Writing about food since 2004.
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Adam Roberts
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Is Anything Ever Really New In The Food World?
It’s that time of year again. First comes the “What To Do With Leftover Candy?” and the blood-tinted Halloween punch; then we’re in turkey month—just look at those glossies at your supermarket checkout—and, faster than you can say “hot buttered rum,” there’ll be the Bûche de Noëls, the potato latkes, and glasses of champagne to…
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A Thanksgiving Banner, Fewer Ads
Load up the site today and things’ll be looking a bit different. First of all, there’s the terrific new banner from Lindy Groening which came to me on a whim while we were brainstorming potential Thanksgiving Day banners for November. So thanks, Lindy, for that. And then you’ll notice there’s no more giant ad over…
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Let’s Not Be Paternalistic About Food
In all the debate that goes on in this country about what people eat and how we need to reform the American diet, it’s always taken as a given that people who attempt to nourish themselves and their children on fast food need to be educated, need to be reformed. There’s a sense that we…
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A Gory Banner
I’ll confess that I didn’t immediately get this month’s Halloween-themed banner by Lindy Groening. When I asked her what was happening in the image, she wrote: “In tribute to all those people who have filmed their own horror movie using ketchup for blood…It’s you, stabbing the ketchup bottle, as ketchup flies out everywhere, and zombie…
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True Adolescents Out on DVD Today
At long last, Craig’s movie TRUE ADOLESCENTS–which was a New York Times Critic’s Pick last month (careful, that review has a major spoiler!)–is available on DVD and on iTunes. Buy it here on Amazon or watch it right now in HD on the iTunes Music Store. Make sure to rate it when you’re done watching…
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Is “The Best Chocolate Cake In The World” The Best Chocolate Cake In The World?
About a year ago, a place opened up in SoHo/Nolita called “The Best Chocolate Cake in The World.” A tongue-in-cheek act of hubris, sort of like the novel “Winner of the National Book Award,” foodies were skeptical. Many who went there dismissed it as overrated. Me? I forgot about it. But last week, after having…
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A Fresh New Look
For the past few weeks, my fearless website designer Raphael Brion has been slaving away trying to make this site look even better. And, if you look up, look down, look left, look right, I think you’ll have to agree: Raphael hit this one out of the park. My blog was the dowdy girl with…
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Orange Cranberry Scones
Chef Anita Lo, who you’ll meet on next week’s episode of “Someone’s In The Kitchen With,” made a point to say that her mentors were David and Karen Waltuck, the proprietors of the legendary restaurant Chanterelle. This fact stayed with me after Chef Lo left my apartment and when I found myself, a few hours…
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Someone’s In The Kitchen With…Lauren Shockey
It’s not every day that one of New York City’s anonymous food critics comes to your apartment and unmasks herself on your web show to all the world. But that’s precisely what happened when Village Voice food critic Lauren Shockey stopped by to talk about her brand new book, “Four Kitchens,” a book that covers…
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New York’s Best Lunch Deal is at Jean-Georges (But We Ate at Nougatine)
At the very tippy top of the New York restaurant pyramid sits Jean-Georges. It’s up there with Daniel, Per Se, Del Posto, Eleven Madison Park and Le Bernardin; the only restaurants that currently have four stars from The New York Times. What separates Jean-Georges from the bunch, though, is that you can eat lunch there…
