I posted Frank Bruni’s column last week about old favorite restaurants. I’m now at Barbuto, eating the kale salad and about to have the chicken he raved about. (at Barbuto)
Me and Denny….
Pretty in new york….
No @banksyny art here…. :(
En route to east coast food! (at 10,000 feet)
These Food & Wine Daily recipes look AMAZING!!!!
Heirloom Tomato Salad with Anchovy Vinaigrette
Healthy & Delicious: This warm, garlicky anchovy dressing here is fantastic with an assortment of juicy, peak-season tomatoes. To finish the dish, Amelia O’Reilly and Nico Monday top it with tangy pickled shallots and an oozy, soft-boiled egg.
Pretty!
Discover the Sherry Cobbler: TIPS & RECIPES FROM THE BEAGLE’S DAN GREENBAUM & BELLOCQ’S NEAL BODENHEIMER
Jason with his name up on the Variety wall! (at theory)
Some of these are already open…have you tried any yet?
LA’s 21 Most Anticipated Fall and Winter Openings
Summer is coming to an end and that means restaurants which have been built out and worked on throughout the warm weather are finally looking to debut during the busy fall and holiday months. There’s some pretty incredible places in store, such as Josef Centeno’s Orsa & Winston, Superba Food & Bread in Venice by Paul Hibler, as well as Walter Manzke’s Republique, replacing the iconic La Brea Bakery and Campanile building. Below, a list of the most important openings in Los Angeles for Fall and Winter.
Best line in this promo for MasterChef Junior? ”Whip it! Whip it like a man!”
Oh happy day….. (at Lions Gate Entertainment)
Tipping servers $200…..priceless.
If you haven’t yet been to Blackberry Farm in Tennessee, you must find a reason to go soon. And here’s that reason. Run, don’t walk.
Mark your calendar to join us for our 10th annual Taste of the South event on January 9-12, 2014, benefiting the Fellowship of Southern Farmers, Artisans and Chefs and the Southern Foodways Alliance!
Get ready to make your reservation for Taste of the South on September 17, as we open up the phone lines for the first time for this exclusive, sellout event!
Don’t miss this weekend as we celebrate the Southern table with dinners, cooking demonstrations, tastings and teachings from the likes of Chefs Michelle Bernstein, Rodney Scott, Rob Newtown and featuring Vintner Andy Peay, mixologist Alba Huerta and special guest speaker Francis Lam!
Reservations open on September 17th at 9am. Call 800-557-8864 to book your stay before the event sells out!
Look who was named as one of Variety’s top assistants to watch! Jason!!!!! #rockstar (at Lions Gate Entertainment)
I’m so totally down for this!!! I want an old school Italian, mobster hangout in LA. :)
Rao’s Hollywood Shoots to Town on September 17
Rao’s in Hollywood is now accepting resys at 323-962-7267 in advance of the Southern Neapolitan restaurant’s September 17 launch.
It will be interesting to see how Angelenos take to Rao’s, the 10-table East Harlem eatery which dates back to 1896, equally notorious for its mobster patrons and near to impossible table reservation policy. You gotta know someone to get in.
This is a smidge old but oh-so-cool!
Mystery Tipper Gives Servers Enormous Tips in Utah
Although big tips pop up from time to time, it is very rare to find a serial big tipper. But that’s exactly what the town of Ogden, Utah has on its hands: someone is going around town, racking up bar tabs, and tipping thousands on them. First, the mysterious tipper left a $5,000 tip on a $214.75 bar tab at Brewski’s. Notes the Standard-Examiner, “Proprietors of Brewski’s have declined comment on the tipping incident there; word on the street is that the windfall may have caused hard feelings among some members of the bar’s staff.”
Watch Yelp’s CEO Defend Yelpers on Charlie Rose
Here’s a video of Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman’s interview on Charlie Roselast week. Stoppelman and Rose discuss the origins of Yelp, the importance of adapting to mobile technology, and Stoppelman’s decision not to sell to Google. Stoppelman also defends the reliability of the reviews and reviewers on Yelp, gives his thoughts on whats wrong with Google and Groupon, and much more:
· On the acccuracy and fairness of Yelp reviews: “I find it accurate. If you go and you find a 4.5 star business in New York that has 70+ reviews, you’re pretty much guaranteed to have a good experience … Having quantity of reviews is part of it. Having quality of reviews is part of it, a rating attached to an in depth review. Knowing about the reviewer themselves, their identity is part of it.”
· On protecting against fake reviews: “We try to protect against all of the bad stuff with a review filter. What that’s doing is gathering all sorts of signals on how people are using and contributing on the site and deciding which are reviews are the ones consumers should probably rely on and which are the ones we’re not so sure about. And we set aside the ones we’re not so sure about. North of 20% of our content isn’t actually on the main business page, it’s in a separate section called ‘Filtered Reviews.’”
Sometimes you need a chill day watching the Science Channel with the kids. #ItWasThatKindOfDay (at Eat+Drink Headquarters)
Fun from Eater!
Watch the Teaser Trailer for Next’s Bocuse d’Or Menu
Here’s the teaser for the new Bocuse d’Or menu at the ever-changing Next in Chicago. Like past trailers for the elBulli menu and the Hunt menu, the Bocuse d’Or teaser is super-intense and serious. The video features dramatic music and high speed plating in front of a black backdrop.
I made this Sangria on Saturday and everyone loved it! It took a little longer to grill the fruit than they said but I had fun doing it. AND my pictures (the bottom two) look awfully similar to the professional one above/on the top!!
Grilled Citrus and Grape Sangria
Fantastic Labor Day Cocktail: To add a wonderful, subtle smokiness to sangria, Michael Chiarello grills oranges, lemons and grapes. If you grill twice as much fruit as the recipe calls for, you’ll be all ready to make a second batch. READ MORE