compassionate, excited and willing to get into the muck of things (How often do you see 3 Michelin star-chefs do you see peeling potatoes?) . So far the previews have me less than enthusiastic, but we’ll see.

The best I’ve ever had anywhere was made by the former Chef of Antonies (L’Messier) (Sutton Place) in Newport. Chef Messier was at Givanchy in Plam Desert, Le Chardonny in LA , the RITZ in Newport. Unfortunately...

I have to disagree with you about “going down swinging.” Lawsuits don’t come cheap, and there was no way he was going to win. What makes his decision to fight even more foolish is that I read an article in the...

chef would throw it out. If you do eat it, make sure you bring it up to at least 140 for 10 minutes to kill it off. I certainly wouldn’t serve it to any children, ill, or elderly people.

Knowing the chef (Okay, I’m jealous.)

Buying anything from Kraft is a suspect purchase but 2% or less is just disgraceful although not surprising. I think Kraft employs more food scientists then chefs or tasters.

I totally agree with your thoughts about Biba-Excelsior. But I wouldn’t blame Lydia for the menu as she is still part owner but not chef - Eric Brennan is the chef there – and Ken Himmel ‘fired’ Lydia...

English has become the Nero of chefs, fiddling around on TV while his kitchens burn.

In your father’s day, people were also a lot less lawsuit-happy. These days, in situations involving alcohol, businesspeople have to be cautious to the extreme, or they risk losing their business. If you brought your bottle...

is slightly smaller than in the previous incarnation a few years back, but the quality is at the same level. It is clearly not the same chef, but the differences are stylistic, rather than quality. If you like this sort of thing,...

oblivious to. Peter, as a lawyer, I strongly bject to a lawsuit as a proposed remedy on the part of the restaurants to this outrage. Blessedly this is over now, and the restaurants can cancel their calls to THEIR lawyers and...

Yes the potential is there. Nice looking space (although a second floor with no elevator? Lawsuit city!). Please hire more wait staff and train them.

When I spoke with the hostess few days ago, she corroborated the fact that the New Taste of Asia lost a lawsuit with the neighboring Lucky Wah. However, it is not clear at this point if and when they will have to close. This place...

I can understand a restaurant that has a baker/pastry chef on the premises being unhappy about a cake being brought in.

experience in Japan once, where a sushi chef retreived a flopping fish out of a tank in the window of the restaurant, fileted and skewered the fish without killing it, sliced the filets and daikon radish, placed it on top of the...