Sound Off!

I know. I owe you a lot of writing. I haven't been loyal to blogging because of a lot of reasons.

Truth is: I need your help.

In order to keep writing and bringing fresh stories and reviews your way, I need to look at rebranding this website/logo - refreshing from top to bottom.

I feel silly using the term "girl" and I'd rather not use the term "foodie" - but obviously, I'm not above it.

I'm also on the road a lot and can offer insights to a lot of different restaurants both nationally and internationally.

So what do you think, fellow foodies?

What are your thoughts about combining food, wine, restaurants and travel all-in-one, but with a homebase of right here in NYC....

I'm ready for that next step! Go ahead and SOUND OFF!

Cookies for Kids’ Cancer

Paul Rudd, Marc Murphy, and Gretchen Holt-Witt 
©Sylvain Gaboury/Patrick McMullan

The third annual Chefs for Kids' Cancer benefit hosted by Cookies for Kids' Cancer, a nonprofit organization funding pediatric cancer research, was held recently at Metropolitan West. It was an incredible event with virtually every top chef (Mario Batali, Bobby Flay, Marc Murphy, James Kent, Dan Kluger, Justin Smillie, et al.) cooking for individual tables. A few of our favorite photos are below, but in this album find more shots of notable guests including actor Paul Rudd, Princess Beatrice, radio host Elvis Duran, and actress/musician Jill Hennessy.

This year's benefit raised more than $1 million (and counting!) to fund pediatric cancer treatments. Cookies for Kids' Cancer was founded by Gretchen and Larry Witt, who lost their son Liam to pediatric cancer at the age of six. The couple realized a major gap in funding for pediatric cancer research, and, inspired by their son's own battle with the disease, they decided to take action and bake 96,000 cookies as a larger-than-life fundraiser to help fund a treatment in development.

This extraordinary bake sale raised more than $420,000 and helped to fund a treatment children are receiving today. Through the concept of local events and online cookie sales, Cookies for Kids’ Cancer has granted more than $10 million to date, funding six dozen research projects, including 32 that are now treatments available for children battling cancer today.

Please help http://www.cookiesforkidscancer.org/Site/Donate

OR better yet, BUY COOKIES! All proceeds go back to the organization: http://wwwcookiesforkidscancer.org/Shop/Cookies

                                     

                            Mario Batali, Cookies for Kids' Cancer Founder Gretchen Holt-Witt,
                                     and Bobby Flay©Sylvain Gaboury/Patrick McMullan 

The Great Valentine's Freeze

This will be the first year in many that we're not going out to a Valentine's Day dinner.
It's too darn cold outside.
Instead, we'll enjoy a surf and turf courtesy of my husband's talents in the kitchen.
And, that's it.
Nothing special, yet still looking forward to the simplicity of dining in this year.
Wishing you and yours to stay warm!
From the tundra that is NYC,
NYC Foodie Girl

Back to Work

2015 was a year that NYC Foodie Girl had to re-boot, per se.

It's not that we didn't dine out, it's merely a barrage of circumstances that precluded my ability to post and write for my blog on a regular basis.

I'm aiming for 2016 to be much better. Focusing on foodie events, restaurants, product reviews and of course, travel.

If you have any suggestions, I'm always ready and willing to listen! I have to check my inbox for some invites that have come my way, too. I can't tell you how much I appreciate your emails, invitations and suggestions for this website! Keep them coming! And, remember: Life is too short to eat bad food.