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Continue reading →: hotsnack: gray in the machine
If you’re having dinner tonight night at Café Gray, listen closely and you will hear a faint hum, the sound of the PR machine cranking into high gear. The cause and affect of public relations is a simple equation. Information + media = press coverage. But it becomes complex calculus…
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Continue reading →: snackology: Lest I confound you…
Leonard Lopate asked me,"What’s snackology?" Granted, all my snack-ism may not be as easily identifiable as I think they are, so I’ve broken them down in the following brief glossary. Babysnack discusses things for babies. Hotsnack is news, usually of the breaking, you-read-it here first variety. Liquidsnack is for all…
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Continue reading →: snackology: jet lag
I am en voyage – visiting beans in Costa Rica. Regularly scheduled posting to resume later this week. Here’s a little something until then. A bientôt.
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Continue reading →: hotsnack: foam is out – espuma is in
All those food writers and editors who’ve been espousing a ‘no more foam’ movement will be happy to know that foam is out and espuma is in. It’s been spotted on menus and intoned by waiters delivering plates at restaurant all around town. A trend indeed. How long will it…
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Continue reading →: snackology: snack love
Given the electro-format of a blog, it’s impossible to send a bound galley preview to the culinary glitterati so that they’ll give you a back-of-the-book endorsement, like publishers do. Now that I’ve been serving up Snack for a few months, everyone’s had the opportunity to give it a taste. Seems everyone…
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Continue reading →: snackspot: no romance – just food
Perhaps tomorrow evening you want to go out for a meal? Sans roses and candlelight? Here’s a list of spots open on February 14th for business as usual. No romance, no special menu d’amour, just good food.
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Continue reading →: hotsnack: and the winner is…
The winner of the Valentine’s Day reservation desperation auction is…. The guy in the number one slot on the waiting list at Daniel. Given there’s 100 people on that list (and over 50 calls a day for reservations), I’m a bit surprised there were no winning bids on Snack. And…
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Continue reading →: hotsnack: get your bid on for valentine’s day
Ready to grab the last table for two at Daniel on Valentine’s Day? Bidding is officially open now until 3PM on Monday February 13th. Open your wallet and your heart. It’s for a good cause.
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Continue reading →: hotsnack: valentine’s day reservation desperation: the auction
Are you desperate for a Valentine’s Day reservation? Do you absolutely have-to-have-under-penalty-of-breakup (or worse – love embargo) a table for two on Tuesday night? Snack is your salvation. On the auction block is… A 9PM Tuesday February 14, 2006 table for two at Restaurant Daniel, one of Gotham’s (née, the…
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Continue reading →: hotsnack: the last table for two
Do you have a Valentine’s Day reservation? I do. Here – at 9PM. Want it? Stay tuned to Snack to find out how you can get the last table for two. Photo credit: M. Noguchi






