Now that you have gotten perspectives on two very different classes from last weekend's New York Culinary Experience, I've got a look at one more: Italian comfort food. On Sunday afternoon I got a chance to learn Italian American cuisine...
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Ouest chef-owner Tom Valenti is certainly one of New York's greatest chefs, but he also truly loves to eat, and he really enjoys exploring food in his Upper Broadway-Riverside Drive neighborhood known as Sugar Hill. Sugar Hill is south of...
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Holiday season is heavy brunch season, so I thought it would be helpful to mention a couple of fine brunch spots where you can eat well for a fair price in comfortable surroundings, without having to wait on line. Telepan's...
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On Tuesday I went out to dinner with David Leite, founder of the obsessive but excellent Leite's Culinaria as well as the author of that great NYT fried clams piece. We ate at Ouest, and though two food writers dining...
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Besides "What's your favorite restaurant," the question I'm asked most at non-food-related parties is "What's a good brunch spot that I won't have to wait on line to get in"? I call it the "Don't tell me about Sarabeth's" question....
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A reader requested a pocket guide to eating on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Here goes, and I'm sure I missed a couple of places. I like Celeste on 84th and Amsterdam for cheap Italian food, the bagels at...
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