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Having It Some

I’m Allison Robicelli: a chef, entrepreneur, author, blogger, speaker, wife, mother, and “other”. At any given moment I am failing at — minimum — one of these.

The Great Wall of Seltzer
If there is one flavor that sums up my entire Italian-American upbringing in Dyker Heights, it’s seltzer.
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Embracing My Thirties, As a Stranger Pees on Me
The August sun warmed my shoulders as I placed my youngest son in the “stop and frisk” position against the barricades of the “Peek-a-Bug…
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I Survived Three Rounds on ‘Chopped’
Last week, my gigantic head was plastered on televisions across the country when I appeared as a contestant on Food Network’s Chopped.
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I Don’t Understand America
When I was a kid growing up in Brooklyn, I didn’t travel, as my father didn't see much use for it.
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The Sad Story of Paula Deen
The Queen of Food Network, Paula Deen, has been fired for, as I’ve seen described by 50% of internet users, “being a horrible old racist…
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It’s Complicated: Me and James Joyce in the Age of Facebook
In which a contemporary Irish novelist spends Bloomsday (June 16) wondering how to describe his relationship with the legendary writer
Julian Gough9 min read
A Conversation About Planning My Son’s Wedding
“Mommy?” “Yes, Toby?” “Do you have any bows? Like the ones for your hair?”
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The Awful Truth About Jogging
You thought I wouldn’t find out, runners? Your lies stop now!
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The “Great” Googa Mooga
Seriously Jebus! What the fuck do you have against this thing?!?!!
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What Tourists Need to Know About NYC
There is no more important rule to surviving in this town than this
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Cupcake Wars
Cupcakes are officially over everybody! The internet says so.
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A Letter to a First-Time Father
As I write this, one of my best friends is waiting for his first child to make her entrance into the world.
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