In part two, we continue with the “best of”…in our humble opinions. Here are A-Tooch’s NYC favs. Chow on, friends! Manhattan favs according to A-Tooch: For Indian food: Bhatti The food in Curry Hill (aka Murray Hill) tops that of Curry Row (E. 6th St.) and Bhatti is the best. So is their lunch deal. […]
Category Archives: Italian
Prince Pasta’s 100th Anniversary
Prince Pasta, born in Boston’s North End on Prince Street, is celebrating its 100th anniversary. Prince’s slogan is “Wednesday is Prince Spaghetti day.” Well, that’s a slogan we can stand behind. Everyday is pasta day in Miss Niss’s home. Earlier this summer, Prince sent us 100th anniversary packages including Prince spaghetti, an apron and a […]
Piattini Wine Cafe – Boston
At the beginning of the summer, Miss Niss was invited to experience the menu at Piattini Wine Cafe, located on Newbury Street on Boston. I knew my answer immediately. Did I want to indulge in wine and cheesy plates of pasta? Absolutely. Should I wait until after my wedding when the “diet” was over so […]
Graffiato – Washington, DC
Last weekend was a good weekend. Two of A-Tooch’s obsessions made an appearance — Syracuse basketball and Top Chef. After the big Syracuse win, BF and I went searching for a celebratory dinner in the barren wasteland known as the area near the Verizon Center in DC. Enter: Top Chef contestant Mike Isabella’s Graffiato. Two […]
Holiday Gluttony
The end of December is a time for gluttony. TFAW are always willing to join in the trend. Here are just a few shots of Christmas at the Tooch household… plus post-Christmas at the extended Tooch family household in New Hampshire… and everything else along the way. Vanilla bean and coconut bourbon cake – an […]
Minestrone Soup: Dinner of the Week
Miss Yunks’ new dinner plan is to make enough of one recipe to last for a whole week. Sometimes the work week is too busy and unpredictable to make a new recipe each night, and I hardly want to start cooking after a long work day. I’ve never really been into leftovers, but lately it’s […]
Frank Pepe’s Pizzeria – New Haven
OK New Englanders: you may have heard of Frank Pepe’s legendary pizza in New Haven, CT, but A-Tooch had not. Until this past weekend, that is. Why would a New Yorker need to know anything about “famous” pizza outside of the city? On our way back from snowboarding in Vermont, the bf suggested we check […]




