Introduction

Hi there!

I am a chef, restaurateur, table-scaper, artisanal cheese maker, wine lover, centerpiece designer and locavore stuck in a lawyer's body.

As I slowly learn to make better food and desperately try to inherit my mother's inherent cooking skills I also can spend the extra $2 to get bread that is made in NY, delicious cheese made in VT and juice made in NJ. Waiting for my cooking skills to improve leads me to eat out a lot. Luckily, I live in one of the best culinary locations in world: Park Slope, Brooklyn. I explore these places with a delightful ladies dining club, family, friends and my lovely soon-to-be-husband.

My lawyer body wants me to be rational when writing about what I eat and where I go when I eat. Three long years of law school and three years of practice have all but wiped out my regular writing skills. So I will be IRAC-ing in my posts. IRAC is a writing pattern learned during the first days of law school. Issue. Rule. Application. Conclusion. The issue for this blog is where can I eat well in Brooklyn and beyond with local ingredients, decently priced wine lists, terrific atmosphere and delicious and compelling meals.

I will start with my most recent meals and work backwards based on taste-memory and special favorites, all while continuing to eat my way through Brooklyn.

Cheers!