Early in 2006 the editors at New York Magazine decided to change the name of my weekly column from Ask Gael to Insatiable Critic...I have revived Ask Gael. So please
email me your questions and I will try to answer them. You'll also find Ask Gael archives here from January 23, 2006 back to 2004.
June 11, 2009 | Ask Gael
Best Italian New York Has to Offer
A client has a friend in from abroad who wants to eat at the best Italian New York has to offer. As I have not been to every Italian, I was hoping to get some suggestions.
April 20, 2009 | Ask Gael
Chinese Moderne
Is there such a thing as “healthy” Chinese food that tastes great?...
April 1, 2009 | Ask Gael
We want somewhere special and Italian
Dear Gael, We will be coming to NYC with a very dear friend... We would love to take her somewhere special that is Italian.
January 26, 2009 | Ask Gael
I'm new in town, find me some spots to mingle and meet people
Dear Gael,
I am moving from Los Angeles to New York for a few months starting in February. Even though the 60-degree temperature difference is already giving me the chills, I am very ready for the energy of The City.
December 19, 2008 | Ask Gael
Flirting with Englishmen...
Dear Gael,
I recently became involved in a long distance relationship with an Englishman who is now coming to NY for the holidays...
December 18, 2008 | Ask Gael
Give me some good French restaurants...
Dear Gael,
I'm meeting a friend from out-of-town for dinner. He is asking about good French restaurants in the city. Thought I should ask the expert...
April 3, 2006 | Ask Gael
Send me to a lively French bistro
I felt a shiver of excitement at Café d’Alsace as I savored a gorgeous soup bowl of that almost abandoned classic, quenelles de brochet, rich and cleverly textured for its 21st-century revival.
February 20, 2006 | Ask Gael
Cocoa-flavored gnocchi? Do I dare?
I admit I had little hope for that gnocchi, or for fried cod over lemon marmalade, or fennel salad with licorice-spiked olive oil, bold moves on the menu at brand-new Spiga.
February 13, 2006 | Ask Gael
Is it the real or discount David Burke at Bloomie's?
Taste the mellow green apple lobster bisque and those fabulous Asiago truffle fries and you'll believe the real David Burke has been lurking nearby in this
stainless-steel, smartly checkered canteen.
February 6, 2006 | Ask Gael
We're hungry for Comfort on the Upper East Side
The narrow storefront that was Butterfield 81 has always catered to the neighborhood, and that's Francesco Antonucci's mind-set here in a room that is stripped-down and simple.
January 23, 2006 | Ask Gael
Is it Gilt or just plain brass?
I have little tolerance for dinner as a cataclysmic life experience. But bad-boy chef Paul Liebrandt promised to soften his edge at Gilt in the freshly restored hallows of the departed Le Cirque 2000.
December 19, 2005 | Ask Gael
And what's a barbounia?
It's a small, not all that remarkable Mediterranean fish, but the restaurant that has taken its name is making waves already.
December 5, 2005 | Ask Gael
Stop the (food) world
If you hunger for constancy and dignity, it's time for Cafe
Boulud.