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January 5, 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...
February 16, 2012
A place to celebrate “just married” for two wine professionals who’ve eaten everywhere.
My fiancé and I are in the wine business so we get
August 31, 2011
Where should we eat before or after the theater?
Before I started working out at 8 AM, we used to eat...
June 16, 2011
Where can my artist friend take his new gallery director for breakfast in the West 50s?
He wants to avoid greasy spoons and the stuffily c

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November 7, 2011 | BITE: My Journal
La Promenade des Anglais
Not that it doesn't look great…the spiffy collage of graphics on the ceiling, bold shaded lights with their perforated shades, checkerboard floor and slightly rumpled blue velvet banquettes...

November 1, 2011 | BITE: My Journal
Eating Venice
There used to be silent corners in Venice. Deserted back alleys and remote campos with only the sound of footfall…

October 17, 2011 | BITE: My Journal
Blue Skies, No Candy, a gift from Gael
A Gift from Me: Peek into the new digital edition of Blue Skies, No Candy...

October 10, 2011 | BITE: My Journal
Hospoda is Unique
There’s a feeling that we can’t possibly be...

October 3, 2011 | BITE: My Journal
Crown Moods
Jaunty sits the Crown on its eighth day of...

September 26, 2011 | BITE: My Journal
Lincoln Act Two
I'm asking myself if this is the best Italian restaurant in town...

September 19, 2011 | BITE: My Journal
Wong Is So Right
Then come luscious shrimp fritters crisped in a sweet potato-jicama batter, served in an improbable toss of ham, rice noodles and watermelon…

September 12, 2011 | BITE: My Journal
Tides in at Le Bernardin
Maguy wanted it to be elegant, modern, luxurious warm and sexy…

September 6, 2011 | BITE: My Journal
What I Ate This Summer
I want to say that the Road Food Warrior and I were even happier luxuriating in the delicious serenity of Manhattan summer weekends...

August 29, 2011 | BITE: My Journal
RedFarm Ad-Libbing
Along the bumpy way to opening a West Village dim sum carry-out parlor they planned to seed all around town…

August 22, 2011 | BITE: My Journal
Fulton CatchUp/Hampton Eats
This seafood corner is a neighborhood habit...

August 15, 2011 | BITE: My Journal
Secrets of La Esquina
Catty spoilsports say bridge and tunnel riders have the secret to the unmarked private cellar at La Esquina, so no reason I can’t wiggle my way in too…

August 8, 2011 | BITE: My Journal
Nick & Toni’s Cafe NYC
It’s downright welcoming…

August 1, 2011 | BITE: My Journal
Bread & Tulips
“Where are the tulips?” we cry...

July 25, 2011 | BITE: My Journal
Miss Lily’s Favorite Cakes
I can’t swear I am simply pleased by the robust goat curry and savory oxtails or if I’m mesmerized by immersion in a rainbow of diversity…

July 18, 2011 | BITE: My Journal
Penny Pinching @ BLT Steak
I remember the chicken liver mousse bowl…

July 11, 2011 | BITE: My Journal
Casa Nonna
In just eight days the kitchen that was all afumble one week ago is definitely starting to hit stride…

July 5, 2011 | BITE: My Journal
Cantina by Cascabel
They brainstormed: funky, relaxed, casual, a feel of vacation. And Cantina emerged…

June 27, 2011 | BITE: My Journal
Bite CrossBar
Tonight’s menu is possibly the porkiest I’ve ever seen and so is our dinner: Puffed pig’s ears (a crunch of salt and fat), pig in a blanket, sweet and fatty barbecue rib tails from a part of the critter that usually gets tossed…

June 20, 2011 | BITE: My Journal
Duo Shining
Now we’re standing in what could be a duo of narcissists’ loft, a duo of sensuous paintings on the wall evoking the duo of owners here…

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