the next morning. It was held at the Grand Rex, a huge old cinema with comfy leather seats. So comfy that in spite of the very loud excitement – whistles, and everyone chanting ‘les lapins’ when they thought...

/nr Little India, with good vegetarian choices, including Mavalli Palace, Pongal, Kasturi, and Vatan (dinner only), as well as nr Les Halles and Park Ave bistros. La Pizza Fresca, in Jim’s book, is at 31 E 20th, in the block...

Les Halles – the food is reasonably priced but uninspired. The service and attitudes of the staff are horrible.

) - different vintages of the same wine (Saintsbury Pinot Noir from 2001, 2002 and 2003) - all or part of the range of wines made by a given producer (Beyer’s three riesling cuvées — Réserve, Les Écaillers and Comte...

). Point is, the chefs who do this (hundreds, from Kichachi in Tokyo, Jeremiah Tower, winery chefs from Mondavi, Beringer, Wente and more, the chefs at the Ritz Carlton Laguna Nigel, Michel Trama from lAubergade les Loges –...

was rolled in cocoa nibs. It was very good. I liked Bayona very much in spite of the service issue. Total including a well priced bottle of 2001 Savigny les Beaune Domaine Pavelot was $167.92 + tip. In summary, while you can eat...

Ahhh . . . Russ and Daughters was my first thought too. Whenever I go to New York my last stop on the way to the airport is Tal Bagel in midtown and Russ and Daughters on the LES, for my plane meal.

" in cookbooks that are put out by restaurants. For instance, my Balthazar and Les Halles books talk about ways that they make the dish dif. in their restaurant kitchen. I don’t have a sizzling hot oven like they have at...

A tangential question for les maitres (et maitresse) du vin: Have the Alsatian vintners “done it right?” I find most of the top Alsatian rieslings I have tried much more to my liking than their German counterparts. I...

of chickpeas and olives on a bed of lettuce. Dessert was fresh cherries. Wine was Clos des Fées’s 2005 Les Sorcières, an easy-drinking red blend (carignan, grenache and mourvèdre reportedly) from the Côtes du Roussillon...

Ha, I don’t think Bravo would ever disclose actual copies. However, the recipe rule is new, as is the no-contact rule. (Contestants were unable to socialize or communicate with anyone but each other, which les to them...

Let me start by saying that I don’t consider myself to be any sort of food/service/ambiance snob....but I do expect above average of all three when spending over $40 per person on food alone. That said, here is the story of...

in this presentation. The poetic/ritualized breakdown of an individual dish into component parts has its inspiration in one of the Adria brothers' most celebrated inventions: el plat de les especies. There are now innumerable...

Heaven on Seven (on Rush)—cajun. Blackies—bar burgers Bin 36—Wine bar ambience downstairs, fine dining upstairs Les Nomades—Haute cuisine; expensive but one of the best Spiaggia—up the street a bit, on...

, 20578 Les Nomades: 23859 (positive), 13965 (semi-negative) North Pond Café: 19945 Opera: 21507, 21520 Oysy: 23006 Pili Pili: 29361, 28910 Red Light: 22249 Speakeasy: 29693 Spiaggia: 14257 Spring: 24871, 15097 Sugar: 15524 (semi-negative,...