Food and Drink
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Cyberfood
This week’s Time Out New York includes a roundup of food links, including some of my personal favorites — Chowhound, NYC Eats, Menupages, and Epicurious. Some other favorites of mine that I thought were missing include The Food Section, Walker New York: Eats, and The Strong Buzz. You can find a few more of my
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Weekend Highlights
All in all, a fairly mellow weekend, but there were definitely some high points. Met up with a few friends on Friday night at Fuel, the hip lounge, which used to be Phebe’s, the dive with cheap pitchers. I remembered back to my first day of law school orientation when I was the hero for
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Food, food, food . . .
All kinds of exciting food news today. First, the James Beard Award winners. My two faves on the list are Sam Hayward, from Fore Street in Portland, Maine, and Allison Vines-Rushing, from Jack’s Luxury Oyster Bar, here in NYC. I have had the pleasure of dining at both of these restaurants, and they are up
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You Want Fries With That?
It’s time again for a blatant plug, in this case, for a film. I had the privilege of seeing Super Size Me yesterday. This documentary chronicles one month in the life of the writer and filmmaker, during which he eats only at McDonald’s. Hilarity and disastrous health effects ensue. It is incredibly well-done — funny,
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On the Bayou
Okay, it’s time for the full report. Day 1 We arrived on Wednesday and picked up our first po-boys on the way home from the airport from a local joint out in Lakeview, where we were staying. Ah . . . welcome to New Orleans. After lunch, we followed up with a stroll around the
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Goin’ Down to the Big Easy
The wait is over. It’s finally time. Truth be told, I’ve been waiting for this moment since last year’s trip. Wasn’t sure I’d make it this year, but thanks to a very hospitable college friend and a travel partner with a flexible schedule, I am once again able to make the pilgrimage to Jazz Fest
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Hot Dogs for All Tastes
I started off my weekend at the Yankees/Red Sox game. A good college friend, a die-hard Sox fan, was in town, and I have to admit that I am somewhat of a closeted Sox fan myself. Truth be told, I don’t care much one way or the other, but when the Sox play the Yankees,
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Southern Gentlemen and Pork Fat — My Trip to Atlanta
Considering that I spent the better part of four beautiful, mild, sunny days inside a Hilton, I actually had a good trip to Atlanta. I was there for the Equal Justice Conference, and moderated a panel presentation on disaster legal assistance. I hadn’t met any of my co-panelists before we got there — we coordinated
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My Seder Was More Fun Than Your Seder
Last night was my second annual Passover seder at Sammy’s Roumanian Steakhouse on the Lower East Side. I went last year as well, with a slightly smaller group (I even met Jill Sobule there last year — see the picture). When I told my dad I was going there, he said that he recalled the
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My Weekend, as Illustrated by Two Plates
I was in Maine — of course I had to have a lobster roll. My one complaint — too heavy on the mayo. My sister, who couldn’t be at our seder this year, suggested that we have a Cadbury creme egg on our seder plate. Given the fact that our seder was on the wrong