It was pleasing enough that my old friends had come; to bring a Chateau Montelena Cabernet was extra pleasing.

Just when you thought the World Wide Web would unravel under the weight of another food blog, along comes Tim Riley. The smart, angry recent CIA grad recently launched one of the most enjoyable gastro-blogs around.

Three remarkable wines for a remarkable dinner.

Present Moment is an organic restaurant as good as any in the country. It’s extremely advanced for being in a Grille Towne. It’s on West King St./Leonardi.

No! I made an unfortunate choice of words. NO need for a moment of silence in that sense. I should have raised a glass, instead, because I was grateful the book had guided me to two good restaurants in just the last few days....

Eaten at both recently. For food alone, they are very similar restaurants, really on the same level in terms purely of “oh wow” moments, of really exciting flavor, in my experience (did tasting at both.) Boulud was...

The semi-boneless aka “the easy carve leg.” Carving a leg of lamb is not difficult if you are in the kitchen buy your self and have a moment to reorganize the presentation. The semi-boneless allows for a more fluid...

at the present moment victory is undergoing renovation

, ordered an entree of duck from the regular menu, and was presented with a hughly oversized plate with literally 6 small bites of duck over a very small mound of salad greens and 1 small spring roll. It was literally like having...

, but the portions are extremely generous. And it’s BYOB at the moment, which is really nice. There are only two problems I have with it at the moment. One (minor) one is that they don’t have dessert at the moment....

of the govenment cafs. were open to the U.S. citizens, just present your drivers lic.

, and the good news is that it did indeed live up. Some sample dishes: We only ordered one appetizer for the table, crab mascarpone cheesecake with sweet corn cream. Excellent quality, very pretty presentation, portion large enough...

That is actually a very cool web site presentation

I hope to try the Triple George when I’m there in a couple of weeks. I’ve heard the chicken pot pie is one especially good item. One other idea: If you haven’t been to the Great Moments Room in the Las Vegas...

I’m coming in from Australia for 5 days to NYC. Am a definite foodie, have a reservation at Per Se, toying with Daniel etc. Can you please tell me where the best eating in town is at the moment....have not been for over a...