Last Saturday I competed in the risotto challenge. Me and 14 other contestants went head to head for best dish. The challenge was a lot of fun and it was great to see so many familiar faces but also meet a bunch of new ones. I did not win, nor place, but I was doing it for the love of food and...
Tallinn was the one place on the itinerary that I have never heard of. I had no idea what to expect. It’s a nice little city with a population just over 400K. We went on a hop-on-hop-off bus tour of the town. We saw a lot of sights and we saw a lot of Hesburger joints. Hesburger is the McDonalds...
I have been in Miami the past 3 days for the WOMM-U conference. I had a little talk to do and I needed to reconnect with some old Womma peeps. This time the conference was moved from Downtown Miami to the Ritz South Beach. Needless to say the hotel, pool, restaurant and service held up to the...
Last saturday was our first Reel Tasty Brooklyn dinner. For those hearing that for the first time, it’s our summer supper club where we screen a movie on a 2 story building while feeding our guests some of our latest gastronomic creations. Aimee and I had a great time and we think our guests did...
Yesterday was dedicated to Mom’s all over the country. If your mom is anything like ours, she has a lot to do with what, how and when you cook. I guess you could say she shaped our cooking passion. Along with our Grandma, our mom encouraged us to explore food. She made us get dirty in the...
In preparation for my weekend in Memphis, and to satiate Bennett’s craving for USA BBQ, we had some supper at R.U.B. I jumped on the meat plate (above pic). I augmented a delicious plate of pastrami, brisket and pulled pork with a quarter rack of St. Louis style ribs. Slaw and greens for good...
Last night I had what some might call an opportunity of a lifetime. Since Thomas Keller‘s Per Se restaurant opened in the famed Time Warner Center, a reservation has been as sought after in NYC as a yellow cab during a thunderstorm. My good friend Bennett scored a reservation and bestowed the...
I am not even sure where to start on this one. Today ended much different then where it was supposed to start. Before my eyes opened at 9:30am, I envisioned my self jumping on the bike and putting in a solid day out in the boroughs with my buddy Joe. A little sun, some bike friendly grub and a few...
Last Saturday I went on a mission. The mission was to eat as much as I could inside 2 hours at Citifield, the new Mets stadium. I have to acknowledge a few things before I get into the meat and po….well….this will be mostly meat. First, the inspiration for the mission came from an old...
Yesterday I flew to Boston for the fourth Jelly Talk. It’s a developer focused speaker series I started with Amit Gupta, founder of Jelly, Photojojo and commandshift3 (a personal favorite of mine). The talk went great. Seth and Ryan talked geo-location for about an hour making me jealous I...
This sandwich started many years ago when I was about 17 years old. It gained super stardom by Jimmy Bruccalari, one of Ant’s oldest friends. Jimmy came over the house one afternoon and explained to Ant, my parents and me that he had been frequenting a new market in town. Verelli’s was...
Seth and Tracy are having a baby. They are both freaking a little bit. What better way to ease the nerves of papa-to-be than to confuse his body with copious amounts of steak, Tim’s historical dribble and a few bottles of vino. I’d say mission accomplished. If you don’t read, this...
This past Saturday, as I headed to my nephew’s 4th birthday party in LI, I had to make a quick stop in Sheepshead Bay. I know, not quite the most direct route to the north shore of LI, but it had to be done. Think of it as Richard Dryfuss’ mashed potato sculpture and subsequent journey...
It seems that in recent years my mother has acquired quite the penchant for Osso Buco, the Italian peasant food that is now a top priced menu item. If you as her she will tell you she has always loved it. Regardless, If a restaurant has it on the menu we are there. It doesn’t matter what the...
Last week I spent some time in Austin at my first SXSW conference. Although it was filled with networking, film, dev geeks and some amazing parties, I am going to focus on the best bbq in Austin for this post. In Texas the ‘que is nothing to sniffle at and you can pretty much bank on it...
It takes forever to get a reservation and it takes 3 hrs to eat once you do get one. My friend Aimee scored one this week and lucky for me her husband Eric was fishing in the keyes. I accepted teh invite and we took a 4 hour hiatus from the world to duck into the thin, dark bar that is Momofuku Ko....
