Valerie Peterson – stories

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You've arrived at / stumbled upon / are attempting to spam the website of Valerie Peterson — writer, producer, and sometimes even director.

Valerie tells stories — made up and true, dramatic and comedic — through a variety of media. She is bookish and TVish, mysterious, foodish and wine-y.

Here, Valerie opinionates and shares her intrepid daily adventures* in NYC and beyond.

*Keep in mind that while you might not count, say, a trip to Whole Foods Bowery as an "intrepid adventure," Valerie spends an awful lot of time in front of the computer.

Glanders Inoculation cocktail with Bittermens Krupnik bitters and Russian Standard Potato Vodka

Glanders Inoculation

Tonight at 10 o'clock, Season 5 of The Americans premieres — and in-spy-red me to invent The Glanders Inoculation... Print Valerie's ...

photo of bestselling author Michael Connelly by Mark DeLong Photography

Michael Connelly’s Book vs. TV Writing Insights

"On the show... we can only reveal [the character Harry Bosch] through what he says and does. Action and dialogue." For a quick, satisfying ...

typewriter with saying

Sharing Inspiration…

A photo posted by Brian Antoni (@brianantoni) on Jul 11, 2016 at 6:47pm PDT ...

Marilyn Monroe reading Ulysses

Bloomsday 2016

"Love loves to love love." - James Joyce, "Ulysses" (1922), in a sentiment sorely needed this week. #Bloomsday pic.twitter.com/opdynUp9fg — ...

Easter egg decorating table with colored eggs, decorating supplies and wine.

Wine Selections for a Hard-Boiled “Rebirth”

Next week, millions of decorated eggs will be "rebirthed" into lunches and hors d'oeuvres — which prompted me to ask Suzanne Taylor — aka Somm ...

Norooz table set with holiday delicacies

“Turn Our Feelings to the Best Possible”

What started as a quick question about an egg tradition hatched into this lovely guest post from Taraneh Hill, who has been an unflagging ...