I love cheese. I love dessert. They are not the same thing. "Cheese"-cake. Ugh! Once, after finishing a meal at a friend's house, he emerged from the kitchen with a plate of cheese. It's not that I'd never heard of such a thing before. It was like eating tapas, or having tea at 4 o'clock: Read More
An irregular dispatch from our men's blog, The Cockpit. Here's Your Change Back, Missy The Catbox. Today seems to be International Women's Day, though, really, who woulda known? Even our ladyfriends over at The Catbox just gave it a lil' round-up. In England, the Independent goes for it in a big way though—today Read More
Dining at Per Se is a euphoric, dizzying experience. By the time I stepped out into the street, after a dinner that lasted an entire evening, I realized that I couldn’t judge this restaurant on the same basis that I judge any other establishment. It exists in a category all its own. Per Se has Read More
Sapa, a new restaurant on a dingy block in Chelsea, is named after a mountain town in North Vietnam, established by French colonists in the 1920's as an escape from the hot weather. But there's nothing remotely Vietnamese or even colonial about the décor of this new restaurant/trendy bar and lounge located in a century-old Read More
