Dan Barber | The New York Observer

Time-Lauded Toque Dan Barber Anticipates the Michelle Obama Effect

Mon, 04 May 2009 08:35:30 -0400

“I was shocked,” Dan Barber told the Daily Transom.

Last week, the 39-year-old executive chef and co-owner of Blue Hill in Greenwich Village and Westchester’s Blue Hill at Stone Barns (and nominee for outstanding chef at tonight's James Beard Foundation Awards) found his name printed among those of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Tiger Woods, Arianna Huffington, Tina Fey and the founders of Twitter, to name just a few, when Time magazine released its annual 100...

Vegetables Are the New Meat!

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:16:13 -0500

Glenn Bunger, a 38-year-old teacher from Manhattan, was driving in rural Pennsylvania last month when he saw a roadside farm. Screech! Mr. Bunger had been seeking a plump pumpkin into which he could carve the Barack Obama sunrise logo, but as he perused the crates of fresh produce, something more impressive caught his eye: an enormous, perfect-looking butternut squash, placed on a table between pots of mums and some perennial herbs.

Dan Barber's Book About Food Sold to Ann Godoff at Penguin Press

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:42:10 -0400

Dan Barber, the chef and restaurateur who operates the celebrated Greenwich Village restaurant Blue Hill, has found a publisher for that book of food stories he was shopping last month. According to his literary agent David Black-- whom Mr. Barber met when he came to dinner at Blue Hill-- the book was acquired by the Penguin Press about a week after the proposal went out.

The Penguin Press, one of the most prestigious publishers of...

Bookish Chef Shops Book Ideas

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:26:37 -0400

Dan Barber really likes to read, so he gets excited when people who work in publishing eat dinner at Blue Hill, the super fresh, locally sourced restaurant that he opened seven years ago in Greenwich Village. Mr. Barber, who also runs the celebrated Blue Hill at Stone Barns outside of Tarrytown (the restaurant is on the same land as the working farm where much of Blue Hill’s food comes from—see baby lamb, eat baby...

Casual Style, But Highest Caliber: Blue Hill On Par With City's Best

Sun, 13 Nov 2005 19:00:00 -0500

Blue Hill

Three Stars 75 Washington Place (Between Sixth Avenue and Washington Square Park) 212-539-1776 Dress: Casual Lighting: Soft Noise Level: Low Wine List: Unusual selections from small vineyards, reasonable prices Credit Cards: All major Price Range: Main courses, $28 to $32 Dinner: Monday through Saturday, 5:30 to 11 p.m.; Sunday, 5:30 to 10 p.m. On a recent Sunday evening, my friends arrived at Blue Hill early and fell into conversation at the bar...

Casual Style, But Highest Caliber: Blue Hill On Par With City’s Best

Sun, 13 Nov 2005 19:00:00 -0500

Blue Hill Three Stars 75 Washington Place (Between Sixth Avenue and Washington Square Park) 212-539-1776 Dress: Casual Lighting: Soft Noise Level: Low Wine List: Unusual selections from small vineyards, reasonable prices Credit Cards: All major Price Range: Main courses, $28 to $32 Dinner: Monday through Saturday, 5:30 to 11 p.m.; Sunday, 5:30 to 10 p.m. On a recent Sunday evening, my friends arrived at Blue Hill early and fell into conversation at the bar with a professor and a high-school teacher. The...