I have eaten brunch at the much touted Olsen, Gorriti 5870, Palermo, 4776-7677, three times over the years I’ve been here. The first time was not a memorable experience – while we ate perfectly acceptable food – we’d ordered pretty basically – coffee, toast, juice kind of stuff. But we had repeated problems with a… Read More Brunch. Confused.
When you aren’t here for one of our lunchtime classes, we miss you. And you miss the fun and food! From yesterday’s Piemontese class…. Minestrone d’Asti Pollo alla Marengo Budin Freddo Gianduia You aren’t really going to miss the rest of the series are you? Next week we tackle some classics from Val d’Aosta. We… Read More A Lesson of Piemonte
A day and a half back in town and it was time to get back to work – have to pay for these jaunts to New York and other places somehow, no? Four dinners this weekend, and, I think, three dozen new happy diners. Working in a little inspiration from the trip – over the… Read More Incremental Inspirations
About a year and a half ago I was contacted by the Tom McNamee, author of the newly released biography of Craig Claiborne, The Man Who Changed the Way We Eat. He’d stumbled across a post or two, here and there, from an interview I’d done with Craig many, many moons ago, and wondered if… Read More Craig. The Book.
Back in BA and going to finish up the last two and a half days of New York in a short post, as most of it was not all that interesting on the food front. Spent the day on Saturday at the dojo – we were testing a group of students for their next level… Read More The Last of New York
I’ve gotten a bit behind on posts – hey, vacation and all that. Plus, not everything I was eating or doing was all that interesting, trust me. So, last Thursday and Friday put together…. Thursday daytime was spent at the American Museum of Natural History, always one of my favorite places to visit when I’m… Read More Two, Yes, Two Days in One
Some of you know that I have a page dedicated to my namesakes – there are a lot of Dan Perlmans out there you know. With one of them I’ve corresponded regularly over the last few years as he has an e-mail address that’s almost the same as one of my old ones that I… Read More Back in the Saddle
Every now and again all that eating just sort of catches up, you know? It’s why I’d probably never survive as a full-time restaurant reviewer. I have my limits. Yesterday started off just fine… Let’s just say that Big Daddy’s, 239 Park Avenue South, doesn’t seem to do much in the small portions world. I… Read More Down Day….