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Noche Buena

2018-12-25 | Food and Drink, Holidays

Restaurant Ramloc in Colmar (Alsace)

2018-10-06 | Food and Drink, Restaurants, Travel, Vacation

Visiting Colmar on a day trip from Basel on my annual trip to Switzerland, luck led me to Restaurant Ramloc. The chef's wife told us they were newly opened but had 20 years in the food business. It showed in terrific, honest family fare. We took two...

Ticino

2018-09-28 | Food and Drink, Switzerland, Travel, Vacation

Visiting Basel while in Switzerland to see my sister, we met up with Sabino Spadaccino and his beautiful wife, Suzanne Schmollgruber. Together, we took a train down the alpine spine to Ticino, the Italian speaking Swiss canton. There we had a great afternoon hanging...

Pissaladière

2018-09-07 | Food, Food and Drink, Pissaladiere

Pissaladière is a wonderful flat-bread treat, rich in onions, olives, and anchovies. This summer, I used an adapted sourdough for the dough which resulted in a paper-thin crust to complement the toppings, good for L'apéro with rosé or Ricard....

Great Northern Hall

2017-11-19 | Food, Food and Drink, Restaurants, Smörgåsbord

Come to Grand Central to catch a train? A new place to stop and eat.

SoleLuna – A Great Restaurant in Queens

2017-11-12 | Food, Food and Drink, Restaurants

Believing I had exhausted local restaurants to enjoy in my Sunnyside neighborhood, far from Manhattan, I was delighted to find SoleLuna, a two-year-old restaurant on Queens Boulevard. It took over a diner I had rarely visited except when desperate for the greasy-spoon...

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