Marlow & Sons The first time I visited Marlow & Sons it was in the company of a food-loving friend. She couldn’t wait to take me to some of her favorite Brooklyn food haunts. I couldn’t wait to engage in this little culinary adventure. Mind you, Jennifer and I had never met in person. We shared foodie moments on facebook where I post beautiful photos of memorable meals and she delights in the visual displays of food rapture. First we ordered a soup that rivaled my grandmother’s zuppa di Josephine. I am a big fan ...
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True Confession
True confession: my love affair with chocolate began with Little Debbie Nutty Bars. You know, those long wafer-like cookies filled with fake peanut butter and dipped in chocolate. Yes, I loved those crunchy bars of peanut butter wonder. Heck, I was a kid. What did I know about chocolate? There wasn’t a whole lot of chocolate in my childhood. My mother was on a perpetual diet and my grandmother, the cook in the family, had a proclivity for lemon. Lemon pie. Lemon cake. Lemon cookies. I suspect she was pining for the subtle scent of ...
A One Night (Epicurean) Stand
“Are those mushrooms?” “Roasted mushrooms topped with a fried egg, pancetta, and ricotta salata. They make their own cheese here. You must be from out of town,” the gentleman says with a quizzical look in his eyes. I don’t tell him I walked by the restaurant four times before finding the entrance. I drop my satchel and climb onto the bar stool, still eyeing the ricotta salata, “I’m attending a business development seminar at Urban Zen.” He leaned in a little closer, “Well, you can’t leave this restaurant without trying the mushrooms. It’s their signature ...
Sue Ann Gleason
Sue Ann Gleason is a culinary nutritionist, radiant life expert, and writer living in the Washington, DC area with her husband John. When not working with clients, she can be found sampling exotic chocolates or building broccoli forests in her mashed potatoes.
