Yes, the time is nigh. Less than 3 days remain until we learn the fate of someone who, for many of us, has been a decade-long companion. I'm speaking, of course, of my dear Harry Potter (or, in the words of my favorite black-haired, sneering professor, "Poh-TAH!"). After summers of...
ReMARKable Palate #100: Bastille Day 2007I take you along as I join the Bastille Day festivities with Ariane Daguin and our friends at D'Artagnan as they host a petanque festival in Bryant Park, pitting many French Restaurateurs against each other in a "Boule-a-thon". Then we head downtown to...
Food Philosophy Videocast #4: Chef Rick BaylessChef Mark and I caught up with Chef Rick Bayless at the Fancy Food Show in NYC, where he was promoting his line of Frontera Foods gourmet products. The foremost expert on Mexican cuisine this side of the border, Chef Bayless shared his...
Culinary Roundtable #16: Roman CuisineA Demonstration by Chef Andrea Fusco of Giuda Ballerino Restaurant in Rome, translated by Ian D'Agata, Roman wine and Food expert. Introduced by New York Restauratuer Tony May. The weeklong series of events was sponsored by the Comune di Roma and Publica, to...
Food Philosophy Videocast #4: Chef Rick BaylessChef Mark and I caught up with Chef Rick Bayless at the Fancy Food Show in NYC, where he was promoting his line of Frontera Foods gourmet products. The foremost expert on Mexican cuisine this side of the border, Chef Bayless shared his...
Since today mark's the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille, you might want to let your inner francophile come forth for some of the celebrations in NYC today. You might even run into Chef Mark and the CPN video camera!Les Halles is culminating their yearly Liberty Festival (which goes...