I still claim that the Fenway Frank is the premier regular hot dog in baseball. 81 afternoons and nights a year (hopefully 10 or so more with the postseason too) Fenway Park fills up with its 37,000 plus capacity of the Red Sox Nation making the pilgrimage to one of sport’s most quirky and excitingContinue reading “Monday’s Neighborhoods: Fenway Park/Kenmore Square, Boston”
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Bites of the Week: Maybe The Best Pasta of My Life?
Oenotri, Napa, CA: Fidei with Smoked Mackerel, Tomato, Cream, Shellfish Brodo, and Hot Pepper Fidei is essentially capellini pasta, commonly seen in the Ligurian region of Italy, often paired with that other specialty of Liguria: pesto. Curtis Di Fede and Tyler Rodde create some of the most innovative pastas anywhere, and none more so thanContinue reading “Bites of the Week: Maybe The Best Pasta of My Life?”
End of the Week Wrap
A relatively quiet week after a food and wine filled weekend in the Napa Valley. Here are some of the other places visited the past few days, in addition to Oenotri in Napa reviewed yesterday and a certain Yountville restaurant (no, it doesn’t rhyme with The Bench Fondly) that will be reviewed next Thursday. Gott’sContinue reading “End of the Week Wrap”
Plat du Jour: Great American Bakesale Day and Zombies Drink Coffee
Happy weekend everyone! Hopefully everyone is enjoying the heart of spring, whether outside, or on the plate. Today is a great day to get out and buy some baked goods for an excellent cause. Across the country, Share Our Strength, a charity fighting childhood hunger, bake sales are taking place to help raise funds forContinue reading “Plat du Jour: Great American Bakesale Day and Zombies Drink Coffee”
Restaurants: Oenotri, Napa
Downtown Napa is hopping these days. What once was a mere stopping off point on the road to the wineries and destination restaurants further north in the Napa Valley has become a dining destination every bit on par with heavyweights St. Helena and Yountville. The Napa River’s waterfront boasting Morimoto’s flagship, Tyler Florence, and, theContinue reading “Restaurants: Oenotri, Napa”
Cocktail of the Week: Por qué No? from Empellon Taqueria, New York
Having covered the Por qué No? zinfandel blend from Tres Sabores for our wine of the week, por qué no continue our theme of the week with the equally outstanding Por qué no? cocktail from the West Village’s Empellon Taqueria, which used to be simply Empellon until little sibling Empellon Cocina opened early this year.Continue reading “Cocktail of the Week: Por qué No? from Empellon Taqueria, New York”
Plat du Jour: Tuesday April 24, 2012: Questions for Dining Out
After a small weekend snafu where some members of my dining party had under-estimated the time and formality of a meal at a certain restaurant I had arranged for us to visit, let’s take a look at some of the most commonly asked (some serious, some…less so) questions when you’re the “foodie” and everyone putsContinue reading “Plat du Jour: Tuesday April 24, 2012: Questions for Dining Out”
Plat du Jour: Monday April 23, 2012: Spring Dishes and Sandwich Origin Debates
The final full week of April is here and in much of the country that was enjoying an early summer last week, winter has returned. Time for more hot chocolate and beef stew now… We’ll get to “spring” in a moment, but the big excitement of the day is the announcement that René Redzepi, chefContinue reading “Plat du Jour: Monday April 23, 2012: Spring Dishes and Sandwich Origin Debates”
End of the Week Wrap: Mission Chinese Food
It was a fairly quiet week for dining out, though things will start up again this weekend with a few Napa visits (but those reviews wait until next week!). Mission Chinese Food, San Francisco Quite possibly the most talked about restaurant in San Francisco, Mission Chinese Food perfectly shows where dining is 2012. It’s aContinue reading “End of the Week Wrap: Mission Chinese Food”
Bites of the Week
Some excellent dining the past week, as spring is now in full force. Amberjack, Seaweed, Ash, Black Trumpet Mushrooms Snow Peas at Aziza, San Francisco Maybe not very Moroccan, but this de-constructed sashimi from Mourad Lahlou is similar to what you’d find at a 3 star Michelin sushi bar in Tokyo. The pure, clear flavorsContinue reading “Bites of the Week”
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