Rowan Jacobsen explains terroir—the "taste of place"—and the way local conditions such as soil and climate affect the flavor of wine and other foods. American Terroir: Savoring the Flavors of Our Woods, Waters, and Fields is the first guide to how our environment influences some of our most iconic foods—including apples, honey, maple syrup, coffee, oysters, salmon, wild mushrooms, wine, cheese, and chocolate. It includes recipes by the author and important local chefs, and a complete resource section for finding place-specific foods.
The danger of computers: an expert who only knows how to plug numbers into a spreadsheet that someone else wrote. You can get the gist in a few minutes, but the entire 9 minutes is so incredibly painful to this engineer.
bell's two hearted ale
Had an early dinner last night with Dave and b. at The Fat Radish (website coming soon), a new place at 17 Orchard St. (between Canal and Hester) in an old Chinese sausage factory. Slideshow of the beautiful interior here. The food was very good. I've been thinking about how to describe it, and it's difficult. It's certainly not super fancy. No molecular gastronomy or anything even close to that. But it's not merely the very popular American comfort food thing either (even though there is a grill cheese on the menu.) There are lots of international influences (chorizo and chick pea tagine; monkfish vindaloo) along with some fancied up American fare (an *amazing* celery root pot pie - the best thing we had.) Hard to hang a label on it, but it's thoughtful without trying too hard, and very very tasty. Or you might say, it's simple food that shows an inventive and experienced kitchen.
The wine list is varied, with bottles starting in the high 30s and not going too stratospheric. A mix of European and domestic, with at least something for everyone. We had a Dressner JP Brun Beaujolais ($39) that was a winner, and I noticed a Lopez Tondonia a little further down the list (always makes me feel good about a place to see one of those.) Probably not a wine destination with 10 Bells not far away, but certainly interesting enough.
The owners have a catering company, Silkstone, but this is their first restaurant. Apparently Silkstone has lots of fashion based clients, and combining that with the restaurants location amid the new LES gallery row, makes for a decidedly beautiful crowd. We went at 6:00 and it was fine, but by 7:30 the place was filling up, and I don't think any of us older folks would want to be in there during prime time. Still, if you can eat early, definitely worth a look. I guarantee we'll be hearing a lot about it. Some places just have the buzz and The Fat Radish is definitely one of them.
The wine list is varied, with bottles starting in the high 30s and not going too stratospheric. A mix of European and domestic, with at least something for everyone. We had a Dressner JP Brun Beaujolais ($39) that was a winner, and I noticed a Lopez Tondonia a little further down the list (always makes me feel good about a place to see one of those.) Probably not a wine destination with 10 Bells not far away, but certainly interesting enough.
The owners have a catering company, Silkstone, but this is their first restaurant. Apparently Silkstone has lots of fashion based clients, and combining that with the restaurants location amid the new LES gallery row, makes for a decidedly beautiful crowd. We went at 6:00 and it was fine, but by 7:30 the place was filling up, and I don't think any of us older folks would want to be in there during prime time. Still, if you can eat early, definitely worth a look. I guarantee we'll be hearing a lot about it. Some places just have the buzz and The Fat Radish is definitely one of them.
the bronx serra
more stupid from the stupidest president of the modern era
still stupid after all these years
We received a very nice letter from Ms Alice Faye Wheeler in the mail today. She expresses herself eloquently - and certainly has a full grasp of her signature.
We’ve just received a bit of exciting breaking news at the Portland Monthly headquarters: Saucebox, Bruce Carey’s very hip Asian-fusion happy-hour mecca, has announced that it has a new executive chef coming aboard. The job goes to Jason Neroni, who has previously headed up the kitchens at Southern California’s Blanca , Manhattan’s 10 Downing, and Brooklyn’s Porchetta (now closed).
Saucebox’s former executive chef, Gregory Gourdet, is now at Departure, the sleek Asian restaurant atop the Nines Hotel.
More details on Neroni’s plans to come…
Saucebox’s former executive chef, Gregory Gourdet, is now at Departure, the sleek Asian restaurant atop the Nines Hotel.
More details on Neroni’s plans to come…
NY TImes gives you the news after its over. I saw the post just before, and the bird just after, lunch time on 10/21.
heres todays schedule for the rally to restore sanity on comedy central. if anyone wants to join my satellite brigade ill be performing the rally to restore cleanliness to my apartment all afternoon. we can bring change to my sheets and clean up wash and tone once and for all! mops optional. bring a box of swiffer refills as seating will be seedy.
Markus Lüpertz is about to erect another sculpture in a public space, and in the past his work has been, to put it kindly, misunderstood.
While I'm bashing vendors, Microsoft IE6 is a canonical example of "hoisted by his own petard."
Ha, ha.
Ha, ha.
http://www.vimeo.com/14396708
To Whom it May Concern....
http://www.davidnolangallery.com/exhibitions/2010-11-11_steve-dibenedetto/press-release/
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http://www.davidnolangallery.com/exhibitions/2010-11-11_steve-dibenedetto/press-release/
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Steve DiBenedetto
Who Wants to Know?
November 11 - January 8, 2011, Reception: Thursday, November 11 from 6 - 8 pm
David Nolan Gallery
527 West 29th Street
I won't be in town, but look forward to definitely seeing the show!
Who Wants to Know?
November 11 - January 8, 2011, Reception: Thursday, November 11 from 6 - 8 pm
David Nolan Gallery
527 West 29th Street
I won't be in town, but look forward to definitely seeing the show!
This week in the magazine, Peter Schjeldahl reviews the Paul Thek retrospective at the Whitney Museum of Art. Here Schjeldahl looks at Thek’s work, from his wax sculptures and self portraits to his more recent abstract paintings.
Not exactly food, more of an ingestible substance. Medium size me!
