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January 2009 - Posts
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Someone had to employ all those out-of-work actors, I guess. Read More...
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Aquavit will be extending its Restaurant Week menu. Photo: Noah Kalina Technically, the winter round of NYC Restaurant Week ends today, January 30th. In reality though, 2009 is shaping up to be a Restaurant Year for many establishments, with more and Read More...
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– It isn't so much the fast food that makes you obese, it is the portions. [ Chicago Tribune ] – But do vegetarians really have better sex? [ Slate ] – Contaminated peanut butter crisis has hit U.S. military bases in Europe. [ The Read More...
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Photo: courtesy of Jerry Rutolo Over the years, photographer Jerry Rutolo has shot nearly every major chef you can think of, many of them before they even lost their baby fat. Since everyone likes a trip down memory lane, we thought it would be fun to Read More...
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photo: Yajico The word "noodle" comes from the Latin “nodellus,” meaning "little knot,” maybe because of the way they get all twisted up in the bowl. But noodles have come to mean many things to many people, most of them Read More...
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Top Chef , Season 5, Episode 10. Photo: Courtesy of Bravo TV. Each Thursday the Internet's food sites produce countless recaps and commentary on the previous night's episode of Top Chef . Here are a choice few: – Is New York ever going to Read More...
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The Bocuse d'Or trophy, modeled after founder Paul Bocuse Photo: courtesy of Bocuse d'Or The Bocuse d'Or competition results are in! As we previously announced, the Norwegian team (headed by 28-year-old Geir Skeie) took home the gold, with Read More...
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Chef Daniel Boulud (2009 honorary chairman), Paul Bocuse (founder & president, Bocuse d'Or) and Fabrice Desvignes (2009 president of the jury and last year's winner). photo: F. Mainard The Bocuse d'Or competition started yesterday in Lyons, Read More...
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– The manufacturer behind the peanut salmonella outbreak is in hot water. [ USA Today ] – The Bocuse d'Or is on! [ NYT ] – Ruh roh. Traces of mercury has been found in corn syrup. [ Star Tribune ] – The Times addresses last Read More...
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It’s a moveable feast, literally, at French-inspired steakhouse Switch , located in Las Vegas' Encore Hotel, where the art, ceiling and walls shift and morph throughout the meal; there’s plenty of action in the kitchen as well, which churns Read More...
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Looking for a sweet something for your honey on V-day? The Great Spirits Baking company is offering mini bundt cakes for two for $9.50 each, available in three flavors, Mocha Double Chocolate Chunk, Orange-Almond and Dark Chocolate–Rum Raisin. All Read More...
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Roy Yamaguchi photo: Courtesy of Roy's Hawaiian fusion spot Roy's has hopped on the recession-deal boat with a three-course winter feast for $35. Including choices like seafood chowder, blackened shrimp, "Hawaii Kai"–style beef Read More...
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Tom Colicchio Tom Colicchio has expanded his empire to the heart of Atlanta's Buckhead neighborhood with Craft, a standout New American offering the ingredient-driven, family-style dishes (at New York prices) that made the chef famous; the slick second-story Read More...
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– Starbucks is looking to lay off 1,000 employees. [ Seattle Times ] – A Japanese study has found cloned meat is safe for food. [ Reuters ] – The economy, contamination scares and more are leading some back to vegetable gardening. [ Read More...
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Terrance Brennan photo: courtesy of Picholine On January 21st, NYC's Picholine hosted the third night in the Zagat Vintage Dinner series. Chef Terrance Brennan talked to the Buzz about the event, which found him deconstructing oysters Rockefeller, Read More...
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Tim Zagat and David Fishman photo: Evan W. Miller Tim Zagat hardly lacks for interesting dining companions, but his tablemate at a recent power lunch – an ambitious young food critic with a possible movie deal under his belt – was unusually Read More...
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– Really, there are a lot of peanut products on that do-not-buy list. [ NYT ] – Restaurant marriage proposals are a tricky thing. [ Gourmet ] – Girl Scout cookie counts just ain't what they used to be. [ Dallas News ] – Australian Read More...
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Tom Colicchio and Stephen Starr on Top Chef Season 5, Episode 9 photo: Courtesy of Bravo Each Thursday the Internet's food sites produce countless recaps and commentary on the previous night's episode of Top Chef . Here are a choice few: – Read More...
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There are worse fans to have than a police commissioner. While covering the inauguration festivities in DC, Greg Kelly (NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly's son and Good Day New York co-host) got a hankering for a hamburger and pulled into a McDonald's. Read More...
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– Considering the salmonella scare, you may want to avoid peanut products for a bit. [ Washington Post ] – Anonymity for critics is "a tempest in a crockpot." [ MP:C ] – New restaurants are facing especially anxious times. Read More...
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Atria photo: Gary Landsman Lightly reinterpreting the former Grayz space in NYC's Midtown, the new Modern European duplex Atria is set in a landmarked Rockefeller townhouse featuring a bar/lounge on the ground floor, along with a soaring, eight-story Read More...
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By Jacqueline Wasilczyk, ZAGAT.com staff editor The Patina Restaurant Group hopes its reincarnated La Fonda del Sol shines. Nick Valenti, chief executive officer of Patina Restaurant Group Photo: Courtesy of Patina Restaurant Group The relaunch of iconic Read More...
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This year, February 14th lands on a Saturday, so Valentine's Day dinners are likely to book up quickly. To ensure you don't get stuck with frozen pizza (and heartbreak), make your plans now. Boston Chicago London Los Angeles New York City Philadelphia Read More...
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By Naomi Kooker Guy Martin has opened an outpost of his Paris restaurant, Sensing. Guy Martin photo: James Ringrose “Finally!” said a relieved Guy Martin as he welcomed journalists to the launch of his first U.S. venture, Sensing. Located Read More...
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President Obama has been sworn in, and the Lincoln-themed Inaugural Luncheon is finishing up. Ted Kennedy, who collapsed during the meal, is reportedly going to be fine . And if you're wishing this memorable moment in our country's history could Read More...
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The months after the holidays are a good time for travel – tickets are often cheaper, and security lines are shorter. Making it even more appealing are just-released Zagat guides covering destinations like Hawaii , Disneyland and Sacramento . But Read More...
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You can take lessons on apathy and disaffection from the wait staff here. Read More...
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Cuy, otherwise known as your childhood pet. photo: Merri Howard In Lima, Peru, local foodies ecstatically describe the wonders of the Nouvelle Andean cuisine of local culinary powerhouse Gastón Acurio (who recently opened a restaurant in San Francisco), Read More...
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– The Madoff scandal spreads to cookbooks. [ NYT ] – Those who don't like dessert have a bone to pick with Restaurant Weeks. [ Wined and Dined ] – Are VitaminWater's health claims a bottle of lies? [ NYP ] – Coffee prices Read More...
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Silvano Giraldin photo: Courtesy La Gavroche Everyone’s seen those family trees showing the lineage of chefs from restaurant to restaurant, from the Big Daddy originators to the current young hotshots. Yet it’s not often that we pay similar Read More...
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Top Chef Season 5, Episode 8 photo: Courtesy of Bravo Each Thursday the Internet's food sites produce countless recaps and commentary on the previous night's episode of Top Chef . Here are a choice few: – While that "I [heart] Padma" Read More...
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BR Guest today brought the ax down on three of its big properties due to economic woes, Eater reports . Effective today, the group's highly regarded NYC Italian Fiamma is closed, with the restaurant becoming an event space and chef Fabio Trabocchi Read More...
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Charles Phan's San Francisco eatery Heaven's Dog is set to open January 14th Times may be tough, but you wouldn’t know it from the barrage of restaurants slated to open across the country in the next few months. Look out for newcomers from Read More...
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– How to be a great restaurant customer. [ Gourmet ] – Related: getting the most from your Restaurant Week experiences. [ NYP ] – New York's Rainbow Room is still open, but other restauratuers are circling nonetheless. [ NRN , NYO Read More...
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This just in from the Susan Magrino Agency: “ One&Only Cape Town will welcome Gordon Ramsay’s maze restaurant at the April 2009 launch of the highly anticipated resort located on the Victoria & Alfred waterfront. As the first urban Read More...
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City Winery photo: Evan W. Miller Unlike anything else in town, City Winery, a mammoth new winery/eatery/performance space in West SoHo, not only stocks an extensive selection of global wines, but also makes its own vino on-site – and offers a program Read More...
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Restaurant Weeks are popping up in California faster than you can say "recovery package." From now until January 16th, more than 25 restaurants in Sacramento are taking part in Dine Downtown , which offers three-course dinners for $30 per person. Read More...
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– PETA helped save a 140-year-old lobster from a deadly dinner date. [ Gothamist ] – Marmite cheese was a surprise blockbuster in the UK this Christmas. [ Daily Mail ] – Many are hoping an Obama administration will sort out the confusion Read More...
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If they ain't serving these pies in heaven, then I don't wanna go. Read More...
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– French pastry chef Gaston Lenôtre has died at 88. [ Independent , NYT ] – Despite a recent dip, food prices ended 2008 up seven percent. [ Reuters ] – PETA is offering $10k for anyone who can make a suitable faux gras. [ Fork Read More...
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Mamma Mia Pizza Beer While reading through the always-entertaining British rag The Sun, I came upon a description of a pizza introduced at a London chain called Eco. It's called "The Hopper." For about $35, you get a pie topped with eight Read More...
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Toby Young (right) joins the judges table. photo: Courtesy of Bravo Each Thursday the Internet's food sites produce countless recaps and commentary on the previous night's episode of Top Chef . Here are a choice few: – Did anyone really Read More...
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Three years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is solidly back to business. In the just-released 2009 New Orleans guide, which covers restaurants, nightlife, hotels and attractions, 97% of those surveyed report that their favorite eateries have reopened. Read More...
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Good thing Barack Obama kept his day job. Back when he was a young state senator in 2001, Obama participated in the first episode of Check, Please! , a Chicago public television program in which a group of locals compare notes on restaurants. But our Read More...
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– Anybody hungry for some squirrel? [ NYT ] – Virginia restaurants may go smoke-free. [ Washington Post ] – Your food coloring might actually be a crushed bug. [ The Stew ] – No wonder sushi is expensive when a premium tuna sells Read More...
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If the goal of most Top Chef testants is to eventually run a restaurant, then this season's Leah Cohen has already won. Previously sous chef at NYC's Centro Vinoteca for chef Anne Burrell, Cohen has been tapped to take the top spot at the Greenwich Read More...
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NYC's Mia Dona is offering Restaurant Week prices from Sunday–Friday. photo: Ryan Charles Ready, set, dial! New York City Restaurant Week is back, offering three-course lunch and dinner prix fixes for $24.07 and $35, respectively, and the list Read More...
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Tydes , a stylish Mediterranean, hovers above Butterfly Beach in Santa Barbara’s recently restored Coral Casino Beach and Cabana Club, a local landmark whose art deco motif has been lovingly brought back to life; in a room filled with teak furniture Read More...
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– Amidst the recession and rising rents, the beleaguered Cipriani family is closing New York's venerable Rainbow Room 's Rainbow Grill . [ AP ] – Restaurateurs are looking for relief this year in rent and commodity costs. [ NRN ] – Read More...
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The Buzz is on break until January 5, 2009. – The recession has curiously led to a milk surplus. [ NYT ] – And restaurant stocks are actually doing ok. For now. [ NRN ] – 2008 was a banner year for New York restaurants. [ NYT ] – Read More...
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