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September 2007 - Posts
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Curious as to what the dishes whipped up on Top Chef actually taste like? If you live in the Chicago area, now's your chance to find out. On Friday, October 5th, Season 3 contestant and cheese maker Sara Mair is coming to Evanston to talk Top Chef and Read More...
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From October 12th–14th, the Atlantic City Food & Wine Festival at the Atlantic City Convention Center features tastes of more than 200 wines and 15 beers, plus demos from such names as Guy Fieri (Food Network’s Guy’s Big Bite and Read More...
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It has a great reputation among people who don't get out much. Read More...
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Purnima/Dillons Bar as it appeared right after Ramsay's visit. photo: Liz Borod Wright Last night on his new Fox show Kitchen Nightmares , Gordon Ramsay went to Purnima/Dillions Bar on 54th Street in Manhattan and found things looking...not so good. We're Read More...
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Pizzeria Mozza is LA's top-rated newcomer. Just released, our 2008 Los Angeles/Southern California Restaurants Survey– based on input from 8,859 frequent diners and covering 2,187 restaurants – confirms what those trying to get reservations may have already Read More...
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Pinkberry now has 27 locations in LA. Back in the '80s, fad-obsessed locals flocked to frozen yogurt shops with names like Humphrey Yogart and the Bigg Chill. Two decades later, frozen yogurt is back – with a vengeance. It started with the fast-growing Read More...
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Jennifer Janesko If it's one thing Jennifer Janesko knows, it's the Kansas City dining scene. A full-time fine artist, Ms. Janesko has lived, worked and eaten in her hometown of Kansas City for over 30 years. She also has the distinction of being one Read More...
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New York's Tavern on the Green , the second-highest grossing restaurant in the country , has found itself in the middle of a legal snafu with the federal government. According to Crain's , "The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission slapped Read More...
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Many chefs dream of making it big in New York, but there are also a few successful New York chefs who dream of making it big back home. Chef Dante Boccuzzi falls in this latter category. Last spring, Boccuzzi left his executive chef position of five years Read More...
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Saltwater's tuna tartare photo: Mina Group The upcoming debut of the MGM Grand Detroit brings not one but two award-winning chefs to the Motor City: Wolfgang Puck and Michael Mina . Opening October 2nd, the new hotel and casino will boast three restaurants Read More...
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I would rather eat sushi from a vending machine. Read More...
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The Beijing chicken at Philippe Upscale New York Chinese Philippe is headed to Las Vegas. The eponymous restaurant of chef-owner Philippe Chow, formerly the chef at Mr. Chow , just announced that it will be the anchor restaurant in the forthcoming Cosmopolitan Read More...
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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to taste some of the dishes you see created on Top Chef ? Well, if you're going to be in the Orlando area in three weeks, here comes your chance. Cheftestant Brian Malarkey , who normally cooks at the Oceanaire Read More...
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– What a week for chef bloggers! First Batali , then Vongerichten and now Alice Waters (sort of)! [ NY Times ] – Tao Miami, coming soon? [ DBTH ] – Enough with the macho food writing! [ Slate ] – Speaking of, Anthony Bourdain's "Overrated Menu." [ Radar Read More...
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Just released today, our 2008 Zagat San Francisco Bay Area Restaurants Survey – based on input from 8,161 frequent diners and covering 1,153 restaurants from the Wine Country in the north to Lake Tahoe in the east and down south to Carmel – confirms that Read More...
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Mr. B's Sunday Jazz Brunch is back. photo: Louis Sahuc After taking 20 months to renovate and reopen after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, the upscale French Quarter classic Mr. B's Bistro comes full circle this weekend with the reintroduction of Read More...
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With the passing of Luciano Pavarotti, the world lost not just a great voice – but a great eater as well. In the many NYC restaurants that he frequented (including numerous spots in Little Italy ), the Maestro was much loved as a legendary trencherman, Read More...
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L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon is London's top-rated newcomer. photo: Barry Cawston Last week Zagat Survey released the results of its 2008 London Restaurants Survey . Here are the top five rated newcomers: L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon Theo Randall at The InterContinental Read More...
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Ft. Lauderdale is about to shine the spotlight on its bustling restaurant scene with its very own version of Restaurant Week: Dine Out Lauderdale . Sunday through Thursday from October 1st to November 15th (excluding October 25th–29th), more than 30 restaurants Read More...
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Atlanta Boston Chicago Las Vegas London Los Angeles Miami New York City Philadelphia San Francisco Washington, DC What's hot this fall? Casual dining is still on the rise, with top chefs forgoing fine china and white tablecloths for boozier, elbow-to-elbow Read More...
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Great food amid a sea of shorts and black socks. Read More...
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La Pomme Rouge "gives away" foie gras. It may be illegal to feature foie gras on Chicago restaurant menus, but some chefs aren’t quite ready to kiss it goodbye. Instead, they are transforming their restaurants into “duckeasies” (to borrow a term coined Read More...
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Zagat Survey today released the results of its 2008 London Restaurants Survey based on the shared experiences of over 5,300 Londoners who experienced 705,000 restaurant meals in the past year. The winners include L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon for Top Newcomer, Read More...
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The word was supposedly coined on World Environment Day back in 2005, when a group in San Francisco dubbed themselves "Locavores" because of their commitment to exist on a diet of food harvested within 100 miles of where they lived. The word has a sort Read More...
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When Bastide first opened in WeHo back in 2002 under Alain Giraud, it instantly became one of the best French restaurants in LA; five years later, after a remodel that made it prettier than ever with a simple color scheme of blues, blacks and whites, Read More...
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To celebrate its 20th anniversary, the James Beard Foundation is hosting a series of food festivals and special dinners in 20 cities nationwide. The events kick off on September 18th in New York with a lavish menu inspired by Beard at Four Seasons . The Read More...
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By Emily Capo A back-to-school guide to cheap eats in eight cities Cheap Eats Guide Boston Chicago Los Angeles Miami NYC Philadelphia San Francisco Washington, DC Dreading the return to your college cafeteria's meatloaf and mayhem? Eaten enough PB&J to Read More...
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Chicago's Bluebird Bistro & Wine Bar offers an impressive beer list. photo: Steven Johnson With gastropubs growing in popularity, more and more Chicago restaurants are showcasing impressive rosters of beer. Bucktown’s Bluebird Bistro & Wine Bar offers Read More...
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