Cuisine. Culture. Commentary.
After watching the Dawgs secure their spot in the SEC championship, I left the bar to grab a glass of wine and an appetizer with Dan and Brian who were both visiting for the weekend. Brian was staying with his brother in Chelsea and has become obsessed with the nearby John Dory Oyster Bar so we decided…
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Pork jowel nuggets and doughnuts. I’m just going to throw those two things out there. How often do you see those to items listed next to each other as appetizers on a menu? The answer is “not as often as you should” (though doughnuts are très fashionable right now). Avery was visiting from DC before…
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Last night, Greg, Susan, and I grabbed a late dinner at Heidi’s House. Although this restaurant is in the neighborhood, we never would have known about it without a Scoutmob coupon. This little restaurant is tucked into a slot of a location on 78th between 1st and 2nd. The name is truly appropriate because I…
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On Thursday night I headed to Chelsea with some co-workers to check out Rye House, a bar I stuck on my “to try” list a while ago but forgot about. I was not expecting hipster bartenders in the front and communal dining tables in the back, but I loved the mix of high and low. …
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The Smile has been on my list for a while, ever since I saw it received 4 empty stars in New York Magazine’s restaurant guide. The empty stars refer to reasonably priced places, whereas the filled-in stars indicate wallet rapists. I tend to stick to the empty stars. Then it just became a matter of…
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When I finally got the chance to cook this week, I wanted to make something to remind me of the warm weather we should be experiencing. Unfortunately, it’s been cool and rainy lately so I needed to create springtime in my kitchen. For the main course, I made the sorts of things that are easy to…
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My friend Josh is moving to Chicago at the end of June, so I am trying to squeeze in as much time with him while I still can. We planned to meet up with a few fellow Country Day kids for brunch and I left the picking up to Josh. He chose Prune because he…
Read MoreWhen I told my Mom about the delicious casserole I cooked last week, she told me that she tried to cook a casserole for my Daddy when they first married. “Casseroles are for poor people,” he told her. He must have later warmed to the idea because I ate a lot of casseroles growing up.…
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Last week I got to cross one of the biggies off my list by dining at ABC Kitchen. After reading all the reviews of one of 2010’s hottest openings, I had been dying to try. It is connected to ABC Carpet and Home, which means it is outfitted by one of the city’s to-die-for home…
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One restaurant in Savannah has continued to elude me. For the two or so years it has been open, I have heard all my family and friends talk about Starland Cafe (with location #2 under different name in the Telfair museum). Lamentably, every time I have tried to go either the line has been too long or…
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Peaches to Apples 