by Dina R. D'Alessandro, RDN | Oct 12, 2008
Aside from both of us suffering from fantastic sinus headaches this weekend, Marc & I managed to check out the Hall of Human Origins at the American Museum of Natural History. Some info: After several million years of human evolution, only one hominid species...
by Dina R. D'Alessandro, RDN | Dec 5, 2007
I organize an in-house book club at my company and it’s pretty neat, if I do say so myself. In a little over a year-and-a-half, we’ve gone from a four-person quiet discussion to a 20-person roundtable which, at our last two meetings, included authors...
by Dina R. D'Alessandro, RDN | Jul 2, 2007
Marc made reservations for our 64th monthiversary last month at Amalia, an 8,000 square foot, bi-level restaurant and lounge which serves “an inventive American cuisine with a Mediterranean flair.” The décor in Amalia is modeled after the ornate Baroque...
by Dina R. D'Alessandro, RDN | Apr 2, 2007
A while back, Marc and I enjoyed a late-night dinner at Vong*, Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s Upper East Side restaurant where the cuisine is an “amalgam of carefully crafted French technique blended with the bold and earthy flavors of the Far East.” I...