Monthly Archives: September 2007

A Tasting at the Tavern.

While not too many dishes rise far above pleasant and some don’t reach that bar, Gemma has an unlabored panache that makes an evening go down very easy.

Artisanal Cheese Festival.

Fabio Trabocchi’s arrival in New York at Fiamma in SoHo, which reopened last week after a brief face-lift, is big news.

Making the perfect eggs — ones that don’t taste like eggs at all.

From Italy’s buffaloes, butter and cheese, Niagara grapes at the greenmarket and organic foods in Midtown to order or take out.

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.