Why did I think I could take Heston Blumenthal to lunch at Shopsin's and get away with it? The brilliant British chef behind the Fat Duck and the Hinds Head in Bray - just inked to open in the London Mandarin Oriental next fall with an Adam Tihany-designed space serving English food on a more historical scale - was in town on his way back from Venezuela, where he demonstrated his flaming sorbet.
After the belly flop that was Chopping Block with Marco Pierre White, NBC is ready to get back into the food show competition racket. The network has ordered up an ambitious new show from Magical Elves, the production company that...
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military...
There was an entry in today’s “You’re the Boss” blog on the New York Times website entitled “One Hundred Things Restaurant Staffers should never do. (Part 1).” Oh man, I just had this rip a new one. My responses are in italics. ONE HUNDRED THINGS RESTAURANT STAFFERS SHOULD NEVER DO By BRUCE BUSCHEL Herewith is a modest list [...]
[Photo: Bloomberg] Would you eat an animal that's seven decades old? I've never given much consideration to the age of an animal that ends up on my plate. But Ryan Sutton's story has me thinking twice. He writes about...
The third location of Think Coffee, and its third within the confines of the Village, opened this morning at 123 4th Ave. Workers are still putting some finishing touches on the decor (a tipster's photo has a ladder in it),...
The Bill's Classic with American Cheese is phenomenal. Liberally seasoned with salt, sear-crusted to perfection, and just juicy enough, it's good enough to eat plain—though it does come with pickle, tomato, and lettuce. $5.95. [Photographs: Adam Kuban] Bill's Bar...
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You'd think with as much ca$$$h as Miley Cyrus is raking in, she'd have the decency to leave a tip. Not true! After racking up a $70 bill on steak and mac and cheese at an Outback Steakhouse in Burbank last Sunday, the non-Twittering singer didn't leave a damn thing for the staff. Seriously!? We [...]
Last night the NBC local evening news kicked off the show with a gross-out segment about a rat infestation at the Vinny Vincenz truck in Chelsea. The camera phone video screened in the piece clearly shows rats running in and...
