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October 2009 - Posts
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– Menu labeling hops onto health-care reform. [ NRN ] – 2009 had the worst honey crop on record. [ Daily Green , via GS:C ] – Not with a bang, but a whimper. Ramsay kills Kitchen Nightmares . [ The Sun ] – The return of the milkman. Read More...
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Read the latest Twitter entries on ZAGAT.mobi ZAGAT.mobi just got Twitter-fied. Now when you look up restaurants on our award-winning mobile website, not only can you access our trusted ratings and reviews, you can also read up-to-the-minute comments Read More...
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Seamus Mullen Photo: courtesy Food Network With two consecutive victories under his belt on The Next Iron Chef , Boqueria ’s Seamus Mullen is certainly a sharp contender for the title. So far, versatility has been his secret weapon: the Vermont Read More...
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– Baltimore's "Meatless Mondays" has drawn ire from, wait for it, meat producers. [ Atlantic ] – McDonald's bails on Iceland. [ NYT ] – No, really, now is a good time to open a restaurant. [ Entrepeneur ] – Is Read More...
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Photo: Hanna Horwarth No need to OD on candy this Halloween – we've picked out some spots in the following cities offering treats of a more grown-up flavor: Boston Chicago Los Angeles New York City Philadelphia San Francisco Washington, DC Read More...
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Gyenari Photo: courtesy of the restaurant There are two menus available at Culver City Korean Gyenari , one titled "Old World," the other "New World." And yet, there's a good deal of overlap between the two, both of which were Read More...
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Even before it opens its doors to the public tonight, the New York outpost of London’s Le Caprice has hosted an impossibly chic crowd. It didn’t hurt that Anna Wintour did all the inviting the first night, and that proprietor Richard Caring Read More...
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Former New York Times restaurant critic William Grimes is the author of a new book, Appetite City , a history of the city’s restaurants and culinary habits. He spoke to the Buzz about everything from turtle soup to street carts to time travel. Zagat Read More...
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– The troubled Smart Choices program takes a hiatus. [ WSJ ] – Top Chef to get its Just Desserts . Ba-dum-ching! [ Variety ] – Behind the U.S., France is the second most popular home of McDonald's. [ NYT ] – Home butchering Read More...
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– McDonald's and Chipotle have done good business in the recession. [ WSJ , NRN ] – Related: McDonald's tests a dual-lane drive through. [ The Sun ] – Meanwhile, the number of hungry people in the world is on the rise. [ NYT Read More...
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In Zagat’s 2010 NYC Survey the top-rated restaurants in the following categories are located outside of Manhattan, except: Top Italian Top Steakhouse Top Sushi Top Thai Wrong! The Top Italian in the 2010 Survey is Trattoria L’incontro in Astoria, Read More...
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Scenes from Bid Against Hunger Photos: Hernan F. Rodriguez Last night’s Bid Against Hunger event to benefit City Harvest was not only sold out weeks in advance, there were huddles of people outside the Metropolitan Pavilion looking to buy scalped Read More...
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Two decades after he opened his LA landmark Campanile with his then-wife Nancy Silverton, Mark Peel has a new cookbook called New Classic Family Dinners (written with Martha Rose Shulman) – an unexpected title from a chef famous for his refined Read More...
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Still in mourning for the late, great Gourmet ? Help is here at www.thankyougourmet.com , a site where you can share your fondest remembrances of the food magazine. Anyone can contribute on this open blog started by food writer Renee Schettler (Real Simple Read More...
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The results are in, and after tabulating votes from more than 145,000 diners, Zagat’s 2010 America’s Top Restaurants survey was released today. Covering over 1,500 eateries in 45 major U.S. markets, the survey not only highlights the top restaurants Read More...
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– Morimoto is going fast-casual at airports. [ NRN ] – Restaurant matches are so hot right now. [ NYT ] – LA, deli capital? [ LAT ] – The Food Network Magazine should pat itself on the back. [ AdAge ] – You want banking with Read More...
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An import from Britain’s Firmdale group, the boutique Crosby Street Hotel in New York's SoHo neighborhood is the site of new bar/restaurant Crosby Bar, a high-ceilinged, forest-green affair most notable for its idiosyncratic collection of modern Read More...
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Photo: punchstock In an effort to combat pasta's bad post-Atkins rap, the World Pasta Congress of Rome (yes, there is such a thing) has deemed October 25 to be World Pasta Day. In its honor, we thought we’d take this opportunity to highlight Read More...
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Photo: courtesy of Burger Bar Burgermania reaches new heights, literally, on the sixth floor of San Francisco's Macy’s, where Hubert Keller ( Fleur de Lys ) has opened his luxe build-a-burger concept, Burger Bar (which already has locations Read More...
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– Restaurateurs are coming up with creative ways to keep lucrative Restaurant Weeks alive. [ NRN ] – Antique spirits for sale. [ NPR ] – What does carbonation really taste like? Sour. [ Wired ] – Is the iPhone the future of the Read More...
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Photo: courtesy of Candlewick Press As the longtime co-owner of the famous Four Seasons , Alex von Bidder has seen his fair share of good, and bad, behavior at the dining table. So who better to write a book for children about how to behave in a restaurant? Read More...
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Calling this food garbage is unfair to garbage. Read More...
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– Kraft is considering selling Maxwell House to raise cash for its Cadbury bid. [ NYP ] – The Connecticut attorney general looks into the much ridiculed "Smart Choices" program. [ NYT ] – Coca-Cola goes mini. [ BJ ] – Read More...
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Coda Photo: courtesy of the restaurant North Carolina's Charlie Redd put in plenty of time in area kitchens ( Lumière , Central Kitchen , Hamersley’s Bistro , Radius , Harvest ) before being handed the main post at Boston's Coda . Read More...
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– Chicken wing prices are flying higher than breasts. [ NYT ] – Forget about texting: is eating and driving a problem? [ Globe ] – Cracker Jack: still popular. [ NYT ] – Starbucks to add decaf instant to its lineup. [ SFBT ] – Read More...
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Jacques Torres Photo: Hernan F. Rodriguez The second annual New York City Wine & Food festival hit town this weekend and Zagat Buzz was there . Festivities began Thursday at Chelsea Market's "After Dark" party, when the former Nabisco Read More...
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What was once Dolce in West Hollywood is now the latest branch of Philippe Chow's upscale Chinese concept Philippe, which serves its menu of Cantonese classics at locations in New York , East Hampton , Miami and Mexico City (Vegas is in the works); Read More...
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Not that we support office distractions like online games but...if you're looking for ways to keep busy on the boss' dime, how can you go wrong with a Zagat-themed game this good ? Here's the gist: Some clever soul has made a simple game that Read More...
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A rendering of the Empire Lounge Nothing in New York is more iconic than the Empire State Building, and one can only imagine the massive renovations it's currently undergoing should only add to its legendary status. The lobby’s ceiling now glows Read More...
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Jean-Georges Vongerichten recently appointed his son and former Jean Georges sous-chef, Cedric Vongerichten, to take over as chef de cuisine at New York's Perry St . Given the great deal of trust that implies, in the video below we test the two on Read More...
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– So long Fine Living Network, hello Cooking Channel. [ MediaWeek ] – Who should own the name of Tavern on the Green? Good question. [ NYT ] – The indomitable Alton Brown. [ Decider ] – Jamie Oliver's Asian invasion seeks investors. Read More...
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Jean-Georges Vongerichten Jean-Georges Vongerichten , the chef-owner behind Jean Georges , Spice Market , Vong and many other restaurants worldwide, will open Market in the W Boston later this month. It’s a return to the Hub for the Strasburg-born Read More...
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I asked the waitress what the soup du jour was and she replied 'Oh, that's the soup of the day.' Read More...
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– People love food fests these days. [ WSJ ] – Calorie counts may be working after all. [ Atlantic ] – Charlotte Turgeon, another grand dame of French cooking, is dead at 97. [ NYT ] – Where have all the high-end sushi openings Read More...
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– Mourning Gourmet . [ NYT ] – Related: looking back at Gourmet 's covers and its first issue. [ Eater , SE ] – Posting calorie information doesn't appear to make much of a difference in people's orders. [ NYT ] – On Read More...
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The cat's out of the bag: Zagat’s 2010 New York City Restaurants survey results are live, and we've got your first peek right here. But first, the answers to yesterday's blind items : What tiny sushi specialist edged out longtime champ Read More...
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Amy Knoll Fraser Photo: courtesy of Grace After seven years on Beverly Boulevard, LA's Grace Restaurant is preparing to move Downtown in fall 2010. For those of us who had long written off the area as a culinary black hole, it's a sobering notion Read More...
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Terrance Brennan Photo: courtesy of Artisanal Brasserie & Wine Bar Chef Terrance Brennan makes his Left Coast debut with Artisanal Brasserie & Wine Bar , a hip, light-filled Bellevue, WA, sibling of his fromage-focused NYC eatery , offering riffs Read More...
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– A strong case for better meat inspection protocol. [ NYT ] – Gourmet appears to be folding. [ Media Decoder ] – Sacré bleu! McDonald's is opening a restaurant in The Louvre next month. [ Telegraph ] – Food-service Read More...
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A friend convinced me to go. We’re no longer friends. Read More...
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With all the cooking shows out there focusing on a single chef's adventures ( No Reservations , Avec Eric ), not to mention the ones focusing on chefs traveling around the world challenging other chefs ( Throwdown! with Bobby Flay , Chefs vs. City Read More...
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photo: dbdbrobot With October 7 fast approaching – that’s the day we’ll be releasing the results of our 2010 New York City Restaurants survey – it’s time to salute the winners of this year’s Wittiest Surveyor contest. Read More...
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Joe Dobias photo: courtesy of the restaurant His battles with bloggers may have branded him New York’s new bad boy chef, but Joe Dobias, chef and owner of East Village eatery Joe Doe , just wants people to enjoy good food, even if they think he Read More...
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– The rise of the rock star chef. [ WSJ ] – Sweet makers start fighting back. [ Gothamist ] – The Starbucks turnaround seems to be working. [ Economist ] – Top Chef host Padama Lakshmi is pregnant. [ US ] – Related: Cheftestant Read More...
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As promised , here is the second part of our vodka mixology lesson with Jeremy James Thompson at NYC's Raines Law Room . Today, he demonstrates the proper way to make a Staraya Modnaya, the Russian version of an Old Fashioned. And for those of you Read More...
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