On reading//articles of interest for the weekending November 22

Hiya. I used to post links to articles of gastronomic and culinary interest but then I stopped for a reason unknown to me (butter and cream clouded my capacity to read perhaps).
Homework:
A loving tribute to Gourmet’s Thanksgiving issue(s). [Oregon Live]
Exploring Paris & her culinary delights via a 19th centuray guide. [NYT]
Animal, Vegetable, Miserable – a [...]

tres bien reads//what i read when i’m not doing other things

Tres bien kids. It’s August in Paris and that means no one is here. The city empties out faster than a whore in church. It’s quiet and I’m not down.Call me a neurotic New Yorker ‘k? Anytoodles, I’ve used my non-schooling time to plan weekend trips and read a bit. Here are some good reads [...]

Chefette’s rule the kitch, bitch.

hola chicas
Bon Appetite came out with their Restaurant issue this month. I have to give only a tiny bit of love to their article on Women Chefs: The Next Generation. There is something vaguely annoying about this feature(and frankly, the whole magazine) though I can’t seem to put my finger on it. Oh wait, I [...]

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Elettaria
As per usual, below is a list of the most interesting GastroGirlie relevant articles:
Frank Bruni takes a trip to Scotland and finds it is quite the culinary odyssey, even calling one restaurant “The French Laundry of Scotland”. [NYT]
How did Eric Ripert scientifically research the build of a perfect burger? By looking at the Big Mac [...]

Wednesday Reviews: Nicely Done

- Bruni gives a very rare three stars to elegant mid-town seafood restaurant, Oceana and even calls it “Le Bernadin lite”.
- Ruth Reichl gets a sneak peek at the re-invention of L’Impero: Convivio and calls the pastas “extraordinary”.
- Platty three stars Scarpetta, calling Scott Conant’s Italian fare “high minded, almost priestly”. It’s no wonder Conant [...]

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Some tempting and delicious reads:
- Last week the NYT researched and unearthed the perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe. Tollhouse it isn’t.
- Serious Eats uncovers the worlds smallest espresso maker…I can finally go camping without fearing caffeine withdrawal.
- CITY magazine runs a long piece on family meals (the kind of family meal where the staff gets [...]

Time Out NY: Cheap (tr)Eats

El cheapo
Some highlights from the TONY Cheap Eats issue:
- Where do your favorites chefs eat cheap?
Key picks: Pichet Ong of P*ong digs Grand Sichuan (to do: soup dumplings), Julie Reiner of Clover Club gets down with Great NY Noodletown (to do: roasted sucking pig), Sohui Kim of The Good Fork lurves Taro Sushi (to do: [...]

Mid-week reviews

This week, we bring you: dueling reviews…
- Adam Platt hates Alan Ducasse’s ode to a French bistro Benoit [NYM]. For the record, I do not like Platt, I do not like his writing and I hardly ever agree with him.
- Meanwhile, Frank Bruni doesn’t mind Benoit. [NYT]
- Andrea Strong is pleased with Hundred Acres [The [...]

Article Wrap Down: Wednesday reviews

I was her for Halloween once.
Alas, ’tis another mid-week day where we flip through the well inked pages of several newspapers to find what scathing or divine words our favorite restaurant reviewers have for us:
Bruni wants more out of the pasta at Bar Milano [NYT]

Strong loves the microscopic Indian restaurant Graffiti (she’s right, it’s great) [...]

Article Wrap Down: vol. II

bromance: red wine and books
- Thank the lord. Here’s a rundown of ALL the pizza slices in Park Slope.
- Big Hair is back. YAY. I have HUGE hair. Most excellent.
- A 12 year old featured his award winning Fracophilean burger recipe on The Today show. Looks ridic. Not kidding.
- NYP features the Most Exclusive Dishes. [...]