On The Road
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Road Trip: Hanover, NH, Boston and Manchester, PA
A recent road trip of five cities in 9 days brought some good food in fairly widely scattered locations. I hadn’t left home intending to write, so there are no pictures – and you should be glad because most of these places turned out to be PRETTY DARK. But the tastes – ah, that’s another
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A.O.C.
Everyone needs a little French bistro. Even if it’s not in a nearby arrondisement, it’s a place to go in one’s daydreams, to escape the mundanity of vegetable medleys and garlic mashed potatoes. I found one, way not in our neck of the woods, but in a place that’s not totally impossible, at least for
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A Little BBQ Joint
I’m probably prejudiced when I say every Missourian should visit the Truman Library in Independence, MO. My parents were living in Independence when I was born during the Truman Administration. Furthermore, coming out of a family of Democrats (who worshipped FDR because he made sure teachers got paid during the Depression), it always seemed to
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New York City: Russ & Daughters Cafe
I made a fast run to New York City the other day, and took advantage of the brief visit to go to a place I'd been reading about. Since it was a weekday morning, I thought it wouldn't be impossible to get a seat for breakfast at Russ & Daughters Cafe. The cafe is an
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Kansas City: Webster House
Just by Kansas City's Kauffman Center is Webster Hall. It's an old school building, an 1885 Richardson Romanesque charmer of a place, surprisingly airy and light despite its advanced age. The first floor is a multi-room boutique with everything from art clothing to cookbooks. (Some online reviews describing it as an antique store. It's definitely
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December Eating
Back from a road trip to Switzerland, France and Norway for a little business and a lot of visiting friends and family, including the fifth generation of Pollacks with whom I've shared a table. The photo is taken at a little street market in Switzerland, where these partly-split logs are apparently a combination hand-warmer and
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New York: Tacombi El Presidente
It's always been part of the New York mystique that you can see absolutely anything there. So on an evening not so long ago, I was amused but not nonplussed when, as I sat at a counter overlooking the kitchen at Tacombi El Presidente, the chef nonchalantly slammed down a sheet pan containing two hogs'
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New York: Bonnie Slotnik Cookbooks
When I was a teenager I dreamed of living in New York. Visions of a tiny apartment in a brownstone and interesting people, subways and the Automat, and, oh, yes, loads of tiny shops with interesting merchandise, not the sort of thing I eyed at F.W. Woolworth in Flat River. Now New Yorkers revel in
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News: Union Square Cafe
Just in from New York: Danny Meyer's first restaurant, Union Square Cafe, which was unable to reach agreement on extending its lease into 2016, and had said it would close at the end of December, has found a new home. Only two blocks north of Union Square, they'll be at East 19th Street and Park
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Eats Along The River
Okay, so it's hot. Maybe some river breezes? Maybe a road trip with plenty of air-conditioned options? It's July – you really don't want to stay inside. So here's some places to eat along the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers. It's a survey piece of an area I used to drive multiple, multiple times a year.