James Beard

James Beard's Burps: Top Toques Titter at Juvenile Pastry Pun

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When did the haute cuisine crowd become such a bunch of cunning linguists?

At the James Beard Foundation’s annual awards nomination breakfast on Monday, March 24, Mitchell Davis, vice president of the esteemed (if recently blemished) culinary organization, elicited snickers when he introduced Sullivan Street Bakery owner Jim Lahey, provider of the morning’s munchies, as a “master baker.”  read more »

Hot to Trotter: Martha Stewart Teetotals at James Beard House’s Hamptons Jamboree

“I’m on the wagon,” declared domestic diva Martha Stewart with a laugh, clutching a glass of flat water as she strolled around winemaker Christian Wölffer’s 170-acre estate in Sagaponack on Saturday, July 21.  read more »

At Murray Hill's Coach House, Forgione's Hommage to Beard

Recently, I ate in what was formerly the Coach House in Greenwich Village, now an Italian restaurant  read more »

Can't Get in Tonight? Get Over It! Babbo Is Worth the Wait

After months of trying, I finally managed to get into Babbo on the night of Hurricane Floyd.  read more »