Elaine Kaufman, who became something of a symbol of New York as the salty den mother of Elaine’s, one of the city’s best-known restaurants and a second home for almost half a century to a bevy of writers, actors, athletes and other celebrities, died Friday in Manhattan. She was 81.
posted by Joe Beese
on Dec 3, 2010 -
21 comments
"The goal of this journey is to find cuisines from every United Nations member state, within New York City limits, in alphabetical order. " For your gustatory delight, here is
The Confined Nomad
posted by spicynuts
on Aug 9, 2010 -
33 comments
Sysco : whether it's Wendy's, Applebee's, the local diner, a fancy restaurant, the cafeteria, or Guantanamo Bay,
it's what you eat. Serving over
400,000 businesses, the
"Wal-Mart of Food Service" has all the bases covered, from
"Unique 3-D technology gives you the look and texture of a solid muscle chicken breast, at a fraction of the cost" to
more gourmet offerings.
posted by TheOnlyCoolTim
on Jul 30, 2008 -
135 comments
My favorite entree is the salmon sandwich on foccacia bread. Water is served with a slice of cucumber which is very refreshing.
Which profession dines out the most? Whose judgements can be counted on for honesty and straightforwardness? The
truckers'.
posted by ardgedee
on Mar 28, 2007 -
60 comments
The Epicurean online. Charles Ranhofer's 1893 book
The Epicurean is available online from the
Michigan State University Library and the
Museum as part of their
Feeding America digital project. Ranhofer was the head chef at
Delmonico's Restaurant from 1862 to 1894; he popularized the Escoffier version of French cooking to America, modifying it to take advantage of American foods such as turkey, squash, corn, and Pacific salmon. Besides thousands of recipes,
The Epicurean discusses table settings, menus, various methods of presentation, and kitchen management. The book may be downloaded as a PDF in
two parts.
posted by watsondog
on Sep 11, 2005 -
7 comments
The Food Of Love: Oh, forget about music already. What should you
cook if you want to woo a lover? According to Lisa Hilton, it all depends on what nationality (s)he is and what country you're living in...
P.S. Shame on The Observer for choosing the inflammatory but incidental title I've Never Had Good Sex With A Vegetarian!
posted by MiguelCardoso
on May 15, 2004 -
23 comments
Do Most People Even Know What They're Eating? Pork is served as veal; tilapia as red snapper and who knows what goes into sausages and other processed meat and fish products? You don't have to be an observant Jew or Muslim to be worried. How many years have those chicken pieces been frozen? How much
pork and beef have been added to them? As food is increasingly disguised (fish fingers, chicken nuggets, beefburgers) to hide its origins, feeding on hypocritical popular revulsion with animals' existence, death - and carcasses! - aren't consumers setting themselves up for an ever greater measure of food fraud? That is, if they still care. (And no, it's not just an American phenomenon.) [
Via The Daily Gullet. ]
posted by MiguelCardoso
on Jan 23, 2004 -
49 comments
The French Laundry serves dinner seven days a week, with reservations available between the hours of 5:30 pm and 9:30 pm. For the rest of us, there's finally their website, available 24/7.
posted by dchase
on Jun 2, 2003 -
20 comments
The Year In Pizza is a review of the happenings in one of the worst years ever for the pizza industry; what's touching, and quirky about this corporate industry wrap up is the inclusion of brief memorials for pizza murder victims, those workers slain by hungry robbers for whatever little cash they had on them. It's hard to imagine a "year in printing & bindery" review listing all the victims of industrial press manglings.
posted by jonson
on Jan 6, 2003 -
34 comments
The Stained Apron is "dedicated to the venting of food servers' frustrations and a harsh education of the dining public." I always try to tip generously, now.
posted by moz
on May 14, 2002 -
24 comments
Forget the Anthrax, Honey: Eat your Apple Pie According to the NYT's restaurant critic William Grimes, comfort food is making a comeback in the wake of WTC. Mine is cream and butter-loaded mashed potatoes with garlicky lamb chops. What's yours? And what does it all
mean?
(This is No. 629 in the All-American Anti-Terrorist Counter-Measures Series)
Reg: rebarba/pachacha
posted by MiguelCardoso
on Oct 24, 2001 -
47 comments
I like to eat. Chowhound has regional restaurant message boards with varying degrees of detail. The New York Boards are particularly active with dozens of people offering their favorite soup dumpling purveyor/ramen shack/barbecue hut.
What other regional or
cuisine-specific food sites / online communities have you found?
posted by sfz
on Jul 9, 2001 -
11 comments
Ewwwwww. Every reason I never eat at those deli salad bars, wrapped into one arrest ... and hey, there might be copycat crimes at other delis in the area! Ewwwww.
posted by maura
on Apr 9, 2001 -
11 comments
Tipping at McDonalds *this* is what a private citizen does? This entire "spontaneous" stop seems awfully contrived to produce warm fuzzies on the part of the public. I mean, how often does one of us 'normal' folk leave a twenty dollar tip or go behind the counter for pictures at a fast food place?
posted by tsitzlar
on Aug 16, 2000 -
18 comments
fast(er) food in so-cal. looks like we'll all be able to get our big macs a whopping 15 seconds faster at orange county drive throughs. why haven't they done this *inside* their stores, where it usually takes the cashier at least a minute to do the math, after the people in front of me spend 3 minutes digging through their pockets/wallets/purses to find their money and change.(disclosure: i was once a mcdonald's cashier)
posted by mmanning
on Jan 28, 2000 -
10 comments
