The foodies on Chowhound and eGullet often sing the praises of their favorite Chinese food in New York; that being the food served at Grand Sichuan. I haven’t had a chance to make it over there yet, but the other night I had a brilliant idea. The brilliant idea went like this: “why don’t I…

Not sure if I’ve mentioned this yet, but I love the Barefoot Contessa.Ok, I am sure I’ve mentioned that—one of the sites that links to me writes “Barefoot Contessa worship” in its description of what I do. That may be true. The shrine to Ina Garten dominates my living room and prayers take extra long…

Joining us now as guest challenge-maker and guest immunity-judge is Jeremy from Frost Street (and more recently Gothamist Food). We sure appreciate his helping out and hope you all appreciate his challenge. It sure looks challenging. So, without further ado, here’s Jeremy…Greetings Surviving Gourmet Survivor Contestants:Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Jeremy, and…

The results of the first vote-off are in, and it is my sad duty to report them. Instead of using text, however, here’s a Quicktime tribute video to our first player voted off… Enjoy! (Those without Quicktime can cheat by holding their mouse over the file and seeing its name…but that isn’t any fun, is…

For her time machine ingenuity and her knack for kidnapping, Dallas has been given immunity by the Amateur Gourmet community. Which means that Survivor contestants: you have until tomorrow (Tuesday) night at 11 pm to e-mail me who you want voted off the island. Of course, because she is immune you can’t vote Dallas off…

And they’re off…or in. The posts, that is. All nine contenders for the title “Amateur Gourmet Survivor 2004” have submitted their entries via e-mail and I am about to post them here. The challenge was to cook a historical dish and our challengers met the challenge head-on. Your job, now, dear reader is to select…

Ate in a bordello tonight called “Strip House” with mom and dad. We were less than enthused with the service and dad thought his steak was tough (I liked mine). The highlight, though, for me was this heirloom tomato salad. Isn’t it beautiful? Tasted great too:And for those who’ve never eaten heirloom tomatoes, act quick…

Look, I’m not a restaurant critic. It takes a great deal out of me to write my pseudo-restaurant reviews. I’m pseudo-foodo. Not the real deal. I just like sharing either my (a) enthusiasm or (b) disappointment. So let me share my enthusiasm for our meal last night at Jean-Georges. It was wonderful. Put into context–with…

Amy Sedaris is many things: comedienne, David Letterman regular, David Sedaris sister, Jerry Blank (“Strangers with Candy”), “Wigfield” author, J. Lo co-star (see “Maid in Manhattan.”) She is also a cupcake purveyor.She purveys her cupcakes at Joe’s coffee shop in Greenwich Village where I went, the other day, to work on a play. I knew…