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BITE: My Journal
October 6, 2008
Uncorking Corton/Cutting Back
It’s the first night Corton is open to walk-ins and...
September 29, 2008
Double Crown/Pearl Oyster Bar
It’s scary enough watching the world of strut-and-brag...
September 22, 2008
Proud Libertine/Solace
Not that I necessarily expected to see debauchery at...
September 15, 2008
Bloomingdale Road/Daniel Makeover
This is not just another lineup of comfort food. It’s...
September 8, 2008
Apiary Buzz
Like a privileged first child in an ambitious family...

Ask Gael

    Early in 2006 the editors at New York Magazine decided to change the name of my weekly column from Ask Gael to Insatiable Critic...I want to revive Ask Gael. So please email me your questions and I will try to answer them. You'll also find Ask Gael archives here from January 23, 2006 back to 2004.

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April 3, 2006 | Ask Gael
Send me to a lively French bistro
I felt a shiver of excitement at Café d’Alsace as I savored a gorgeous soup bowl of that almost abandoned classic, quenelles de brochet, rich and cleverly textured for its 21st-century revival.

February 20, 2006 | Ask Gael
Cocoa-flavored gnocchi? Do I dare?
I admit I had little hope for that gnocchi, or for fried cod over lemon marmalade, or fennel salad with licorice-spiked olive oil, bold moves on the menu at brand-new Spiga.

February 13, 2006 | Ask Gael
Is it the real or discount David Burke at Bloomie's?
Taste the mellow green-apple lobster bisque and those fabulous Asiago truffle fries and you'll believe the real David Burke has been lurking nearby in this stainless-steel, smartly checkered canteen.

February 6, 2006 | Ask Gael
We're hungry for Comfort on the Upper East Side
The narrow storefront that was Butterfield 81 has always catered to the neighborhood, and that's Francesco Antonucci's mind-set here in a room that is stripped-down and simple.

January 23, 2006 | Ask Gael
Is it Gilt or just plain brass?
I have little tolerance for dinner as a cataclysmic life experience. But bad-boy chef Paul Liebrandt promised to soften his edge at Gilt in the freshly restored hallows of the departed Le Cirque 2000.

December 26, 2005 | Ask Gael
I wouldn't mind a dose of vintage hotel classic
The city's almost manic effervescence has invaded the once-staid Waldorf, unleashing a jangle of energy in the lounge of the newly reorganized Peacock Alley.

December 19, 2005 | Ask Gael
And what's a barbounia?
It's a small, not all that remarkable Mediterranean fish, but the restaurant that has taken its name is making waves already.

December 12, 2005 | Ask Gael
Can we trust the West Side renaissance?
Local grape nuts may cheerfully surrender to the provocative wine pairings in flights of two-ounce tastes at Pair of 8's.

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