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January 11, 2017
11 Favorites I Discovered in 2016
I’ve been going out for dinner six nights a week. On...
December 14, 2015
It Isn’t Easy to Name the Best Dishes of 2015
After a longish mea culpa, I am now going to try to...
July 13, 2015
Where are you sending friends now?
Where do I eat when I’m not hustling to find something...
December 16, 2013
Feeding the Folks: Where to Go
HE'S KOSHER. SHE'S VEGETARIAN. WHERE CAN I MAKE BOTH...
May 14, 2012
Where can I take my 13-year-old to sample New York’s best food without breaking the bank?
Like his mother, my son loves to eat. I am trying to...

Bite: My Journal

    BITE will keep you in touch with what I’m eating and what I love and what I left on my plate.  I’ll share dialogues I have with heroes and divas, princes and barracudas and what I overhear from the next table. Not every day will I have a meal worth writing about,  I suspect,  not good enough, not bad enough. Dear friends have asked me if I could try to be meaner so I fit in better on the net.  I intend to try. As any man who has lived with me will tell you,  I was born to be a critic.  Of course, isn’t it the critic who has the thinnest skin of all?   I must admit to a certain anxiety.  It’s been a long time since I wrote without an editor, a fact checker and a copy-reader to catch my errors, misspellings and typos.  I apologize in advance.  I’m left-handed and that can sometimes be confusing.  I might have stopped reviewing restaurants twenty-five years ago when my first novel,  Blue Skies, No Candy lingered on the best seller list.  But I am addicted to instant gratification.  So I’m still here.  On my death bed, I am sure my last words will echo those of the sister of Brillat Savarin:
  “Bring on dessert.”


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February 3, 2020 | BITE: My Journal
Brooklyn Diner
Sensuous Moments with Shelly…let’s make that “thanks to Shelly”…

January 12, 2020 | BITE: My Journal
Wolf in High Heels
A customer service rep will deliver your meal or drink to wherever you are shopping…

January 6, 2020 | BITE: My Journal
My Life Eating
How did I ever come to blossom in this strait-laced clan?

December 23, 2019 | BITE: My Journal
A Year of Eating
Soon enough, the chef at The Diner sends plates of Spanish comfort food to cover the table…

December 9, 2019 | BITE: My Journal
The Fulton
We pass a parking lot. Rick swerves toward the blue building…

December 2, 2019 | BITE: My Journal
The Milling Room
Dino’s Foodshow was a glamorous interlude in what had originally been built in 1890 as the Endicott Hotel…

November 25, 2019 | BITE: My Journal
Alfred’s World
I explain to the waiter that offering means “it’s on the house…”

November 10, 2019 | BITE: My Journal
Capital Asset
What is most welcoming is the very good food...

November 4, 2019 | BITE: My Journal
City Kitchen
It was a scary hunger, like a passion for young boys or hot fudge sundaes…

October 28, 2019 | BITE: My Journal
Palais by Perfect Pie
President Obama called him the Crustmaster…

October 21, 2019 | BITE: My Journal
State Grill and Bar
I try to think of a place that’s quiet and not wildly expensive…

October 10, 2019 | BITE: My Journal
Tacombi UWS
“Born on the balmy beaches of the Yucatan..."

September 23, 2019 | BITE: My Journal
Autumn Break
Some of my best times in the Hamptons have come after the high season ends…

September 16, 2019 | BITE: My Journal
Redeye Grill
It reopened in July after a year-long rehab...

September 9, 2019 | BITE: My Journal
Turkish Gambit
Chef Oktay delivers rousing flavors to the Turkish classics...

September 2, 2019 | BITE: My Journal
Hanging Out at the Harbor
I envision cozy bed and breakfast spots, abundant lobster rolls…

August 25, 2019 | BITE: My Journal
Hampton Feasting
Silver Lining’s bow-tie pasta in a melt of many cheeses – is a standout of delicious excess…

August 19, 2019 | BITE: My Journal
Ed’s Lobster Bar East
As usual, we ordered too much of so good…

August 14, 2019 | BITE: My Journal
Seaside Escape
It’s Nice to Have Someone Along with the Same Accent in a Foreign Country...

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