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Continue reading →: snackingaround: johnnyiuzzini.com
Johnny Iuzzini, the much lauded and tattooed sultan of sweet currently in residence at Jean-Georges, has just launched JohnnyIuzzini.com. Highly stylized and chock full of digital goodies like photos (strawberries at the green market and cakes!), video reel (sweet dreams sound track bien-sur) and calendar of events (note Tailor opening…
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Continue reading →: snackspot: blt market
I went to friends and family at BLT Market the other night. (F&F is the industry term for test-run before a restaurant opens to the public.) Occasionally when I meet people for the first time they ask "you’re married to Laurent?" Yes. And then they say "I just went to…
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Continue reading →: unsnack: swimwear pas cher
Sample sale shopping in New York can be a full-contact endurance sport. One needs to be focused, to unearth the gems that will nicely integrate into you wardrobe and resist the items that while cheap are still a bad idea. A small amount of aggression is good to get your…
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Continue reading →: snackwire: opening ritz-carlton dallas
Back in 2005, when chef Dean Fearing announced he was the leaving the Mansion on Turtle Creek in Dallas, it was a big surprise. He’d been there for 21 years. The deal he could not refuse was with Ritz-Carlton. The new hotel (the first new RC to open in the…
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Continue reading →: snackwire: blt market opens thursday
Laurent Tournondel’s long awaited BLT Market opens Thursday in the Ritz-Carlton on Central Park South. Note it is dinner only with a 10% discount (indicating preview versus full opening) until September 10. Full press release after the jump.
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Continue reading →: tvsnack: top chef wardrobe
I know a few people tuned in to last night’s episode of Top Chef. Did you notice Ted Allen was wearing a Spotted Pig t-shirt under his blazer? Nice shout out to chef April Bloomfield and le grand fromage Ken Friedman, and very appropriate for a late-night challenge. And who…
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Continue reading →: tvsnack: top chef semi-finals aspen
The summer hiatus is over for the cast and crew of Top Chef. Even though you’ve been watching them sweat it down in Miami, they have in fact been on a break. Which explains why Tre Wilcox was recently in New York City. He spent a week trailing (industry-speak for…
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Continue reading →: snackwire: the new iron chef
TVFN announces a new Iron Chef will be chosen in The Next Iron Chef competition. The six-part series premiering in October features eight chefs battling each other (not the existing Iron Chefs) to become the fifth Iron Chef. Personally, I’m rooting for Aaron Sanchez to become the first Iron Chef…
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Continue reading →: snackwire: top chef dj
Today’s snackwire is not a press release as per usual, but a simple e-postcard I’m passing along. Hands in the air.
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Continue reading →: hotsnack: sushi spreadsheet version .07
Some stories are like the perfect wave, they keep breaking again and again. In June, Eater revived the Sushi Spreadsheet reminding me it’s time for an update. Irasshaimasse! Download Sushi_Spreadsheet_2007.xls Version .04 Version .06 Note: I did not create the sushi spread sheet, I merely discovered it. It is the…
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