Monthly Archives: May 2008

STARS LIGHT UP THE HAMPTONS (New York Post)

THE boldface-infested Hamptons were already in full swing over Memorial Day weekend with bashes all across the East End. Model/actress Molly Sims kicked off her summer with a 35th birthday party that French Connection threw for her at The Estate … Continue reading

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A Lifetime Amid the Lox and Rugelach

Saul Zabar, whose family founded the venerable West Side purveyor of New York noshes that bears its name, will turn 80 next week.

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Frank Shattuck II, Who Helped Guide Schrafft’s, Dies at 89

Mr. Shattuck was the last president of the company that owned Schrafft’s restaurants, a New York City-based chain that offered home-style food in genteel surroundings.

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FOOD STUFF | From Belgium, Sweetened For Americans

Le Petit Belge serves thick, round Belgian Liège-style waffles and poffys, puffy silver-dollar-size pancakes that come piled in a paper cone.

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Cooking

Most cookbooks are failures, but there are some good ones out there. Here are a dozen of the summer season’s most interesting.

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The Way We Eat: The Supper Club

At First Wednesdays, membership has its privileges.

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36 Hours in Lima, Peru

The city’s cuisine is rapidly gaining worldwide renown for its freshness, creativity and diversity.

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Open Question: Legal advice on being caught with drugs?

Last weekend a friend of mine was on his way to a party when an undercover cop caught him with 4 ecstacy pills. Now he has to go to court and I am wondering what could happen to him and … Continue reading

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THIS STAR HAS HAD QUITE A HEAVY LIFE

NEXT up on the celebrity tell-all circuit – Carnie Wilson. Now a solo performer, she’s best known as part of that longtime pop group Wilson Phillips. Daughter of rocker icon Brian Wilson, Carnie’s 40, married, has a 3-year-old daughter, admitted…

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Do I Detect a Hint of … Joe?

Cuppings, or coffee tastings, at independent cafes, attract connoisseurs who wouldn’t be caught dead sipping an overroasted blend and regularly travel to another borough for superior beans.

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Oyster Farmers Find a Boutique in the Bay

Dozens of local boutique growers are finally getting a handle on the deceptively simple art of oyster farming.

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Tilting at the Bocuse d’Or

Thomas Keller will be the president of the American team at next year’s Bocuse d’Or, a contest that is considered to be the Olympics of food.

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