I only became interested in Asiate because someone recommended it in an old Chowhound post I happened to find about undervalued Restaurant Week restaurants. The tasting menu–with its uni cream and its butter-poached lobster–excited me so much that I gave up my three Restaurant Week reservations in order to get at it as soon as […]
If you’re from Columbus, Ohio, like I am, there are three things you’re proud of: the concrete corn field, The Black Keys, and Jeni’s ice cream. Maybe Marilyn Manson, too. But definitely the other three. I usually have some shame when it comes to my carb intake, but I was in Ohio last week visiting […]
It’s funny how you can ride by a restaurant on the bus every day and not notice it until its chef is a contestant on a reality TV show. Or sad, maybe. But that was the case with Hearth, which I must have seen at least 365 times but didn’t actually see until Chef Marco […]
Italian food in New York City is terrible. Most of all in Little Italy. It’s all aimed at tourists, who are so enraptured with the closed, car-free streets and the outdoor seating that they forget to notice the bland, uninspired food. And then there’s Torrisi Italian Specialties, which was bold and impassioned, playful and polished–an […]
Cervecería Trébol in Toledo, Spain, is known for its bombas: potato stuffed with beef and peppers with aioli and spicy tomato sauce. After a morning of walking the narrow alleys of Toledo, sitting on the cobblestoned street with a plate of these, some croquettes, and a BUNCH of tinto de verano was the perfect break. […]
