Karine Bakhoum

My mom moved to Naples, Florida a few years ago and thus we go visit her there at least once, if not twice, a year. We decided to go for Easter break and as soon as we told our children, the first words out of my son's mouth were, "Are...

When the news about the Carnival Cruise shipwreck first hit, I didn't pay it much more attention then being as horrified as anyone else about what transpired until my husband Pascal mentioned, "Now might be the best time to book a cruise at a good price." The kids had winter...

Duck is one of those ingredients we tend to look at in the grocery store and then move on to the chicken section instead. Why? Because often we are not sure how to prepare it and this scares us! Cooking duck is easier than one might expect, and I highly...

There are many ways to think about this year's resolutions. We all want to be healthy, slim, happy, fit and better off financially than we were the previous year. We start the New Year with the best intentions, to start diets and exercise programs and steer clear of burgers and...

My love affair with lamb started when I was in college at the American University in Paris when we took a cultural weekend trip to the Mont St. Michel. I was of course fascinated by the story of this unique cultural and historical structure with a village and monastery built...

Anyone who knows me well knows that I wait all year for April Fool's Day. I plan it days in advance and spend the day fooling as many pals as I can. My mother won't even answer the phone on this...

Just the idea of eating bone marrow is pretty icky when you think about it; some might even consider it to be like cannibalism or a meal in the Night of the Living Dead. But, much like many other culinary delicacies, sometimes it's better not to really THINK about what...

It's the most wonderful time of the year... to eat truffles! When it comes to truffles, it's a simple matter of black and white. Some people swear by the white truffles, even organizing magnificent pilgrimages to hunt for them in Italy and then eat them atop of, well, almost everything....

Anyone who knows me personally knows that I am food obsessed. I love all sorts of food as long as it's tasty and I am committed to trying anything and everything (with the exception of Monkey brains from live Monkeys). I recently ate my first grasshopper during an Iron Chef...

Is it becoming a cliché to say New York is the culinary Capital of the World? Cliché or not, in my opinion it is more so now than ever before! From the myriad food neighborhoods we have to choose from, not to mention the recent Food Truck Revolution and gourmet...

I love, love, love sweetbreads! I remember sweetbread dishes I ate years and years ago as if it were yesterday and lament them. There was a time when sweetbreads were certainly more prominent on New York menus than they have been of late. Whenever I see them on a menu,...

New York has always been entangled in a wild love affair with Italian food. From the culinary delights of Little Italy to the family-style service of Carmines to the masterful refinement of Felidia, Cipriani and Sant Ambroeus, our romance with Italian food centers on its expansive range of flavors, regions,...