, Drinks, Elderflower liqueur, Fernet-Branca, Gin, Hemingway, Hotel Delmano, James Baldwin, Jamon Serrano, Keith McNally, Lemon, Milk & Honey, Mint, Odeon, Pastis, San Francisco, St. Germain, St. Helen's, Thyme, Vodka, Williamsburg

July 3, 2009 By cheryl

A Mouth Full of Booger


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Slowly and carefully, Greg and I chewed, on the verge of both laughter and disgust as we tried to put a name to what it was we were tasting.

“It’s like a bad taco,” Greg said.

“Tequila or margaritas — regurgitated,” I said, thinking suddenly of a college night long, long ago.

It was actually vomit that we were sampling — vomit-flavored jelly beans, to be precise.

When we had passed a display of rather unappetizing-sounding new Jelly Belly flavors at the Fancy Food Show in New York City, we had known it was a silly gimmick but hadn’t been able to resist. And so we spent some unpleasant minutes with mouths full of centipede (which tasted like grass and earth), skunk spray (as billed) and canned dog food (think Chef Boyardee). (Canned dog food and centipede are new this year.)

Drawing the line at Baby Wipes, we decided to walk away while our tastebuds were still intact.

“I still taste Booger in my mouth,” Greg whispered as we slunk away.

Well, somewhat intact, I suppose.

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Filed Under: New York, Snacks, Sweets Tagged With: Acai, Baby Wipes, Bacon Lollipops, Baltimore Sun, Blood orange, Centipede, Chef Boyardee, Chocolate, Citrus, Das Foods, Dog Food, Earl Grey, Efferve, Fancy Food Show, Green tea, Grits, Houston Chronicle, Jelly beans, Jelly Belly, Knipschildt Chocolatier, Marmalade, National Association for the Specialty Food Trade, New Hampshire, San Francisco, Sara Engram, Sid Wainer, Skunk Spray, Smart Spice, Tcho, The Seasoned Palate, The Spice Kitchen, Toblerone, Village Mixes, Vomit, Yorkshire Tea, Yuzu

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