The HAMPTON Report

While the participants at the Vendy Awards served a range of food, for the third straight year, the finalists hailed from only two of the city’s boroughs, Manhattan and Queens.

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While the participants at the Vendy Awards served a range of food, for the third straight year, the finalists hailed from only two of the city’s boroughs, Manhattan and Queens.

Chefs flock to a city where food is the star, produce is stellar and real estate is cheap.

What happens when mere mortals try to go to a fabulous restaurant, even in the slow month of August.

While chef worship is in vogue, members of the next generation at the front of the house seem satisfied to practice their craft anonymously and perhaps more subtly.

But every now and then, when the weather cools and the ingredients cooperate, a rich dish made at home seems entirely appropriate.

Yes, screw caps, the good guys in the battle against corked wines, have been implicated in reduction, or depriving a wine completely of air.

Openings this week include Gray Kunz’s bar and lounge and a Cipriani offshoot on Wall Street, and Eric Basulto to oversee all of the menus at Havana Central.