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Our memories of a place are all tied up with our tastebuds and most people can name the one city where they first discovered food, in a serious, dedicated way. I can't cough up any elegantly Proustian memories when I think of the years Tommy and I lived Read More...
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Hotel restaurants used to be relentlessly depressing places. Even when they got all dressed up they had a slumped, Death of a Salesman feel about them. That's because they mostly attracted the hotel guests who were too drunk, stoned, or tired to step Read More...
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So if you thought my 24-hour tour of a couple places to eat in Providence, R.I., qualified as whirlwind, then my foodie time in Philly was a veritable lightning strike. I was there on a completely unrelated story, and thanks to various factors, by the Read More...
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Filed under: Books , Cookbook of the Day Philadelphia, the city I now call home, had its first major restaurant renaissance back in the mid-seventies. Frog, a somewhat fancy restaurant tucked away in an old store front, and its sister eatery, The Commissary, Read More...
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In spring, in conjunction with "The Today Show," Zagat came out with a Top 10 list of the best national fast-food restaurants in the country. A couple Web sites have picked up on it again recently, resurrecting the debate about what the best fast-food Read More...
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In the James Beard award-winning book A Thousand Years Over A Hot Stove , Laura Schenone told the stories of American women, primarily through food and recipes. Her latest book is a more personal memoir, The Lost Ravioli Recipes of Hoboken A Search for Read More...
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The Michelin Guide's 2008 San Francisco-area edition is coming out soon, but they've just released the names of all the restaurants that have earned stars. Notably, only one establishment earned the coveted three stars--The French Laundry, again. (New Read More...
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British meat maven and celebrity chef Fergus Henderson is in America, pushing new boundaries of adventurous eating. Decanter.com yesterday reported that the man served "seafood together with an iPod loaded with the sound of crashing waves" at a tribute Read More...
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Maybe because it's so influential--and, according to some, so French--the Michelin Guide been a continual source of mystery to Americans ever since it first began reviewing New York restaurants in 2005. Director Jean-Luc Naret tried to dispel some of Read More...
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Advance copies of the Michelin Guide to New York City 2008 were released this morning, with three three-star restaurants, six two-star restaurants, and 33 one-star restaurants out of the total 565 covered. Among those singled out for particular praise Read More...
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This week I scored big. In addition to finishing off a pint of burnt caramel ice cream I found a dusty but still strongly bound first edition of Laughter on the Hill , a book about a young woman who moved to San Francisco alone in the winter of 1940. Read More...
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Filed under: West Coast , Restaurants , Books , Raves & Reviews , America It's no secret that I am obsessed with Jonathan Gold . "Who the heck is Jonathan Gold?" some of you may be asking. Don't worry, I'm not offended that you may not know. If you Read More...
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Filed under: Restaurants , Business , Recipes , Books , Comfort Food , Retro cookery I just picked up a great little book on the history of Horn & Hardart's Automat eating establishments, those very cool restaurants from decades ago (the last one Read More...
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Filed under: Restaurants , Business , Books , Magazines , Television/Film , Newspapers , On the Blogs , Lists An email I received from Jessica's Biscuit pointed out that the nominees for the International Association of Culinary Professions Awards ( IACP Read More...
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Yesterday, I attended the best cookbook event ever. Book signings are now more a professional obligation than a fun diversion, but I'm very glad I stopped in at the Bayanihan Community Center to see Amy Besa and Romy Dorotan. This wasn't your usual book Read More...
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