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So word is Michael Symon of Lola is heading out to LA to tape an Iron Chef eposide next week against Morimoto.
Now, we have recently been to both resturants. I hate to say this, but unless Michael brings a quality that’s much better than what we tried a month and a half [...]

This one’s for butterandjelly!
To help us find that perfect frozen treat, Bobbie Meyzen, owner of Crème Crémaillère Ice Cream, is hosting the Great American Ice Cream Tasting at the New School in New York City on May 14. He promises to teach us about the “sensory, aesthetic, and technical factors” involved in ice cream and [...]

Saturday night we ate at Topolobampo. I’m sure exilejedi will post more about it later. It was an amazing dinner. Mexican food meets fine dining.
This got me thinking about the best meals I’ve eatten out. Not even attempting to rank them, it’s just thinking about the best places.
As of now, here’s [...]

Tonight we had a friend, her husband and there one year old over for dinner. This give me a great opportunity to test drive some new recipes. They brought salad, which was very tasty. First was rissotto, which was probably the worst one I’ve made. Hmm, I think veal stock is [...]

Saturday was the annual clam bake for a neighbor and co-worker where we spent most of our Saturday. We brought an appetizer of sausage. Two different kinds, Jack Daniel’s Smoked Cheddar Cheese Brats and Ultimate Italian (has things like banana rings, tomato, etc.). Both from a local sausage place that has about [...]

This past weekend we went to the Finger Lakes to try some of there wine.
Saturday, August 7, 2004We hit the road first thing in the morning to make our way to New York. When we got to Cuba, New York we stopped at the Cuba Cheese Factory and have lunch in town. [...]

Since most of you don’t read the wine forum. A note of caution:Don’t buy Little Penguin Wines. We’ve tried the Cab and the Syrah. If Smucker’s grape jelly was made into wine, this would be it. It’s very uninteresting. It’s a I’m getting loaded tonight and don’t care what I’m drinking wine.

Mood: amused

For the past few weeks I’ve been checking out various farmer’s markets to buy most of our veggies and fruit. Last week I hit the Lakewood farmer’s market, not only did I get all our fruit and veggies, but I bought grass fed, horimone free beef, homemade goat cheese ravoili made with a local [...]

Friday night I got back, very late. Had a great time. Really like my new co-workers/bosses.
Here’s the numbers:In three days. . 130 wines tasted16 wineries visited6 resturants ate in
Overall thoughts:If you go to wine country, skip Napa and southern Sonoma. Go up to Russian River Wine Road. Overall better [...]

Yesterday I drove up to Healdsburg, arrived at the office at 10:10, met everyone, jumped in the bosses car and was wisked off to a number of wineries. In total I hit 7 wineries in one day! I’ve started spitting, which is such sadness it’s hard to explain. The food out here [...]