Me, a gavone?

Call me whatever you like, but I don’t think you can call me a gavone unless one day of virtual filter feeding in New York City is enough to make me a glutton. Wow, did I ever eat and drink a lot last Saturday during a gastronomic ramble through NYC’s Chinatown and Little [...]

Vintage TV: David Susskind and Six NY Restaurateurs

Watch five once-famous restaurateurs and Sirio Maccione talk about what is takes to make a great restaurant. You will notice that none of them are chefs and recall that it was not that long ago that chefs became the principal public representatives of the restaurant business. Before chefs, it was the “suits” who ruled the [...]

Is Fat Duck Victim of Sabotage?

“Celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal had to close the world-famous Fat Duck last week after 40 customers fell ill.”Fat Duck food poisoning scare: Was it sabotage? | Mail Online
The best sauce in the world is hunger.

Is Fat Duck Victim of Sabotage?

“Celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal had to close the world-famous Fat Duck last week after 40 customers fell ill.”Fat Duck food poisoning scare: Was it sabotage? | Mail Online
The best sauce in the world is hunger.

Never Say "Never"

This list of things one should never do in a restaurant is not only conspicuous for it’s exclusion of truly foolish behaviors like trying to tip the server with an angry dog or arriving with your own china and flatware because you read about some dive where that had been cited by the health [...]

Never Say "Never"

This list of things one should never do in a restaurant is not only conspicuous for it’s exclusion of truly foolish behaviors like trying to tip the server with an angry dog or arriving with your own china and flatware because you read about some dive where that had been cited by the health [...]

What does it take to get a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence?

Well, according to Robin Goldstein, the author of The Wine Trials , nothing more than a lively imagination and payment of $250.00 fee. Robin submitted the menu of a fictitious restaurant sporting a high priced “reserve” wine list made up (depending on who you choose to believe: Goldstein or The Wine Spectator) largely or partially [...]

What does it take to get a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence?

Well, according to Robin Goldstein, the author of The Wine Trials , nothing more than a lively imagination and payment of $250.00 fee. Robin submitted the menu of a fictitious restaurant sporting a high priced “reserve” wine list made up (depending on who you choose to believe: Goldstein or The Wine Spectator) largely or partially [...]

El Bulli Sh-t or Not?

So this Swiss guy who is alleged to have decided to blow his life savings by eating at every 3-Star Michelin restaurant in the world and writing about his adventure, stepped away from his table at El Bulli to retrieve his business cards and vanished (POOF!) into thin air. The manager of El [...]

El Bulli Sh-t or Not?

So this Swiss guy who is alleged to have decided to blow his life savings by eating at every 3-Star Michelin restaurant in the world and writing about his adventure, stepped away from his table at El Bulli to retrieve his business cards and vanished (POOF!) into thin air. The manager of El [...]