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Grub Street - New York Magazine's Food and Restaurant Blog (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
It’s 4 p.m., and that means it's time to play Two for Eight. We just asked ten restaurants the best time they can squeeze a couple in for dinner; you need only make your chosen reservation. (As always, we make the calls but don’t guarantee the results.) Today: Certified Geniuses. Adour Alain Ducasse ( Menu ) 212-710-2277 Two for eight? No Best available: 9:15 p.m. Anthos ( Menu ) 212-582-6900...
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Essex Eating (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Regular readers of my blog will know that I love a good cookbook. My shelves sag under their collective weight but still, like every addict; it's never enough I want 'more' and 'better'. Which is where my latest acquisition comes in, because it certainly fulfils both requirements. COCO is a beautiful, weighty, glossy, large and rather sleek book. It is the first of it's kind, in as much that it is...
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Beattie's Book Blog (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
COOK THE BOOKS - an invitation Cook the Books is delighted to be hosting an evening with Anna on Wednesday 11 November from 6pm. We will be serving canapes selected by Anna -matched with wine. And Anna will be sharing her thoughts on Coco, The Modern Pantry & anything else gastronomic we feel like chatting about. If you would like to join us on the 11th please reply, address details below, - reservations...
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Grub Street - New York Magazine's Food and Restaurant Blog (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
It’s time to play Two for Eight. We just asked ten restaurants the best time they can squeeze a couple in for dinner; you need only make your chosen reservation. (As always, we make the calls but don’t guarantee the results.) Today: Gourmet French. Adour Alain Ducasse ( Menu ) 212-710-2277 Two for eight? Yes Allegretti ( Menu ) 212-206-0555 Two for eight? Yes Balthazar ( Menu ) 212-965-1414...
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Grub Street - New York Magazine's Food and Restaurant Blog (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
It’s 4 p.m., and that means it's time to play Two for Eight. We just asked ten restaurants the best time they can squeeze a couple in for dinner; you need only make your chosen reservation. (As always, we make the calls but don’t guarantee the results.) Today: Certified Geniuses. Adour Alain Ducasse ( Menu ) 212-710-2277 Two for eight? Yes Anthos ( Menu ) 212-582-6900 Two for eight? No...
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Grub Street - New York Magazine's Food and Restaurant Blog (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
East Village: How can Pommes Frites improve on the fry-dive model Alain Ducasse called “an incredible destination'” The spot applies for a wine license next month. [ Zagat ] Giano starts a Sunday-night risotto series this Sunday with one of two rice options and glass of wine for $19. [Grub Street] Greenpoint: The owners of Glasslands Gallery are opening a Southern-slanted spot called Manhattan...
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Eater (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
At a press conference in Brazil, French fancypants Alain Ducasse decided to have a moment and express his disdain for the media that "only speak of Spain, of English-speaking countries." Ducasse went on to insist that despite all publicity garnered...
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Alain Ducasse, the famous chef behind some of the world's top French restaurants, on Monday accused media of falsely peddling the perception that French cuisine has been left behind by other, newer offerings.
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Grub Street - New York Magazine's Food and Restaurant Blog (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
It’s time to play Two for Eight. We just asked ten restaurants the best time they can squeeze a couple in for dinner; you need only make your chosen reservation. (As always, we make the calls but don’t guarantee the results.) Today: Gourmet French. Adour Alain Ducasse ( Menu ) 212-710-2277 Two for eight? Yes Allegretti ( Menu ) 212-206-0555 Two for eight? No Best available: 8:30 p.m. Balthazar...
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Foodycat (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
This month's selection for Cook the Books is Peter Mayle's French Lessons: Adventures with Knife, Fork and Corkscrew . It's a series of short pieces on his gastronomic adventures around France and I have to say I was a bit bored by it. I loved his books A Year in Provence and Toujours, Provence so I'd been really looking forward to this one, but I just found it all a bit same-y. He goes somewhere for...
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Eater LA (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
International superchef Alain Ducasse appeared on Nightline last night, and shared his thoughts on the ages-old question of ingredients versus technique: "Sixty percent is the quality of the product ... thirty-five percent the technique, 5 percent if you have just...
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Monte Carlo Daily Photo (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Copyright 2009 Monte Carlo Daily Photo. All rights reserve We're inside the Hôtel de Paris - in a reception area just outside Alain Ducasse' s famous 3-Michelin starred Louis XV restaurant. The walls are antique mirrors giving endless reflections of the opulent marble walls and beautiful lamps that are part of the foyer of this fabulous hotel. A generous friend invited me here for lunch. It lasted...
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Grub Street - New York Magazine's Food and Restaurant Blog (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
It’s 4 p.m., and that means it’s time to play Two for Eight. We just asked ten restaurants the best time they could squeeze a couple in for dinner; you need only make your chosen reservation. (As always, we make the calls but don’t guarantee the results.) Today: Certified Geniuses. Adour Alain Ducasse ( Menu ) 212-710-2277 Two for eight? No Best available: 9 p.m. Anthos ( Menu )...
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Grub Street - New York Magazine's Food and Restaurant Blog (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Maybe we should’ve taken Alain Ducasse to Flushing? The Moment is crazy about the fries at Xiao La Jiao , a.k.a. Little Pepper. They’re Ore-Ida, but they’re “sautéed in chili oil; dusted with cumin, Sichuan peppercorn and other ‘secret China things.’” [ Moment/NYT ] Read more posts by Daniel Maurer Filed Under: alain ducasse , chinese , flushing , french...
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Grub Street - New York Magazine's Food and Restaurant Blog (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
A mixed bag of news coming out of the casual-dining world today: According to Forbes , profits at Sonic were down 17 percent (and revenue down 23 percent) last quarter. The Street points out that while most casual-dining and fast-food chains beat their sales expectations last quarter, their stock prices slipped nonetheless, since investors are growing wary of profits that continue to drop. But there’s...
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