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Continue reading →: hotsnack: michelin stars begin trek to chitown
While we wait, patiently, for monsieur Michelin (that would be Jean Luc Naret, le directeur) to announce the Chicago guide for 2008, the Michelin stars are getting ready to congregate in the windy city. Word on the street says that chef-of-the-century Joël Robuchon may be planning an Atelier, trumped only by…
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Continue reading →: tvsnack: top chef says “I quit!”
Word on the street is that Top Chef finalist Ilan Hall has left Casa Mono, where until yesterday he was employed as a line cook. Tonight’s episode (you’ll recall it was filmed back in November) features the first of the two-part finale, with Roy Yamaguchi as the guest judge (with…
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Continue reading →: snackwire: chocolates melt in the desert, but not in your casino
François Payard is readying a Las Vegas outpost of his eponymous patisserie, eta summer 07. Good thing Caesars has state-of-the-art air con. .. Full press release after the jump. …
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Continue reading →: snackspot: the inn
For many a month I’ve been hearing bits and pieces of a story about Daniel Boulud doing downtown. It’s a tantalizing rumor of Daniel joining with Jeffrey Jah (the pied piper of downtown gold standards like Lotus and Double Seven) for late night noshing in the meatpacking. Enfin! Game on.…
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Continue reading →: snackwire: sweet change at del posto
To my eyes, this is the first official press release from the three B’s (Batali, Bastianich and Bastianich). New pastry chef on deck at Del Posto. News indeed. Full press release and bonus menu! after the jump.
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Continue reading →: hotsnack: star ads
The most interesting thing in today’s newspapers dining sections is not editorial. And it’s not available online. It’s an advertisement, a full column, running down the right-side of the restaurant review page in the New York Times. Presumably purchased by Alan and Michael Stillman of the Smith & Wolensky Restaurant…
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Continue reading →: hotsnack: word on the street
We’ll kick off this week (I know today is Tuesday, but yesterday was a holiday) with a pupu platter of industry talk from my wanderings. .. First up, meatpacking musical chairs. We know Sascha’s closed and Markt’s on the sidewalk. Word on the street is that the latter is simply…
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Continue reading →: snackmade: recipe chain gang
Remember chain letters? The adolescent postal pastime that was ultimately ruined by aging and those ponzi-scheme chain letters by scam artists? I recently got a chain-email, where you send a recipe to ten people, then get 36 in return. So I did it. Am curious to see what comes back.…
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Continue reading →: snackwire: 2007 fall preview
Is it too soon to get the fall preview rolling? How about planning this year’s holiday party? If you’re hyper-advanced on your to-do list, or an editor of a publication with a six-month lead time, snackwire is here to help. Just in from the in-box "Grayz Set to Open September…
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Continue reading →: hotsnack: 2007 by design
What’s on Gotham ‘s horizon this year for restaurant openings? I put down a preview of 07 on the front page of today’s NY Sun without talking to a single chef. Instead, I interviewed four design firms on five new projects. Admittedly, I was motivated by the selfish desire to…
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