Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Choucroute Garnie at “Tony’s” Place*

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This past weekend we stopped in for lunch at Brasserie Les Halles*, which I always call “Tony’s Place” (Tony Bourdain). After placing an or...
Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Charcuterie at Bar Boulud

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Someone once said to me a long time ago, “The more you learn, the more you realize what you don’t know.” After having dinner at the new Bar ...
Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Much Ado About Nothing...

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It’s been several weeks since I visited the blogger site, and now that the holidays are over, I’m back. First, I’ll talk briefly about some...
Sunday, December 23, 2007

Paulie D., the Christmas Bird

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We’ve all heard the Christmas songs about animals: “Chrissy, the Christmas Mouse,” who lives in the bottom of Santa’s house. “Rudolph the Re...
Thursday, December 20, 2007

SOME OF MY FAVORITE CHEFS - TUNA TARTARE, RATATOUILLE, COQ AU VIN

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A few weeks ago, I attended a book signing at the Borders bookstore in Columbus Circle and met up close and personal several of my favorit...
Friday, December 7, 2007

Shopping in Hell

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About a month ago, I saw a write-up about “Food Shopping in Hell” on a website called The City Cook ( www.thecitycook.com ). It’s a great we...
Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Next Food Network Star -- Wishful Thinking

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Well, with Mario and Emeril off the main stream of things at the Food Network, they need a new "star"....the heck with spending mi...