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Continue reading →: hotsnack: paul & drew – is true! and maison boulud
I just got my March issue of Vogue. This month, resident food writer Jeffrey Steingarten hires Paul Liebrandt to spend two weeks cooking at chez Steingarten to see what it’s like to have a private chef. Amidst the stories of cleaning out the kitchen and impromptu dinner parties, he writes…"Paul’s…
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Continue reading →: hotsnack: word on the so-beach
I got to catch up with many at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, which is ironic in that we’re all, mostly, from New York. A few tidbits from my poolside chatter and after-party mingling. Can you be a bad-ass wearing a pink snuggly? Tony Bourdain recounted, with the…
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Continue reading →: partysnack: dancing with the chefs
If the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen is like summer camp for chefs, then the South Beach Wine & Food Festival is like spring break (or the James Beard Awards in bathing suits, if you want to picture that). Once the work in the tents is finished, it’s party…
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Continue reading →: Hotsnack: top chef says “does that come with diamonds?”
Scene: Top Chef Ilan Hall boarding the 8:30 am flight JFK to Fort Lauderdale last Thursday (for the South Beach Food & Wine Festival). Moncler black vest: $375Pink shoe laces for white Nikes: $4Louis Vuitton duffel bag: $1,100 Louis Vuitton white belt with candy-colored logo:$350Patek Philippe Aquanaut Luce watch in…
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Continue reading →: papersnack: michelin guide france 2007
It’s worth noting that the 2007 Michelin Guide for France came out yesterday. It should be in stores on February 28th. As with all guide books, the news is about who won (Anne-Sophie Pic, new a new three star, notable because she’s a woman) and who lost (Taillevent and Le…
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Continue reading →: snackingaround: shameless self-promotion edition
If you find shameless self-promotion distasteful, look away. Hot list, three pastry chefs opening, hot list, eastcoast/westcoast, radio, and hot list.
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Continue reading →: snackwire: suka (aka zak’s london spot)
We know that Zak Pelaccio has teamed up with Jeffery Chodrow to open a restaurant in the Sanderson Hotel in London. Said restaurant is Suka. While the opening will not be for another few weeks (March 16th to be exact), the full press release is right here after the jump.
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Continue reading →: hotsnack: no reservations – the movie
In my mail (actual paper) there’s an invitation to a sneak preview of No Reservations – the movie. As I read on, I’m thinking…how did I miss this? Is it possible I didn’t know Tony Bourdain’s Travel Channel show’s going to the big screen? Aaron Eckhart’s pictured on the invite…
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Continue reading →: snackwire: got water?
Did you have a drink of water today? Take a shower? Hopefully the answer to both is affirmative. But there are millions of children whose response, tragically, is no. While snackwire is usually a showcase for restaurant openings, today’s edition features a press release for a worthy event: UNICEF’s Tap…
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Continue reading →: hotsnack: stealth opening nyc, part trois
Today in the final installment of the stealth series, the media weighs in and answers the question – Is it possible to have a stealth restaurant opening in NYC? Answers from Bon Appetit, Eater, Gourmet, Nation’s Restaurant News, NY Times, and Zagat. a For those of you joining us mid-broadcast,…






