California Conservative (Free subscription) | yesterday
For the most part, Jason Chaffetz has been a breath of fresh air in the House of Representatives since he defeated RINO Chris Cannon, then won the general election. Cindy certainly speaks highly of him, which is high praise. This time, though, I’ve got to take Rep. Chaffetz to the woodshed for his stated views on [...]
Grub Street - New York Magazine's Food and Restaurant Blog (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Escolar at le Bernardin. Each week on the Food Chain, we ask a chef to describe a dish he or she recently enjoyed. The chef who prepared the dish responds and then picks his or her own memorable meal. On and on it goes. Last week, Peasant chef-owner Frank De Carlo discussed spinosini pasta with langoustines with Marea’s Mike White. Your move, White. Who: Michael White, Chef-partner of Marea...
The World, According To Me (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Last Spring, when Jon Huntsman was nominated to be the Ambassador to China, and Jim Matheson was non-committal with whether or not he would run for Governor in 2010, I made a list of people who could run for Jim's seat. It was basically a list of every Democrat I knew, and some pros and cons to their running. It's a list that has come in handy as of late. So, it's interesting to see one of the people...
The World, According To Me (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
That's right, contrary to "popular" belief, a challenger to Jim Matheson will help him. I believe this for two reasons: 1) It will move him further to the left. He doesn't have to go to the extreme that Bob Bennett is going to, but just throw the liberals a bone once in a while. In 2006, Chris Cannon was challenged from the right flank of his party, and came out successful. However, he didn't...
Home (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Michael White is obviously not the only chef in this town with multiple restaurants. But the three he has are probably the most similar. Alto , Convivio , and Marea are all upscale Italian New York Times three-star restaurants. There are slight differences in focus—northern Italian, southern Italian, and seafood respectively—but the menus share a strong stylistic similarity. There is nothing...
Alex Constantine's Blacklist (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
By David Weigel 10/19/09 Thomas Lipscomb [senior fellow at the Annenberg Center for the Digital Future], a fairly prominent conservative investigative journalist last seen defending the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth against charges of dishonesty, dives head-first into the “Bill Ayers wrote Obama’s first memoir” conspiracy theory. The crux of his argument is that Ayers, by exasperatedly...
Eater (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
[Krieger, 10/1/09] Sam Sifton files his highly anticipated review of Chris Cannon and Michael White's schmancy Italian seafood spot Marea, a holdover from Frankie Boom Boom Bruni. Though in some circles the hope was for four stars, others contend,...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Marea, the Italianate restaurant that Chris Cannon and the chef Michael White have opened on Central Park South, is inspired by seafood, but is by no means in thrall to it.
Home (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Tomorrow, Sam-I-Am Sifton reviews Marea , Chris Cannon & Michael White’s seafood stunner on Central Park South. The Eater oddsline is as follows: Sift Happens: 22-1; Three Stars: EVEN; Four: 20-1. The Skinny: This was the restaurant that most of us were positive Frank Bruni would review before he left. The Brunz fawned over Italian restaurants in general , and none more so than Cannon &...
Eater (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Sources report the New York Times photographer was on the scene at Mike White and Chris Cannon's Marea last night, meaning all signs point to a Sifton review dropping in one week. [EaterWire]
Eater (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Throughout the New York City Food & Wine Festival this weekend, Eater welcomes bloggers, journalists and food world stars to our lounge at the Standard Hotel. As the peeps pass through, we're going to chat them up and spit out...
Rockss and Fruit (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
Hit the T. Edwards tasting last week at Marea restaurant, the latest jewel in Chris Cannon's high-end restaurant empire. I did not eat much but had at least four or five fluke ceviche's which were delicious. By far the highlights for me were the wines of Joey Tensley and the Spanish wines imported by Andre Tamers of De Maison Selections. It's like the Joe Dressner of Spanish wine although there are...
Media Matters for America (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
During an interview on Fox News, Sean Hannity and author Christopher Andersen agreed that "Bill Ayers helped [President Obama] with his book" Dreams From My Father and that "literary devices and themes [in the book] bear a jarring similarity to Ayers' own writings" -- a conservative talking point during the 2008 election that Andersen also advances in his new book, Barack and Michelle:...
Home (Free subscription) | 08/04/2009
Record to date: 8–3 We’ll be away for the next two weeks, and most likely will not be able to post our Review Previews in real time, so we’re posting them now. Bruni has three reviews remaining. What will they be? Marea is a definite: there’s no way Bruni would pass up an upscale Italian place that opened on his watch. Eater.com reported that Bruni has been spoted three times...
Eater (Free subscription) | 07/16/2009
[Krieger, 6/16/09] When chef Michael White and partner Chris Cannon opened their seafood centric, fine dining monster Marea, it was met with tidal wave...
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