Take me out … to eat! It used to be that baseball fans were content to munch on peanuts and Cracker Jack at the ballpark. This year, however, hungry Yankees gamegoers can also feast on lobster — flown in from Maine. While ominous news about the upcoming NYY season might leave a foul taste ahead … Read more
Scalpels down, knives out. Three chefs from New York hospitals competed head-to-head in a three-course, “Top Chef”-style cooking competition Wednesday in front of a live audience at the Institute of Culinary Education (ICE) in Lower Manhattan. The stakes were high. The winner received an all-expenses-paid trip to Napa. Celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson — a “Top … Read more
This autumn, the new restaurant openings nearly outnumber falling leaves. The grim warnings of 2020 — dining-out was dead, life would forever be limited to takeout and delivery in foam containers — now seem foolish. The incoming class has something for everyone. The biggest kitchen names are back — Vongerichten, Boulud, Carmellini, Samuelsson, Forgione, Bloomfield. … Read more
The year 2022 saw restaurant lovers flocking back to their favorite places following locked-down 2020 and omicron-plagued 2021. But it has never been a bigger pain in the posterior to go to any of them — be they old, new, or merely too arrogant for their own good. With eatery owners howling to anyone still … Read more
An eight-time James Beard Award-winning chef and TV personality, Marcus Samuelsson has restaurants around the globe (including hot spots in New York, Las Vegas, Sweden, Finland, Canada and the Bahamas). But Miami has always held special charm for the 51-year-old, NYC-based “Yes, Chef” author, who brought his famed Harlem restaurant, Red Rooster, to Magic City … Read more