Lonely Planet has led me fine most of the time but of course you loose something by using them 100%, I still buy them for almost every place I go and like to get other sourse of info but they just came out with World Food Guide's ....I just bought the Japan one and plan to buy Spain asap (as I leave soon)...I also bought at the Japanese book store some "Food Porno Mags:>)" in Japanese, wow I love this stuff....next is the Japanese grocery stores in Little Japan, I will see you soon...
"I went to see The Two Towers last night, and I enjoyed it immensely – although not quite as much as the first Lord of the Rings movie, for esthetic reasons I won’t bother with here."
"My real problem with the movie -- the one I do want to talk about -- is political, and it applies to the entire Lord of the Rings saga. As much as I love and admire Tolkien’s books, and Peter Jackson’s brilliant adaptations, I think it’s probably unfortunate these particular stories are being re-injected into the popular culture at this particular moment in history."
check out the comments thread too.
Times Headline today:
U.S. Is Completing Plan to Promote a Democratic Iraq
By DAVID E. SANGER and JAMES DAO
The plan calls for an 18-month occupation, trials of only the most senior Iraqi leaders and a quick takeover of oil fields.
I had been concerned that the Administration didn't have a plan, so this comes as some relief. It was nice of the Times to let us know about this. Also, that everything will be completed so quickly.
Important movie to see is Kissinger (at Film Forum), he was a real piece of work, my question all ways seems is do we need evil people like him for the balance of beauty n the world.....
lance loud - monday night on 13
beer ogles
As strange as it sounds to me, Linda and I are celebrating our tenth wedding anno, 6 weeks from today in New Orleans...after weeks of research we have picked Peristyle for the dinner but are looking as much or more forward to Uglesich's for lunch...Jim Louis we hope to see you for a meal or drinks while we are there, and are open to any food/music/etc news you may wish to share.....
Cynthia Cotts, the Voice's press columnist, documents the Times' infatuation with bitterness. If she'd turned nexus on her own paper she might have found the best line, which I think I saw in Musto's column:
Am I bitter? Taste me.
Am I bitter? Taste me.
birthday suits from the 60's (six slides per lot)
What will we think of next?
This could have been added to the 1000 monkeys thread, but I thought an old friend deserves her own post. While flipping channels, I ran into Dr. Marilyn Schlitz, who I remember from junior high school. She's now one of the top researchers in parapsychology, which she was defending on Closer to Truth. This shows up on channel 25, which has the PBS stuff that channel 13 turns its nose up at. The show was quite balanced and reasonable, which I suppose translates as too boring for the masses. Then again, rational parapsychology, which mostly rests on tiny statistical deviations, may be a tough sell. Marilyn's best finding to date involved doing double blind experiments alongside a skeptical colleague. She got her usual good results, but he got nothing, proving that the mindset of the scientist (in magic we call that the "operator") affects the result of the experiment. This could cause problems down the road…
This could have been added to the 1000 monkeys thread, but I thought an old friend deserves her own post. While flipping channels, I ran into Dr. Marilyn Schlitz, who I remember from junior high school. She's now one of the top researchers in parapsychology, which she was defending on Closer to Truth. This shows up on channel 25, which has the PBS stuff that channel 13 turns its nose up at. The show was quite balanced and reasonable, which I suppose translates as too boring for the masses. Then again, rational parapsychology, which mostly rests on tiny statistical deviations, may be a tough sell. Marilyn's best finding to date involved doing double blind experiments alongside a skeptical colleague. She got her usual good results, but he got nothing, proving that the mindset of the scientist (in magic we call that the "operator") affects the result of the experiment. This could cause problems down the road…
TOP TEN MEALS OF 2002
#1 Da Guido (Piedmonte, Italy)
#2 Taubenkobel (Burgenland, Austria)
#3 Kai (NYC, NY)
#4 Zur Rose (Sud Tyrol, Italy)
#5 L'Astrance (Paris)
#6 Temple Club (Saigon)
#7 Jewel Bako (NYC, NY)
#8 Altwienerhof (Vienna)
#9 Locanda Dell Arco (Piedmonte, Italy)
#10 Lupa (NYC, NY)
#1 Da Guido (Piedmonte, Italy)
#2 Taubenkobel (Burgenland, Austria)
#3 Kai (NYC, NY)
#4 Zur Rose (Sud Tyrol, Italy)
#5 L'Astrance (Paris)
#6 Temple Club (Saigon)
#7 Jewel Bako (NYC, NY)
#8 Altwienerhof (Vienna)
#9 Locanda Dell Arco (Piedmonte, Italy)
#10 Lupa (NYC, NY)
last meal out for 2003 was a 4 top at Honmura An and it was a fun time, the place was packed and we waited 20 minute's to sit, the flavors were great and some very unique, the wine list was week but the sake list was fine (Kai on Saturday had a good wine list), soba's were very delish....try this again one day....
From Art of Eating Issue #62
Kaiseki Ryori
(Classic Japanese haute cuisine)
12th Century Buddhist temple life gave rise to the Japanese tea ceremony. Out of that grew the ritualized eating known as kaiseki, and kaiseki evolved into Japan's haute cuisine. The fixed order of the courses in kaiseki is based loosely on cooking techniques: appetizers (zensai), clear broth (suimono), raw fish (sashimi), grilled food (yakimono), steamed food (mushimonto), simmered food (nimono), fried food (agemono), vinegared food (sunomono), and cooked vegetables or salad (aemono). Many courses consist of a selection of little dishes in which seasonality and artful presentation are paramount - fun is important. The kaiseki style of cooking heavily influenced France's nouvelle cuisine chefs in the 1970's, and more recently gave rise to the wave of experimental cooking championed by Ferran Adria.....
Kaiseki Ryori
(Classic Japanese haute cuisine)
12th Century Buddhist temple life gave rise to the Japanese tea ceremony. Out of that grew the ritualized eating known as kaiseki, and kaiseki evolved into Japan's haute cuisine. The fixed order of the courses in kaiseki is based loosely on cooking techniques: appetizers (zensai), clear broth (suimono), raw fish (sashimi), grilled food (yakimono), steamed food (mushimonto), simmered food (nimono), fried food (agemono), vinegared food (sunomono), and cooked vegetables or salad (aemono). Many courses consist of a selection of little dishes in which seasonality and artful presentation are paramount - fun is important. The kaiseki style of cooking heavily influenced France's nouvelle cuisine chefs in the 1970's, and more recently gave rise to the wave of experimental cooking championed by Ferran Adria.....
Top Restaurants 2002
NYCity
#1 Kai
#2 Jewel Bako
#3 Lupa
#4 Jean Georges
#5 Grand Sichuan Int'l Midtown
#6 Felidia
#7 Union Pacific
#8 Honmura An
El Mundo
#1 Da Guido (Piedmonte, Italy)
#2 Taubenkobel (Burgenland, Austria)
#3 Zur Rose (Sud Tyrol, Italy)
#4 L'Astrance (Paris)
#5 Temple Club (Siagon)
#6 Altwienerhof (Vienna)
#7 Locanda Dell Arco (Piedmonte, Italy)
#8 Les Tonnelles (Loire, France)
#9 Indochine (Siagon)
#10 Walter Bauer (Vienna)
Special Merit/No Particular Order
The Minnow, Veritas, Sistina,
Fresh, Holy Basil, Al Di La
Manducati's, Willi's Wine Bar (Paris)
Tomasso's, Gramercy Tavern, Picholine
Locanda Vini Olii, Al Ponte (Verona, Italy)
L'osteria del Vignaiolo (Piedmonte, Italy)
L'Oste Scuro (Verona, Italy)
Il Gattopardo, Jaglhof (Styria, Austria)
Weininger (Vienna), Loibnerhof (Wachau, Austria)
Zur Blauen Gans (Burgenland, Austria)
Lumiere (West Newton, MA)
NYCity
#1 Kai
#2 Jewel Bako
#3 Lupa
#4 Jean Georges
#5 Grand Sichuan Int'l Midtown
#6 Felidia
#7 Union Pacific
#8 Honmura An
El Mundo
#1 Da Guido (Piedmonte, Italy)
#2 Taubenkobel (Burgenland, Austria)
#3 Zur Rose (Sud Tyrol, Italy)
#4 L'Astrance (Paris)
#5 Temple Club (Siagon)
#6 Altwienerhof (Vienna)
#7 Locanda Dell Arco (Piedmonte, Italy)
#8 Les Tonnelles (Loire, France)
#9 Indochine (Siagon)
#10 Walter Bauer (Vienna)
Special Merit/No Particular Order
The Minnow, Veritas, Sistina,
Fresh, Holy Basil, Al Di La
Manducati's, Willi's Wine Bar (Paris)
Tomasso's, Gramercy Tavern, Picholine
Locanda Vini Olii, Al Ponte (Verona, Italy)
L'osteria del Vignaiolo (Piedmonte, Italy)
L'Oste Scuro (Verona, Italy)
Il Gattopardo, Jaglhof (Styria, Austria)
Weininger (Vienna), Loibnerhof (Wachau, Austria)
Zur Blauen Gans (Burgenland, Austria)
Lumiere (West Newton, MA)
Here's a blog from Baghdad. I haven't read too much of it, but it might be interesting. Especially if it can stay on the air.
Dish
165 Allen Street (btw Rivington & Stanton)
212 253 8840
The brand new Dish was dished in daily candy recently so we took a look. Great building. Nice casual open interior. Not very full for a Friday night at 8:00, but they are new.
I had a full review, but I don't think it's really warranted at this point. They have some problems in the kitchen that will hopefully get worked out. We had a pork chop that was not just underdone, but actually not done at all (well, ok, it was a little charred on the outside, but completely raw on the inside.) And worse, we had a grilled cheese sandwhich that was burnt (like black!) on the outside, and not even melted on the inside. Hopefully they'll get it together on this sort of thing.
The menu is nice. Very cheap. You get a "big dish" (like the pork chop, or 1/2 a chicken, or monkfish, or meatloaf) plus 2 sides of your choice for $12. Sandwiches are $5.50. The sides are mostly cold. Think Mama's, but in a nice room with service and a little more ambition on the main. I had a nice farro salad with basil tomato and pine nuts. Lots of other salads and vegetables (all cold) plus things like mac & cheese (mostly cold,) corn pudding, honey jalapeno cornbread, potato parsnip puree. Interesting stuff, but everything seemed a little tired.
I had a catfish burger as my main, and that was the best thing we ate. It was nice, but nothing special.
The modest wine list seemed a little better than I would have expected. I eyed the 99 JJ Prum riesling kabinett, but went right to the red and enjoyed the 99 palazzo della torre allegrini instead. A nice bottle I am always happy to see on a list.
They are struggling, and I'm rooting for them. Open for lunch which is when I'll try them again. Not sure they're really ready for the prime time yet.
165 Allen Street (btw Rivington & Stanton)
212 253 8840
The brand new Dish was dished in daily candy recently so we took a look. Great building. Nice casual open interior. Not very full for a Friday night at 8:00, but they are new.
I had a full review, but I don't think it's really warranted at this point. They have some problems in the kitchen that will hopefully get worked out. We had a pork chop that was not just underdone, but actually not done at all (well, ok, it was a little charred on the outside, but completely raw on the inside.) And worse, we had a grilled cheese sandwhich that was burnt (like black!) on the outside, and not even melted on the inside. Hopefully they'll get it together on this sort of thing.
The menu is nice. Very cheap. You get a "big dish" (like the pork chop, or 1/2 a chicken, or monkfish, or meatloaf) plus 2 sides of your choice for $12. Sandwiches are $5.50. The sides are mostly cold. Think Mama's, but in a nice room with service and a little more ambition on the main. I had a nice farro salad with basil tomato and pine nuts. Lots of other salads and vegetables (all cold) plus things like mac & cheese (mostly cold,) corn pudding, honey jalapeno cornbread, potato parsnip puree. Interesting stuff, but everything seemed a little tired.
I had a catfish burger as my main, and that was the best thing we ate. It was nice, but nothing special.
The modest wine list seemed a little better than I would have expected. I eyed the 99 JJ Prum riesling kabinett, but went right to the red and enjoyed the 99 palazzo della torre allegrini instead. A nice bottle I am always happy to see on a list.
They are struggling, and I'm rooting for them. Open for lunch which is when I'll try them again. Not sure they're really ready for the prime time yet.
tom sachs goes nutsy.
three ways to search for the best price for dvds. they all offer comparison shopping although none include amazon in their listings.
happy hunter
yahoo movies
epinion movies
if 1000 monkeys...
le site officiel de jacques tati
Architectural Toys. Scans of box covers of several decades' worth of building-related toys, with background info.
