by Suzi | Mar 8, 2011 | Restaurant Reviews
Beyond Brooklyn, there is another Red Hook. Red Hook Village is nestled in Dutches country among berries and apple trees. East of the Hudson, you can see the Catskills a dozen miles away, without being buried by the snow. There is only one stoplight in Red Hook. And...
by Brian | Mar 5, 2011 | Restaurant Reviews
This is not a trick question: where is Red Hook? Oh, and, part two, where would you eat in Red Hook? If you are in Manhattan, you might, just might, get an answer about “in Brooklyn.” If you are in Brooklyn, they’ll point and say “over there.” Kinda. There is a Red...
by Suzi | Oct 4, 2010 | Recipes, Restaurant Reviews
A couple of weeks ago Brian and I looked at our DVR and selected the 100th show of No Reservations with Anthony Bourdain. His first show had been in Paris, and so was his 100th. Rather than hit the four star restaurants, the show celebrated a key shift in fine French...
by Suzi | Sep 28, 2010 | Restaurant Reviews
Culinary greatness, true greatness, is actually not hard to achieve. You just need perfect ingredients, perfect kitchen staff, perfect techniques, perfect serving staff, a mega wine cellar, an elegant setting. On second thought, I understand why greatness is so rare....
by Suzi | Sep 12, 2010 | Restaurant Reviews
Cooking by the Book is a short fifteen minute walk from Chinatown in New York City. Chinatown is just what you might imagine: a maze of winding streets lined with shops and restaurants. Except it is more. Because those shops and restaurants aren’t just Chinese...
by Suzi | Jul 29, 2010 | Restaurant Reviews
Ice cream. It’s a food, of course, but I believe it deserves to be classified as a vitamin. Vitamin IC. And the best source for IC is New England, the world’s capitol of IC. If you travel the roads here, you are always stumbling on local, seasonal ice creams stands....
