Category Archives: Food

Trying out the Iron Chef

In NYC for a few days of meetings, I had a chance to try out Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto’s NY outpost of his long-standing Philadelphia flagship restaurant. Our omasake was, simply put, amazing. The first and among the more memorable … Continue reading

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Challah

I’ve been on a baking binge of late after re-reading ‘Beard on Bread’ by James Beard, that classic of baking from the 70s. After two outstanding batches of Monkey Bread (think coffee cake) I decided to go old-skool with some … Continue reading

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As die-hard fans of Top Chef and the colorful Richard Blais (who will hopefully take home the prize next week) I had booked my birthday dinner at his new digs, Home (formerly the amazing Seegers). However, as Jennifer Zyman’s Blissfulglutton … Continue reading

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Dosa

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Legal News

Be still my beating heart. The restaurant that taught me what fresh New England seafood is all about is coming to Atlanta – just around the corner from my office. Yes, Legal Sea Foods, that 50+ year-old institution begun by … Continue reading

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Pizza Perfection

Oh did we have a treat last night. With the impending arrival of baby #2, it was pretty much now or sometime in 2010 before we’d be brave enough to go over to our friends Jay and Kate’s place to … Continue reading

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toss the booty

Wanted to pass along this nation-wide recall of what I know is the fave snack of a lot of the toddlers (and their parents) – Veggie Booty, produced by Robert’s American Gourmet. In a note from Robert (PDF, Adobe Acrobat … Continue reading

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peas in a pod

From a recent batch of sugar snap peas we enjoyed at dinner.

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food in the city

So I was in NYC in mid-June for (what else) more meetings. I did manage to attend some interesting business dinners, first at Jeffrey Chodorow’s Wild Salmon (NYMag review, official website) and the following night at Mario Batali’s hoity-toity venue … Continue reading

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another birthday, another great day

Yesterday was a fabulous day. Yes, I am a year older, but it was really nice to hear from so many friends from near and far. The day began on a high note with Sam singing ‘Happy Birthday to Daddy’ … Continue reading

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