On The Road
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The Publican
Two nights in Chicago: How to choose restaurants? I began the usual research, but when I was in DC in June, mentioned the trip to a fellow grape nut, the esteemed and multi-talented Lou Marmon, who reported a dream of a meal at The Publican. "Go," he responded in an uncharacteristically peremptory manner. "Trust me.
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A Few Words on Chicago
Just back from a brief run to Chicago to see the Lascaux Caves exhibit at the wonderful Field Museum. Between my long-standing love affair with the Art Institute of Chicago and secondary affection for the Museum of Science and Industry, I'd never made it there before. Where else can you see paleontologists taking dirt from a
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Red Truck Bakery
Lovely little towns are not a dime a dozen, and finding another one is always a pleasure. The outskirts of such spots are almost inevitably deceiving, so it wasn't until my second visit to Warrenton, VA, that I found myself happily neck-swiveling in the neighborhood around the old courthouse. This being Virginia, there's an historical
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New York City: La Antojeria Popular
Once upon a time, lower Manhattan, say, below 14th Street, had not been Discovered except by the locals and a few arty types. It was a series of real neighborhoods. Many small businesses were located on the first 2 floors of 5- and 6- story buildings, apartments upstairs. The first floor was actually about halfway
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New York City: Bar Boulud
The neighborhood of Lincoln Center in Manhattan is full of venues for music, dance and theater, and that means plenty of opportunities for restaurateurs to offer brunch, lunch, dinner and post-performance noshing. And sure enough, the area is teeming with options. One restaurateur with excellent credentials is Daniel Boulud, who first gained major acclaim running
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London: Classic British Eats
Tea, fish and chips, and a full English breakfast marked my stopover in London en route to Italy this fall. Herewith, the tale.
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Eating in Italy
More pictures of food in Italy and a link to a story about it. Here's an antipasto table, something often greeting guests on entering restaurants. And a food market in Rome, this one in the Campo di Fiori: Finally, a patient would-be diner awaiting lunch opening at a small restaurant in the Trastevere neighborhood in
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Gelato, and a Little More in Rome
Somehow, nearly always my first meal when I visit Italy is gelato. The post-arrival stroll designed to lift the fog of jet lag inevitably passes one, two, three gelato spots, and for a while I'm resistant, just too glad to be back and too curious about what's around the next corner. But then I lag,
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Eating Italy Food Tours
I've come back from Rome with a new appreciation for the food there. Certainly food is one of the great pleasures of Italy, but the focus is usually on smaller cities like Bologna or regions like Sicily. Besides the restaurants – in Rome or wherever one visits – it's fun exploring the street markets and