January 23, 2017 | BITE: My Journal
Defiance: The March
The clot scarcely moved in the wave of shouts...
January 16, 2017 | BITE: My Journal
Bouley Blinks
The bread passer lets us choose from a dozen options to start and sets a duo of butters on the table…
January 3, 2017 | About Gael
Chicago Eats
In his Chicago crowd, my brother Jim...
December 26, 2016 | BITE: My Journal
11 Favorites 2016
I’ve been going out for dinner six nights a week. On the seventh evening, I sloth out at home with tuna fish…
December 19, 2016 | BITE: My Journal
Havana Lyrics
It’s a long detour to the House of Gelato across from the Copacabana.
December 5, 2016 | BITE: My Journal
Massoni
You could say it's Italianish...
November 28, 2016 | BITE: My Journal
Chaan Teng
It’s very “Tea House of the August Moon,” with pierced screens separating tables, blue and white vases on shelves, a porcelain Buddha, old teapots, and other vintage and flea market Chinoiserie,
November 21, 2016 | BITE: My Journal
White Gold Butchers (CLOSED)
Named for the prized ribbons of fat fancied by serious carnivores, it’s a place to buy meat and rotisserie chickens, ultimately planning to serve three meals a day.
November 14, 2016 | BITE: My Journal
Harold’s Meat+Three: I’ll See You in My Dreams
We’re three tonight, so that means I’ll get to taste nine sides. I didn’t mean to arrive so early, but now I have time to study the list and mark my must-haves.
November 7, 2016 | BITE: My Journal
Déjà vu
It was just coincidence that I stepped into the past for dinner twice this week.
October 31, 2016 | BITE: My Journal
Chumley's
"I know how to get things built," Borgognone said...
October 17, 2016 | BITE: My Journal
Samui Is Thai
I stand mesmerized by the giant circus façade, flashing red, then royal blue, then purple, then green…
October 10, 2016 | BITE: My Journal
Nakazawa Blossoms
The young staff is serious and elegant...
October 3, 2016 | BITE: My Journal
Avra Madison
Wall Street tycoons rising and falling...
September 26, 2016 | BITE: My Journal
King
What lures me now is a duo of chefs from the...
September 19, 2016 | BITE: My Journal
Vintage Insatiable
Foodies were few and not yet identified in the Oxford Dictionary…
September 12, 2016 | BITE: My Journal
Pie Bliss
“Crust is a new thing for me,” he confides…
August 29, 2016 | BITE: My Journal
Paowalla
I love bread, so does Floyd Cardoz. And bread loves the Goan-born chef...