At OTTO, the restaurant at One Fifth Avenue, a 1927 Art Deco apartment house at the corner of 8th Street in Greenwich Village, you're in for some rustic Italian eats courtesy of the media-meal-man of Food Network fame, Mario Batali. He's often in residence and easy...
This year for Valentine's Day I skipped over the chocolates and passed on the flowers. Was a time these would be top items in the romance offerings but alas they seem pointless while my love remains unrequited. Nope, this year I will have to make do...
If a big rise is on your mind don't get too excited about the loaves at the PALM BEACH BAKERY & CAFE. However, if dense, dark and toothsome is what you're after in a loaf then search no further than the ruis limppu aka rye...
The hostess, dwarfed by mural-sized art and double-height ceilings, asked if I had a reservation for a table. I happily smiled and said no as I eyed my friend with the seat next to him occupied by his briefcase at the soon-to-be-packed bar at the...
So what if they look like some sort of prehistoric animal's testicles? [caption id="attachment_3656" align="aligncenter" width="369"] HOLY HAAS![/caption] Super healthy and great tasting, you're crazy not to love Haas avocados. Whether slivered out of their reptilian skin-like shells (cut the avocado in half length wise, use a...
For a time the best thing about Philadelphia was New York. Well unbuckle your seat belts for a stop in these colonial environs – in the world of the arts, design and dines the city of Brotherly Love is making a revolutionary comeback. WALKSEE There’s no shortage...
Broadway: bright lights, big box retailers and don't forget the tourists, and plenty of them. Not your ideal for a city stroll? Then skip over Broadway's crowded sidewalks in Midtown and Soho and head to NoMAD, the quadrant of blocks North of MADison Square Park. WALKSEE Herald...
I kneaded to meet Jim Lahey. The owner of Sullivan Street Bakery (oddly no longer on Sullivan Street after a split with his partner many moons ago and a move to Hell's Kitchen and a newly minted outpost in Chelsea), proprietor of the pizza-centric restaurant and cookbook author,...
In Amsterdam"s city centre, turn off the tourist thoroughfare that is the Leidsestraat to take your time in the "Nines". You"re in for a game of engagement with the board-of-sorts formed by the 9 streets connecting the Prinsengracht, Keizerstraat, Herengracht and Singel canals. Tic-tac toe?...
What to do with the queue? The once genteel world of making a reservation has long gone by the wayside in New York City. In London the No Reservation Policy ("NRP") is beginning to take hold. Many of the new "hot" restaurants bring price and inventiveness...
Oxford Street, the old one that is, packs in Olympic shoppers even on non-Olympic summer days. This year on this high street of high streets that stretches from the Marble Arch to Tottenham Court Road, the very black-clad burqa gals from steamy-hot Middle Eastern lands...
Will do with a grapefruit PopSorbetto from the Italian-edged popbar: icy-sweet tart sorbet-on-a-stick that's perfect for a steamy-hot summer day. popbar, 5 Carmine St. http://www.frontlinesms.com/2015/04/06/levitra-professional-online-buy-uk/ (@ 6th Ave.), New York City, tel. 212.255.4874 [caption id="attachment_3275" align="aligncenter" width="112"] GRAPEFRUIT POPSORBETTO[/caption]...
[caption id="attachment_3259" align="aligncenter" width="112"] A ""SIDE" AT NOPI[/caption] A different day, a different side. We found bliss at casino online our recent visit to NOPI where samphire (a seaweed meets Broccolini briny-edged veggie) was well paired to asparagus topped with some shavings of Pecorino. They...
With so many medal winning meals in London it's hard to choose. Ah, the "Eathletics" of it all. Here's a sampling of 16 for 2012. [caption id="attachment_3245" align="alignleft" width="150"] ROASTED PORK, PIZZA EAST[/caption] Start the food relay on Portobello Road with an English classic at George’s Portobello Fish Bar...
Fall into formation!!! LONDON 2012 OLYMPICS Opening Ceremony here we go, go, go! [caption id="attachment_3165" align="aligncenter" width="112"] OLYMPIC SCONES AT THE ALBION[/caption] Albion Cafe, Bakery & Grocery 2-4 Boundary Street, Shoreditch, London 2012; ...
Ah, the athletics of it all in getting to the Olympic games: the airports, the buses snarled thorough London's narrow medieval streets and the Underground, a web of subways burrowed underneath the city that, even on a non-Olympic summer day swells to capacity with locals...
[caption id="attachment_3127" align="aligncenter" width="112"] COUNTDOWN LONDON 2012[/caption] Okay, you've got everything you need. The camera and smartphone combo with GPS and, just to play it safe your printed guide (better be a MAPPETITE!), a raincoat and an umbrella, though that could turn out to be a...
Get the scoop?? Then head to GELUPO for an artisan cup or cone and hit your cool spot at this top-notch gelato shop in SOHO, LODON. 7 Archer Street. www.gelupo.com [caption id="attachment_3079" align="aligncenter" width="112"] Gelapo Gelato[/caption] http://greatvines.com/accutane-mexican-pharmacy...
The Statue of Liberty, gift from the French, and the Washington Square Arch, modeled after the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, are two of New York City's "French-est" landmarks. Then there is patisserie and boulangerie, the Napoleon and the baguette. If a visit to Liberty...
Sir Hans Sloane, botanist, collector of curiosities and physician. Sir Hans Sloane, land baron and aristocrat. The former is represented by a legacy to the British and Natural History museums, the latter by all the Sloanes: Square, Street and Gardens and, all the Hans': Street,...