From the monthly archives:

June 2006

At the Far End of the PATH

2006.Jun.19 Monday

Newark – Folks who live in New York City tend to know, in the back of their minds, that if they want to have outstanding Portuguese and/or Spanish food, but especially the former, that they have to head out of state. Newark, New Jersey, in specific. The “Ironbound” section of the city, as it is [...]

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Pizza in BA

2006.Jun.18 Sunday

New York – What’s Up Buenos Aires? has just published another of my little essays, this one on Pizza in BA, reproduced on my own site for posterity…

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Spice, Spice Baby

2006.Jun.18 Sunday

New York – After meandering on for two posts about the inadequacies of Spice Market I felt obligated to offer at minimum, one alternative where you could experience what I’m talking about in terms of quality, balance, and the use of spices in a way that makes sense. At least to my palate. Hopefully, by [...]

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Alternatives to the Juggernaut

2006.Jun.17 Saturday

New York – It’s pretty amazing when a “restaurant” that has been open only a short time, and is only open for part of the year, becomes the standard against which things are judged. It’s not really me who’s doing it – every food pundit out there seems to want to find proof that a [...]

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Lighter Than Air

2006.Jun.16 Friday

New York – It’s quite possible that you don’t know where Alsace is. Sometimes the Alsatians aren’t quite sure where they are. It’s not that the area moves around, but it has changed hands back and forth between France and Germany and probably some others more times and more rapidly than the proverbial hot potato. [...]

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Not Wrong Can Get Closer to Right

2006.Jun.14 Wednesday

New York – Last night’s dinner, and a second chance for Spice Market (yesterday’s “review”)… First, the day-glo orange tracksuits that many of the waiters wear are cotton, not nylon. I stand corrected. Second, we got a little “news” info. The chef who has been running the kitchen at Spice Market since it opens, Stanley [...]

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Not Wrong Doesn’t Equal Right

2006.Jun.13 Tuesday

New York – Jean-Georges Vongerichten is a household name in the foodie community. As he’s opened restaurant after restaurant after restaurant, the oohs and ahhs reverberate throughout the hallowed grapevine. Over the years, I’ve eaten a goodly number of his venues, and while I’m generally always happy, I’m rarely excited. It’s much like any chef [...]

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Primed for Dinner

2006.Jun.12 Monday

New York – Past history has an influence on your point of view. It’s unavoidable. So, how do you give a fair look at the newest restaurant from someone you used to work for? Especially if that person “let you go” for reasons you disagree with? It comes down to, life is too short to [...]

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Pollito, or, Chicken Little

2006.Jun.11 Sunday

New York – One of the things I do miss about NYC is the Greenmarket. While Buenos Aires has numerous farm stands and the various Mercados I’ve reviewed, it has nothing like the open air gathering that is the weekend greenmarket at Union Square, in particular. A lot of the fun of the greenmarket is [...]

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