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BITE: My Journal
August 30, 2010
Fringe Feasts: Vandaag, Recette
I like the idea of a gin bar. And I’m curious to explore...
August 23, 2010
Night Eats at Xiao Ye
We’ve fallen off the edge of the Earth into the full...
August 16, 2010
10 Downing Street Redux
Summer in the city seems to have emptied a lot of restaurants,...
August 9, 2010
Coney Island Capers
We’re headed for Brooklyn. I figure we’ll start at
August 2, 2010
Considering Nuela
The fates have conspired against the ambitious project...
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January 25, 2008 | Short Order
Does love make you more Jewish?
Yes, writes a faithful reader.

January 25, 2008 | Short Order
Per Se’s wine director Andre Mack...
... had only to walk a few blocks downtown to join Shelly Fireman's...

January 23, 2008 | Short Order
Consultant Clark Wolf is thrashing through red tape...
...in a feverish effort to open artisanal food stalls across from the Fulton Fish Market by Memorial Day – “codes permitting.” How about Mario Batali’s tripe cart?

January 20, 2008 | Short Order
Shame on you...
...Seamus Mullen

January 18, 2008 | Short Order
The density of restaurant talent crowding the tables Wednesday made Bar Boulud feel like...
...a Beard awards after-party. “This is a bistro,” Daniel Boulud was telling fans. “We have to turn the tables every hour.”

January 14, 2008 | Short Order
Is Michael Eisner planning to launch a new food network?
That’s what I hear. My historically reliable source tells me Eisner is working...

January 9, 2008 | Short Order
Jean Claude Vrinant, the consummate host of Taillevent...
...is dead at 71

January 8, 2008 | Short Order
Five of the odd couplings planning to bid on the expiring lease for Tavern-on-the-Green...
...have already tired to enlist David Rockwell as the designer...

January 7, 2008 | Short Order
Celebrated chef wrangler Elizabeth Blau has been called...
...back to refocus the dining image at Encore, the grandiloquent add-on to Wynn, Las Vegas, scheduled to open in December 2008 as casino legend Steve Wynn’s Ultra–all bells, all whistles, all premium suites property

January 4, 2008 | Short Order
Tavern-in-the-Greenery? Green Acres Grill? Slow Food in the Park?
...What will you call it, all you gladiators lusting after Tavern-on-the Green? Jennifer LeRoy confidently sees 30 more LeRoy years of Tavern in Central Park where she owns... “everything,” even the name

January 2, 2008 | Short Order
Tavern-on-the-Green is coming up for bids and the gladiators are salivating...
... Alan Stillman and Nick Valenti discuss the deal. Dean Poll from the Loeb Boat House, has an inside-the-park advantage.

December 29, 2007 | Short Order
The Iron Chef lure is not lost on the nouvelle Metropolitan Opera in its holiday production of Hansel and Gretel...
...three acts set in three kitchens. A master stroke was hiring Jean George’s pastry wizard Johnny Iuzzini

December 19, 2007 | Short Order
Bartenders at Gilt in the Palace Hotel are seeing a parade of ripe Lolitas...
...their slightly older sisters and teenling touristas – all Gossip Girl fans -- flocking to the bar as if it were a shrine

December 17, 2007 | Short Order
Nobu and partners new venture
The Nobu team has decided it’s time to cash in (or is that cash out?).

December 14, 2007 | Short Order
Is it possible Daniel Boulud...
...may have overestimated the cravings of his fans?

December 14, 2007 | Short Order
How did Drew Nieporent get a table...
... at Taillevent? Not easily...

December 14, 2007 | Short Order
Brasserie Ruhlman...
...leaves us hungry after Kite Runner screening Sunday night.

December 11, 2007 | Short Order
What does Tom Valenti eat for lunch?
"Egg salad on whole grain," he tells me.

December 11, 2007 | Short Order
David Pasternak will cash in...
...on new Mets Stadium in 2010.

December 11, 2007 | Short Order
Firefighters in battle dress...
... cosy up to some upscale culinary comforts.

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