Monthly Archives: October 2007

Serves 10, or 2 Teenage Boys

Even though one stepson left for college nine years ago, the other five years ago, I am still cooking for four, sometimes six. Here’s one meal I should stop cooking altogether.

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SOULS OF MISCHIEF & TIME FOR TREATS

HALLOWEEN. The day Dr. Ruth walks under a black cat. The only time bin Laden looks right. SO Gabriel Byrne says to me: “Halloween Eve is a blessed eve. I’m Irish, and I believe in marking Halloween because it’s important … Continue reading

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The Bartender Who Started It All

A new biography brings Jerry Thomas, the first bartender to publish a drink book in the United States, to life.

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From Disaster, a Chef Forges an Empire

John Besh was once simply a good chef with a fancy restaurant. His post-Katrina narrative has turned him into a spokesman for his city’s culinary recovery.

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Port’s Not-So-Sweet Cousin

In a panel tasting of Douro reds from Portugal, the conversation kept coming back to how much these dry wines reminded us of port, without the sweetness, of course.

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Off the Menu

Smith’s, Bacaro, Bun and Community Food & Juice open this week; Zen Palate in Union Square closes.

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Food Stuff

A cheesecake worth showing off, what to serve with a ploughman’s lunch and fresh chestnuts at the Greenmarkets.

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When Two Restaurants Lose One Chef

Michael White has taken over Scott Conant’s supervision of the menus and kitchens at both Alto and L’Impero, but his work at L’Impero isn’t quite as successful.

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For Barhoppers, a True Tapas Bar

Some dead simple and riotously flavorful dishes help El Quinto Pino in Chelsea to be New York’s best, and maybe only, true tapas bar.

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Good Taste Takes a Holiday

The Dining section asked dozens of chefs, cooks and recovering trick-or-treaters about their favorite Halloween treats from the past and the present.

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Wegmans Sets Standards for Shrimp

Wegmans has announced that it will become the first supermarket chain to adopt strict environmental and health standards for the farmed shrimp it will sell in its stores.

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Look, Then Eat.

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