Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Eating Italian in New York
The question that I am asked all the time is “What restaurant do you go to for Italian food?”
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Monday, January 15, 2007
Francesco's Romantic Recipe
I mentioned in my New Year’s letter than I have inherited my dear friend Francesco de’ Rogati’s personal recipe files. I even mentioned in passing that he was born in Genoa of an Italian-American mother and a Neapolitan father, and that his parents’ story was a lovely romantic one. I didn’t tell you, however, that I have a recipe in my files that Francesco inherited from his mother, a dish that is connected to her romance with his father, a dish that he made once for a dinner party years ago, and that I liked so much I insisted he share it with me.
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Sunday, January 7, 2007
Food Trend Report, 2007
Michael Whiteman is one of the most accomplished men in the hospitality industry. Among his many credits, he is the only person ever to have opened five restaurants that earned three stars from the New York Times.
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Friday, January 5, 2007
Some Boasting
I suppose my end of the year letter was sad, so I thought I should make my first letter of the New Year more upbeat. To that end, let me blow my horn for a moment.
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