- January 22, 2007
- Bedeviled
Hell’s Kitchen star Gordon Ramsay’s New York debut falls well short of heavenly.
- January 22, 2007
- Drinking and Thinking
Three cultural institutions shrug off their fusty reputations by uncorking a few bottles of wine.
- January 22, 2007
- Where’s the Lamb?
In these burger-crazed times, lamb may not be the new beef, but it’s certainly giving turkey a run for its money.
- January 15, 2007
- High Chairs for Grown-ups
With counter dining all the rage, we take stock of some of the city’s newest haute stools.
- January 15, 2007
- Restaurant Openings
Week of January 15, 2007: Taj-Almoulouk , Café Grumpy, and Yoláto.
- January 15, 2007
- Kobe Club
So unloved Mix, twice unhappily revised, reemerges as Kobe Club, and the kitchen is already impressive.
- January 15, 2007
- Parsnips
Although it does a fairly good imitation of a carrot, do not attempt to eat a parsnip in its natural state. The humble root was designed for cooking.
- January 15, 2007
- The New Russia
The latest incarnation of the Russian Tea Room evokes gilded old New York, but the food and service lack polish.
- January 15, 2007
- Pork and Beans, à la Française
In France, cassoulet has long been the subject of debate. Does mutton belong among the pig parts and preserved goose? Which beans are best? How many times is the crust broken (seven in Castelnaudary, eight in Toulouse)? Mercifully, New York chefs take a looser approach, catering to bean-stew classicists and modernists alike.
- January 15, 2007
- Feed Me
The culinary no-man’s-land known as the flower district has suddenly become safe for foodies.