From time to time I will post roundups or lists of my favorites restaurants, food shops or dishes. I'll tell you where I really go. What's worth a splurge. Where you'll find chefs late at night. Breakfast Priorities. Favorite haunts of other food writer friends. Ice cream Worth the Detour. Watch for more.
December 26, 2008 | Favorites
Collectible Cookbooks
This is the year of My Book is Bigger than Your Book.... In a few cases size is a distraction from lack of content.
November 10, 2008 | Favorites
Bargainistas' Black Book
Unlike some newly strapped Wall-Streeters, we have always been bargain hunters when it comes to drinking and dining out, if only because our wallets have never managed to keep up with our appetites...
September 30, 2008 | Favorites
The Preposterous Palace
For cuisinary highs and giggles, I will tell about my first dinner at the preposterous and preposterously delightful Palace…
May 27, 2008 | Favorites
Loveable Italians
Dinner at an Italian restaurant can be like going home, a childhood revisited, or new worlds encountered (Italian getting lost between France and El Bulli). This city is richly served in Italian. Modest and unassuming. Fiercely regional. Authentic and understated. Down-home family dives and romantic cubbies. Upscale ambitious fusion. So many choices. Of all the Italians I have loved over the years – these are the places I go to right now.
March 15, 2008 | Favorites
Upper West Side Sweets
When life gets us down, we eat dessert first. At least our very own Upper West Side sweet tooth will not be denied. In just the last three months, Magnolia Bakery, Grandaisy Bakery and Jacques Torres...
December 31, 2007 | Favorites
2007 Best Dishes
If you’re a certified foodie, you won’t be surprised how often sea urchin reigned in many of my year’s best dishes. But even I’m worried that I’m a hopeless fool for macaroni ’n’ cheese…
November 5, 2007 | Favorites
Best So Far
What’s new and good? all my friends ask. Of all the restaurants I’ve written about on InsatiableCritic.com where am I eager to eat again?
August 18, 2007 | Favorites
10 Minute Recipes
Great cooks share 10 minute tricks to keep you cool in the kitchen. Try Liz Smith’s White Trash Soup, Rozanne Gold’s 2 minute Tuna Tataki, My Raw Tomato Sauce for Pasta…