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Culinary Intelligence—An Emerging Trend?
I spent a couple days in New York last week meeting with two very good publishers, one of whom, a veteran and very smart editor, asked whether I'd thought about how busy people can actually integrate real cooking and real food into their daily lives. He wasn't talking about the crispy pig I had at Maialino hours later. That, as you can see, is real food and real good. (Two standbys for me in NYC, where I go just to feel good, because NYC makes me all jittery and my eyes go out of sync like that Mad-eye guy in Harry Potter but not in a useful way: Bar Boulud and any one of Danny Meyer's restaurants. It's not just the food, ...
Also posted in Books, chefs, Food Adventure, Food Writing Tagged Culinary Intelligence, danny meyer, French Kids Eat Everything, Karen Le Billon, Maialino, NYC, Peter Kaminsky 167 Comments
Chicago Hot Dogs
Also posted in american regional cuisine, Article, Charcuterie, Food Adventure, Food Culture, Food Photography, Pork! Tagged adventure, Chicago, hot dogs, Serious Eats, style 1 Comment
Carry On Luggage
Also posted in Article, Food Politics, Rant Tagged airports, carry on luggage, liquids, security, The daily Meal, Travel, Tsa 5 Comments
Food Coma TV
Also posted in american regional cuisine, Article, chefs, Food Adventure, Food Culture, New Media, Restaurants, Video Tagged Food Coma TV, food culture, Joe Ricchio, Joel Beauchamp, Maine, short film, video 3 Comments
Mainlining
A couple weeks ago Tuesday, I was lucky enough to score an early rez at the restaurant Animal, the much-hyped LA restaurant run by chefs Vinny Dotolo and Jon Shook (Vinny's the bushy one, photo courtesy of Animal). A few weeks earlier, in town for a gig at the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (bet you didn’t know I played the cello!), a friend took me to their second restaurant Son of a Gun. I told this friend I loved it and that it reminded me of The Greenhouse Tavern, because it did the same kind of food. (Only of course it didn’t really--Greenhouse doesn't sell alligator schnitzel!--so what did I mean? Fabulous dish, that schnitzel.)
It wasn’t till I ate at Animal with my friend the writer Dan Voll and our ...
Also posted in chefs, Food Adventure, Restaurants Tagged Animal, Jon Shook, Jonathon Sawyer, Son of a Gun, The Greenhouse Tavern, Two Dudes and a Pan, Vinegar, Vinny Dotolo 85 Comments













