Food Adventuring Around NYC
Bread and cheese is the dish this week? Not even a grilled cheese? That’s right. I was seduced by the art of simplicity and high quality ingredients at an undersung gem of a bakery in Midtown. I have visited Pavé three times now to try everything from their mushroom flatbread to the passionfruit brioche. All …
I never thought we would get so fancy on this journey, but tonight we had lobster in a vanilla butter sauce. Courtesy of a former French colony where both lobster and vanilla are plentiful on possibly the most beautiful smelling country in the world. Comoros produces vanilla, cloves, and the ylang ylang flower which is …
I guess I’m going through a potato thing lately. I didn’t come to Double Yolk at the new Tin Building by Jean-Georges for a hash brown, but I left licking my lips not due to the decent egg sandwich or the historic environment, but because of a potato log that was out of this world. …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Coming off of Thanksgiving and heading into the gluttonous holidays is probably not the best time to recommend a decadent dessert. Or maybe it’s the perfect time. You’ll win Christmas if you skip the milk and …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City When most people talk about American food, they either think of fast food or immigrant-inspired national dishes like burgers, hot dogs, or barbecue. They often take the food eaten by the Native Americans for granted. But the …
My search for the best pizza in New York continues…. I didn’t think I could have ever accepted that Arcade Bakery was gone. It was a classy secret little bakery in an office building in Tribeca that was one of the true gems in the city. It closed in 2019 because the owner and baker decided to retire. It seemed …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City After a special outing in Manhattan, we figured we needed to get dessert. I let my son choose any of the eclairs at the adorable Eclair Bakery to share with me (this was our second dessert …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City A few summers ago, I had a few days in Paris. One of the places I decided on for lunch was a place in the trendy Montmartre neighborhood for a classic Coq au Vin. It was a …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City It’s not often that I spend well into the three digits on a dinner. But when I am out for a special occasion, as I was at Frenchette, and I’m dropping that kind of money, I sure hope something …
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2018… French cuisine can come across as tired. It had a heyday in the 1980’s in this city and since then it may have been overshadowed in the restaurant world by more exotic cuisines. But this year it came back with a bang! La Mercerie is one …
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2018… SADLY, ARCADE BAKERY IS NOW CLOSED. Woah! I knew Arcade Bakery made incredible buttery French pastries but I had never tasted anything quite like the Chocolate Hazelnut Danish. The substantial log breaks apart into a flaky mess. Bits of rich dark chocolate linger throughout and …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, KREUTHER HANDCRAFTED CHOCOLATES IS NOW CLOSED. Last week I wrote about a delicious little dessert secret known as the Cake Pusher. It was my birthday week and I felt cake was more than necessary. It’s rare I …
What’s not to love about Paris? It’s grand, romantic, and incredibly delicious. While you got to come here and get views of the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame, you also want to get in to some of the hips neighborhood where locals hang out and that’s what I did on the Gourmet Marais tour. On …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, AUTRE KYO YA IS NOW CLOSED. When people ask me what’s my favorite restaurant in the city, I laugh and roll my eyes responding about how impossible that is to choose. But the truth is I …
My search for the best ice cream in New York continues …. I want to say I would never spend $7 on a cup of ice cream. But I would be lying if I said that because I did spend that ridiculous amount of money on a single serving of ice cream. When I walked …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I guess this is a traditional thing in parts of the Swiss and French Alps, but it’s not every day in New York that your waiter offers you up a big hunk of bubbling melting cheese …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, KREUTHER HANDCRAFTED CHOCOLATE IS NOW CLOSED. For those of us who have been lucky enough to eat at a high-end fine dining restaurant, we know that even after the dessert course is served, there is still …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I’m doing something I’ve never done before on this blog. And that’s because I just came back from an adventure that was unlike anything I’ve ever done before in my life. For six weeks of the …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Gabriel Kreuther is a pretty well-known name in the groups I run in. First off, he is an established and highly praised Alasatian chef in the New York food world (Michelin stars and everything). And secondly, …
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2015… I have such fond memories of eating some wonderful dishes in 2015. But these five were so surprising and hugely delicious, that they stand above all the rest. While I still can taste their flavors in my mind’s palate, I can’t wait to truly …