Tasting the stars

Luck was with me a few months ago, as a Twitter exchange with Chef Eric Ripert of Le Bernadin (see below) won me dinner. A very good dinner, let me add. Yup, I found a photo online of another Le Bernardin, this restaurant in Winston Salem North Carolina. Thankfully I...

Jaleo

Eating out, it's difficult to find justice accorded Spanish food, especially when so often it means nothing more than sweet Sangria or faux paella whose typical signature is a dose of yellow coloring and perhaps some long grain rice. All to be given flourish with...

Central Michel Richard

I was introduced to Citrus in Los Angles by my brother, who worked at another of its owner, Michel Richard’s, other restaurants. Michel invited the family for lunch, and though he chided my mother for her children’s bad French speaking skills, he was a...

A tout a l’heur (M.Wells)

By now, the news is out about M.Wells closing at the end of August. Hearing it, I sped from the subway and headed straight for breakfast. They are scouting for a new location, thank goodness!!!

The Little Owl – a quick review

Finally, after interviewing owner/chef Joey Campanaro, I made it down to his Greenwich Village restaurant The Little Owl to go enjoy his food. His restaurant is an intimate place, filled with small tables and chairs. It's well...