I’ve gotten along quite well with my Pierre Franey NYT 60-Minute Gourmet. It was laying on a top shelf in a kitchen of a place I rented, and looked like it had been there forever and a day. I had never heard of Franey...

something being overcooked, or a sauce not working well, etc.). It might be because some of the items are risky, and therefore not as likely to please everyone (sort of like Pierre Gagnaire). When the cooked dishes are great,...

) for fresh oysters at happy hour, and at dinner, all you can eat stone crabs for $35. I had the stone crabs Monday night. Excellent. Pierre's, a fancy joint at Cheeca Lodge, is fantastic. But the prices are scary. Breakfast at...

. Sunday Suppers at Lucques. Simple, earthy yet sophisticated flavors, by season. Desserts by Pierre Hermes. Spectacular food porn and also good reference for classic French baking techniques.

FWIW, here are the Michelin stars in London: cheznico 90 Park Lane Mayfair John Burton-Race 222 Marylebone Rd Regent’s Park and Marylebone The Oak Room Marco Pierre White 21 Piccadilly Mayfair Gordon Ramsay 68-69 Royal...

world but heavily leans toward California, France, and Italian—Oregon is not well represented. I jumped at the opportunity to taste an Austrian Blaufrankisch from Peter Schandl (I had just tried my first wine made with that...

$90 for a prterhouse for two is seen as pricey for some. I think it’s a bargain at Peter Luger, but at “Joe's” steakhouse, it’s pricey. I don’t think it’s as simple as if you have to ask.

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I really cannot understand why we do not have a really first-rate pastisserie! While I would love something along the lines of Pierre Herme, Lenotre or Laduree, I realize that that might be asking a little too much. But for the...

A Peter Luger’s Porterhouse for 2 served for 1 (me).

,I think the author of the book was the narrator of the movie,but I can’t remember his name. Top Secret is with Val Kilmer,Jeremy Kemp ,Peter Cushing,Michael Gough and Omar Shariff.It’s a spoof of spy movies...

's really good. I did manage to eat at Marco Pierre White’s when he was at The Hyde Park Hotel and The Oak Room and I thought both meals were great. Modern British-Modern British is the oddest category of food around....