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Our favorite books of 2009
In 2009, the blog-to-book trend continued. It seems anyone with a laptop is writing a blog these days and every other blogger is getting a book deal especially those with a good gimmick. There were the quirky, photo-driven projects (Cake Wrecks, Bent
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Year in Eater 2009: Restaurant Figures Name Their Single Best Meals of the Year
Charlie Palmer: Dinner at Per Se to celebrate my wedding anniversary. We had one dish - roasted hamachi collar, that was served on a bed of coals with burning embers. The flavors were incredible and the presentation was extraordinary.
Kate Krader,
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WELCOME TO MY BLOG: Eleven Memorable Dishes, and Not Even a Full Year
THE best dishes of the year? We’ll get to the roasted unicorn in dwarf-fairy reduction sauce soon enough. But perspective is everything. For much of 2009 I was not the restaurant critic of The New York Times. I was the newspaper’s culture editor, with
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Year in Eater 2009: The Panel Shares the Year's Biggest Dining Surprises
As is the tradition at Eater, it's time for the annual Year in Eater survey. Already, Single Best Meals, The Year in One Word and The Best Dining City have already been discussed, and all will be answered by the time we turn off the lights on Thursday.
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The Sunday Preview
Shawn Baldwin for The New York Times During Ramadan, Cairo days are quiet as residents fast from dawn to dusk. But at night, it lights up. Ramadan may be the holiest time of year in the Muslim faith, one in which the days are spent fasting and in prayer.
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Jimmy Fallon! Liev Schriber! Susan Lucci?
It’s that time of year again – when, after the bacchanalia of booze and revelry that are the holidays, the Times’ four-day marathon of interviews with luminaries of the arts and leisure world refocuses us on what really matters in NYC:
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Bruni's Bartender Sues Blue Hill
Frank Bruni has been sucked into a the legal maneuverings of a fired bartender, reports New York, and in the process, The Times' lawyers have effectively argued against the paper's objectivity.
Tina Braunstein, who worked at the Blue Hill at Stone
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Arts and Leisure Weekend is happening now
If you didn’t get tickets to the Top Chef discussion taking place during The New York Times‘ , then you’re out of luck; the event, a talk between TC judges Padma Lakshmi and Gail Simmons, moderated by former Times restaurant critic Frank Bruni, is
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‘Top Chef’ secrets revealed: From the judges’ mouths to your ears
This weekend, The New York Times hosted its ninth annual Arts & Leisure weekend, where bold-faced names like Natalie Portman and Angela Lansbury (!) chatted with Times staffers about their careers, creative processes and pop culture as a whole. Sounds
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The Nifty 50 | Paul Kahan, Chef
Sorry, New York. Chicago has something you’ll never have: Paul Kahan’s food. The 47-year-old chef is a born-and-bred Chicagoan who loves the city’s cold as well as its comforts. “It’s a mighty city,” he said. And the award-winning chef gives its
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Local, Seasonal, But How's The Food?
Sometimes other writers, critics, and bloggers pique my interest in a particular restaurant. Oliver Strand, Frank Bruni, and Adam Platt have all favorably mentioned Vinegar Hill House--though, interestingly enough, none of them felt compelled to write
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Service-Related Workers Hit Twice as Hard by Recession
As the economy continues spiraling downward into recession, people who rely on gratuities are getting slammed twice as hard. Service-related industries such as food and spa are experiencing not only a drop in total sales but noticing a considerable
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9 ways to taste Houston (like an expert)
PLATTERS of fried pigs ears, consumed in the dimly-lit front room of an old, single-family home. Innovative cocktails served in a smart tire shop turned roadhouse by twentysomething entrepreneur/bartenders. Vast and remote neighborhoods of recent (or
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Warner Music's Michael Fleisher: Finally, a Loose-Dicked Philander with Good Taste [Cheaters]
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As the story goes, Boris & Natasha-esque New York Daily News gossip duo Rush & Molloy set today's moose-and-squirrel sights on the 44 year-old Fleisher, as they got quotes from both the way cute, 22 year-old waitress
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Joaquim Brady? Not quite.
Like any other couple, Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady don’t agree on everything.
Take the name of their baby, for instance. In an interview with Brazilian TV, Bundchen reveals that she liked the name “Joaquim,’’ but her husband thought it would “sound
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Why I don't know anything more about Rain
I'm glad you wrote this open letter; makes me want to NOT go there when Rain finally opens.
Bravo EL! Well said and certainly well deserved. Why do people want to be in the restaurant business if they don't want to be in the restaurant business? Rain
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A Nontraditional Pub Burger at Tanuki Tavern in the Meatpacking District
18 Ninth Avenue, New York NY 10014 (at W 13th St; map); 212-660-6766; chinagrillmgt.com
Cooking Method: Griddled
Short Order: A custom blend containing dry aged beef served on an excellent potato bun does not suffer unduly from the inclusion of kimchi
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Sam Sifton Too Good for 'The City's Best Pizza'
The brussels sprouts and pancetta pizza is, according to Sam Sifton, "Like something from a magic act, a dog speaking BBC English. It is great and unsettling, far better than imagination would dictate." Translation: "Good." [Photograph: Robyn Lee]
What
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Scott Brown: 'Truckin' in Washington
In the highly-charged, polarized world of oddly-attracting opposites that we call Washington, there is not a lot of room for political nuance.
You're for a bill, or against it.
You're with someone, or against him (her.)
You can talk your way
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Scott Brown Once Made $1000 A Day As A Male Model
Apparently, just about everyone is out there uncovering the inconvenient truth that Scott Brown may not be exactly as he seems! This weekend’s New York Times Magazine features a long profile on Brown penned by former Times food critic Frank Bruni
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Real World Recap Podcast, Episode Nine
It’s time for podcast #7, and episode #9 of Mediaite’s Real World Recap podcast!
We’re live at 9amET Thursday to talk about all things D.C. – with a special reality TV guest.
The show airs at 10pmET, and we’ll be live on BlogTalkRadio at 9amET Thursday
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Tell Us Everything, Chef Daniel Boulud
After his early years training under renowned chefs in France, Boulud made his way to the states, eventually landing in New York, where from 1986 to 1992 he served as executive chef at the star-studded Le Cirque, earning it recognition as one of the
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HEARD IN THE HALLS: Bradley lands latest zinger in good-natured bout with Hedlund
Hingham’s state rep and state senator are on opposite sides of the aisle but that hasn’t prevented them from developing something of a one-two punch when it comes to work on local issues.
In addition to working together, they enjoy the occasional
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The Restaurant Auteur
The first time Keith McNally ate in a restaurant, he was 17 years old. He was living with his dockworker father, his mother, and two brothers and a sister in a small prefab home, built as temporary housing in London’s crime-ridden, working-class,
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Sen. Scott Brown is a Hot (Journalism Topic)
In a recent issue of New York Magazine, John Heilemann wrote a lengthy profile of the newly elected Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.). The NYT's Frank Bruni also profiled the senator in the magazine this past Sunday.
He will appear tonight on CNBC's "The
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On the Menu: March 7 through March 13
Here’s what’s happening at the Beard House next week:
Monday, March 8, 7:00 P.M.
The Art of Craft
Though he became a household name as a Top Chef judge, Tom Colicchio has long been a celebrity in foodie circles. The winner of four JBF Awards, Colicchio
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Psilakis Out of Anthos
Michael Psilakis is leaving Anthos. Frank Bruni drops by the Times' Diner's Journal blog today to report the not-shocking news that the top chef is parting ways with his partner Donatella Arpaia. Though not entirely – the two still are partners in Kefi
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Being Conventionally Cute Is Not Enough For The Food Network. What Is? [Pound Of Flesh]
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Frank Bruni's profile in the new NY Times Magazine uses Katie Lee to chart the Hollywood-ization of food. It also suggests that, as in any show business endeavor, being very pretty isn't necessarily enough to make you
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Where Scott Brown Is Coming From
Future historians may well include two Browns from New England who altered the arc of social justice in America: John Brown, the abolitionist whose words and deeds provided the backbone and impetus for the Civil War and an end to slavery; and Scott
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In Praise of Restaurant Critics, An Endangered Species
Anton Ego, the food critic in the Disney film Ratatouille.
When news broke last week that Raymond Sokolov, the longtime restaurant critic of the Wall Street Journal, was out after twenty-five years, the average foodie probably didn't look up from his
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Foodie rock star 'Dave' attracts plenty of fans
AT FIRST glance, David Chang, in his black, trail-battered sandals, khaki shorts and striped shirt with the sleeves rolled up, looks like every other tourist trotting along the marble floors of Southbank's Langham Hotel. Except perhaps when he takes
