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  • Esca

    Esca

    It’s hard to write about Esca because Esca doesn’t seem real. The first time I ate there, it was for Chapter 8 of my book, the chapter where I met Ruth Reichl for lunch. I was so nervous that day, so focused on the person I was about to meet, that the restaurant didn’t feel…

  • Quesadilla at The Brooklyn Flea

    Quesadilla at The Brooklyn Flea

    Hyperbole is the crutch of the lazy food writer. Take the post below this:

  • Taste of New York 2008

    Taste of New York 2008

    After attending last night’s Taste of New York event, I can say, with great certainty, that this year is the year of the octopus. I lost my little pamphlet that tells you who was serving what, but off the top off my head I can tell you that Craft, Dell’anima, and Insieme were all serving…

  • The (New) 2nd Ave. Deli

    The (New) 2nd Ave. Deli

    Oh, The 2nd Ave. Deli. Remember how much I loved it? I blogged about the original here, here, and here. It was my favorite New York Deli; more inviting than Katz’s, less touristy than Carnegie. And then it disappeared and became a Chase Manhattan Bank. When the new one opened up on 3rd Ave. and…

  • Karahi (Indian Food in the West Village)

    Karahi (Indian Food in the West Village)

    We all know that the first rule of real estate is “location! location! location!” Apparently, though, it’s also the first rule of New York friendships. Want to see a lot of someone you really like? It helps to live in the same borough. Take my friend Lisa, for example. There was a time we both…

  • Dinner and a…. [K-Town Chicken + Karaoke; Bar Boulud & “Dr. Atomic”]

    Dinner and a…. [K-Town Chicken + Karaoke; Bar Boulud & “Dr. Atomic”]

    One subject everyone can relate to, regardless of where you live in the country, is the decision-making process one goes through when one plans a night on the town. Of course, there’s dinner but what to do after dinner? And how important is the after dinner activity when choosing where to eat dinner? If you…

  • Szechuan Gourmet

    Szechuan Gourmet

    If I had my druthers, Sally Struthers, I’d take my iPhone and throw it into a lake. It’s ruining my life. I hate being so connected, I hate that my pocket vibrates any time someone comments on my facebook status; I hate that I update my facebook status while standing in line at the post…

  • Tim Horton & Frank Pepe

    Tim Horton & Frank Pepe

    Beware: when driving back from Cape Cod to New York, be wary of any Canadians or Yalies in your car. In our case, we had Dara (a Canadian) and Amir (a Yalie) both of whom were responsible for thousands of calories consumed against my innocent, food-shirking will. Why must food obsessives force me, a health-nut,…

  • Dinner at Fairway Cafe

    Dinner at Fairway Cafe

    My friend Lisa recently moved to her own apartment on the Upper West Side and before I left for my trip, I went uptown to see the place, to give it my blessing (I smashed a bottle of Bartles & James on the door), and to join her for dinner. “Where should we go?” asked…

  • My Dungeness Crab Adventure

    My Dungeness Crab Adventure

    Let’s say you’re growing up in Boca Raton, Florida and you’re looking at a map and someone says to you, “Point to a place in America that seems the most exotic to you, the most far away?” there’s a good chance you might point to Washington State. After all, it’s pretty much as far as…