"Interesting she says there’s not a Marcel in sight." ~~~~~~~~~ i don’t know about that. Stefan clearly rubs people the wrong way, and comes off as something of an elitist...to me, that’s totally Marcel. or maybe...

The lobsters in Annie Hall, anyone? Can I slide in a TV reference or two? Bass-o-matic and "cheeseburger cheeseburger, pepsi pepsi, chips chips." When Harry Met Sally – I’ll have what she’s having. And the apple...

of the hall to get a sample of (e.g.) Testarosa, doesn’t exactly give time for what one might call “critical evaluation.” Fortunately, too, I’m in a position where I have an opportunity to try many of...

It’s almost November and the old thread is really long at this point so I figured it was time to start a new one for 2009. Per Leslie @The Herald, Buddaken (nyc) signed a lease South of Fifth. Stephen Starr also owns...

-haired Tiffani — classic hall monitor type, bossy, controlling and righteous. What a pill.

TOAST, CITRUS SALAD, FRESH WILD BLUEBERRIES AND WILD BLUEBERRY COMPOTE ST.STEPHEN’S CROWN., 3 PUTTONYOS TOKAJI, HUNGARY 1999 The service was excellent on my visit, very unlike Kai’s experience below, which would have...

One of the most overrated....Town Hall. I don’t know why people love this place.

that used to be a catering hall. Re Dudley’s, I know that neighborhood was a stop on the Underground Railroad; I wonder if that trap door was used for the purpose?

Great post! Delaware – fried chicken and oysters. During the summer if one drives around the remaining back roads one can sometimes be lucky enough to come upon a fire hall having a chicken & oyster dinner. Macaroni salad...

E. Baier,* Brian F. Loncto, Robert L. Forsberg, and Anne E. Meyer – Industry/University Center for Biosurfaces, 110 Parker Hall, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, describes an experiment that...

If the show is going to be serious and food-focused, they shouldn’t have Bourdain there at all. He’s famous only for his books and personality, not his cooking. Les Halles is hardly in the top tier of NY restaurants....

Stephen Bell (formerly chef/owner) at Savory Tastes in Reading is now heading the kitchen at The Ship in Lynnfield www.theshiprestaurant.com . We were a fan of his restaurant but time will tell if the things we liked most, most...

. FN chef restaurant I most want to eat at: Les Halles. FN chef I’d most want to invite over to my house: Ina Garten. She’s sophisticated but not pretentious, she reminds me of Myrna Loy in the “Thin Man”...

?) in the Culmore shopping center where the Peking Gourmet is. It’s no-frills dining hall kinda atmosphere. It’s been a couple of years since I was last there, but I always thought their broth and ingredients were...

/smoked bacon (pancetta), eggs, cheese, pepper and salt. The “Carbonara Americana” came after WW2, when the GIs tasted the original and “improved” it in the mess halls by tossing in peas, shrooms,...