The Greatest Meal Ever
Memories, plus serious flavor, create unforgettable experience
By Josh Perilo
In a recent issue of Saveur magazine, the cover story posed the question “what was the greatest meal you ever had” to 25 notable writers and personalities. When I read that query, I immediately started scanning through the volumes of my own amazing food memories, some recent and some from long ago. To avoid being influenced by the responses inside, I ran home and began delving into my foodie past. I knew that there had to be one meal that was some kind of epicure lynchpin. Read more
FOOD AT THE TAVERN
The outdoor terrace of Tavern on the Green is going to become home to a number of food vendors starting Oct. 15, according to the Parks Department.
The famed eatery served its final meal at the end of 2009 and the city bandied a couple of suggestions around for the space (including hosting bike rentals there), before settling on renting the place out to food vendors. Read more
Food as Life
Chef Kevin Garcia shares lifetime of experience at Academia Di Vino
On a recent Friday afternoon, as the staff prepared Accademia di Vino Broadway for dinner service, Kevin Garcia sat at the bar trying to figure out how to recreate a dish he sampled on a chefs’ tour of Sicily. The photo he pulled up on his phone showed a generous ball of fresh mozzarella, which, he said, was kind of a farce. Beneath a mop of silver and brown curling hair, Garcia’s eyes shone as he explained the commonly dense dish was in fact hollow, a pretend ball filled with air, yet it had such a pure mozzarella taste, the 40-year-old chef was determined to figure out how they made it. Read more
LINCOLN CENTER RESTAURANT
The new Italian restaurant at Lincoln Center finally has a name; Lincoln. The Patina Restaurant Group, which will operate Lincoln, decided to forgo an Italian name, and instead will pay homage to its home on the Upper West Side.
“It seemed a natural to have the Lincoln Center name associated with such an iconic structure,” Reynold Levy, president of Lincoln Center, told the New York Times. Read more
Final Curtain For O’Neals’
The pre-theater rush at O’Neals’ one Wednesday night was misleading. Though the vibrant restaurant is packed, as it has been for the past 46 years, come June 27 it will serve its last patrons. Read more
What’s Cooking
A post-holiday hunger pang? I’d just licked off the last Panettone crumb, finished all remnants of the Alaskan wild-caught smoked salmon and given away the dark (fair trade, of course) chocolate terrine. Really, I was ready to re-join Weight Watchers and swear off lardo.
But as I contemplated the headlines, the “For Rent” signs all over the city and my empty fridge, I decided we could all use some heart-warming news. So for you, I cooked up a sampling of great culinary adventures. After all, if we’re supposed to eat less, it might as well be the most succulent fare in New York City. Read more
