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Maximo Bistrot: Market to Table in Mexico CIty
Every time I go to Mexico City, it seems that a fun new restaurant has opened in my favorite neighborhood, Colonia Roma. This time, acting on a hot tip, I showed up at Maximo Bistrot a few minutes before opening … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles de Lisle, chocolate clams, Colonia Roma, Eduardo Garcia, Maximo Bistrot, Mexico City
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What’s NEXT? Hot Tickets, Inventive Cuisine and a New Beginning
One of the benefits to chatting with people as you wait in lines, is the serendipity those conversations can bring. You start out saying hello and you never know what might come next. Recently, what came next while waiting to … Continue reading
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Tagged Alinea., Chicago, Dave Beran, Grant Achatz, Life on the Line, Nick Kokonas, Tour of Thailand
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San Francisco Dining: Leading Cuisine from a New Generation
With the luster of Chez Panisse still casting its warm glow, San Franscisco has been a culinary beacon for the farm-to-table movement ever since Alice Waters opened the doors to her iconic restaurant exactly 40 years ago. There is seriously … Continue reading
Kenny Shopsin’s F-ing Great Food
One of the things I love most about living above the F train in Brooklyn is that I am never hungry for very long. All I have to do is think about lunch and in the space of 15 minutes, … Continue reading
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I ♥ Frank Pepe, Pizza over Pearls
My favorite all time surprise present wasn’t a big fat check or anything shiny under the Christmas tree. It was a pizza…a large clam pizza that had traveled 75 miles in the trunk of a car to reach me, stiff … Continue reading
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Plenty Hot, but Plenty Happy: Yotam Ottolenghi’s new Cookbook
It was beastly hot in NYC yesterday. By the time the mercury hit 100 degrees the cat had tried to climb into the open refrigerator and we were all collapsed in the back yard like Dali’s dripping clocks. With company … Continue reading
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Jeannie Tawny, an Old Friend in Spain
“Jeannie Tawny” is a name I kept hearing last week in Spain. “You will love her!” my companions told me. It turns out that I already know her well. We’ve been old friends since high school when we spent many … Continue reading
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The Runaway Fork 