Well Fed On the Town

There has been a recent trend in Midwest restaurants over the past few years, which, for lack of a better term, can be called hybrid restaurants.  These restaurants combine the affordability and pace of fast food with the quality of a nice sit-down restaurant.
These hybrid restaurants come in all shapes and sizes and offer many […]

If you work in the Westchester area of New York, you might be interested in the new Prix Fixe menu at Harvest-on-Hudson in Hastings-on-Hudson.
Here’s the details:
The lunch menu, served from 11:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. is just $16 per person and includes an appetizer, entrée and dessert.  For the first course, select the soup of […]

Business brought me to Vegas recently, but a genuine passion for the culinary genius of Thomas Keller brought me to Bouchon Bistro, in The Venetian. When the group of business associates hosting my team asked me where we might want to dine on that Tuesday night, I offered up Bouchon and kept my fingers crossed.
Just […]

There is nothing worse that being on vacation and running low money.  If that happens in while in Atlanta, don’t let the over abundance of fast food joints suck you in. My favorite place to eat when times are tough (which happens to be the last week of every month) is at Eats.  Great name, […]

As if we all need another reason to get ourselves over to the Caribbean … Chef Eric Ripert and his colleagues (none other than Anthony Bourdain, Dean Fearing, Ingrid Hoffman, Laurent Manrique, Michel Richard and Laurent Tourondel) are throwing a Cayman Cookout in January in, you guessed it, the Cayman Islands.  Escape the winter doldrums […]

Overlooking the corners of Juniper and Fifth Streets, Straits Restaurant gained a lot of buzz in Atlanta.  Its owner is Atlanta ’s own Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, and Executive Chef Chris Yeo. An establishment started in San Francisco by Yeo, the dining experience can also occur in Burlingame, and Santana Row (both in California)!
Overall, it’s a […]

Sushi is one of my preferred dinners-out, and of course I have my favorite place.  But, getting into the city is not always possible. Interestingly, while in my office waiting for a 7PM PTA meeting one evening, my boss came and got me for dinner.  “Sushi?” he asked. Admittedly, he threw me off because I […]

Watching Anthony Bourdain slurp noodles in China’s finest dumpling bars on No Reservations was a culinary siren song.  I sat in rapt attention as highly skilled chefs weaved noodles with their hands, tossed mini-dumplings in pots of boiling water, and prepared a banquet’s worth of savory fillings.  After the show ended, I badly wanted to […]

Love tequila? How about hand-rolled cigars?
If you are in the Los Angeles area next week, this is an event that you might want to check out. A tequila and cigar event is being held at the Pink Taco on November 18. It will feature Casa Nobles 100% Blue Agave Triple Distilled Ultra Premium Tequila, along […]

If you are in the White Plains, New York, area then you can take advantage of a stress-free at home dinner option that The Ritz Carlton Westchester is offering. Executive Chef James Dangler and his staff have created Thanksgiving To-Go, a full dinner for four, six or more that you just pick up and take […]