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Craig Claiborne

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    May 7, 2012

    Winners of the James Beard Foundation's Book, Broadcast and Journalism Awards

    The winners of the James Beard Foundation's media awards were announced last night (the glitzy chef awards will be presented tonight and you can follow along here, if you like). Congratulations to all of the winners!

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2011

    James Beard's 10 Greatest Quotes

    NBC via Gourmet​James Beard didn't live in Greenwich Village for nothing. Born in Portland, Oregon in 1903, his earliest culinary memories included having his mother and the family's Chinese cook make food for him when he came down with malaria at the age of three. After a stint of living in P ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2011

    10 Postcards of Long-Forgotten NYC Restaurants

    ioffer.com​1. Divan Parisien Restaurant, 33 East 48th Street - Even to its frequenters, the meaning of "Divan" was somewhat unclear. Some said it was French for "meeting place," others claimed it was Turkish and referred to the furniture of the Sultan's palace. Others took it to mean, as "div ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    The Best Thing I Ate Yesterday

    Welcome to The Best Thing I Ate Yesterday, where we endeavor to remember the very best thing we stuffed down our gullets over the past 24 hours. Why? Because the only thing better than enjoying a meal is wallowing in the memory of one savored in the recent past. Today's fond reminiscences ...

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2011

    Our 10 Best NYC Restaurants of the Last Two Centuries

    Delmonico's as it looks today. The columns on either side of the door are said to come from Pompeii.​The modern restaurant as we know it was invented in 1831 south of Wall Street at Delmonico's, based on Swiss and French models. The previous sort of establishment was usually a hotel dining roo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2011

    Gael Greene Asks Us to Remember Craig Claiborne

    ​When the Barneys' holiday windows went up last November, Gael Greene took exception to the absence of Craig Claiborne from the display, which featured food innovators and "personalities" past and present. Today, she uses her Fork Play newsletter to elaborate upon her displeasure, and to make ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2010

    The Barneys Food (Network)-Themed Holiday Windows: Some Pictures

    ​Mario Batali's decapitated head is surrounded by a garnish of Crocs. On Tuesday, Barneys unveiled its much-anticipated food-themed holiday windows. Inscribed with the command "Have a Foodie Holiday," the three tableau offer an assemblage of 70 Food Network "personalities," chefs, and assort ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2010

    Amanda Hesser Talks Her Big Fat Recipe Book....and Turtles

    Sarah ShatzAmanda Hesser time-travels for you.​ For six years, Amanda Hesser would come home from her day job as a food writer to another job -- testing 150 years worth of recipes for her 932-page magnum opus The Essential New York Times Cookbook: Classic Recipes for a New Century, just releas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2010

    Where Should I Go for an Old-Fashioned French Meal That's Not Too Expensive?

    Robert Tréboux, owner of Le Veau D'or​ Welcome to this week's installment of Ask the Critics. Rob wrote in to ask: Where can I get an old-fashioned French meal without it costing me an arm and a leg? Preferably in Manhattan, but I'm willing to travel.

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    Beard Awards Media and Journalism Finalists Are Announced

    The man himself.​The James Beard Foundation is announcing its James Beard Awards finalists via Twitter this morning. The list of chefs has just started rolling out (currently, regional finalists are being named), but the list of final nominees for the foundation's Media and Journalism Awards a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2009

    The Early Word: Bill's Bar & (Meh) Burger

    ​Here it is! The celebrated Bill's Classic, which has risen from total obscurity to the top of the burger heap in a matter of days. The hamburger at Bill's Bar & Burger is not so much an actual burger, as the idea of a burger.

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    October 9, 2009

    Our 10 Best: Cookbooks

    ​Above all, a cookbook should be useful and accurate, but that's not why we love them. A great cookbook isn't just a compendium of recipes; it takes you somewhere--into a cook's kitchen, to the South of France, or the South Pacific, or back in time. Following a 1961 recipe for Chateaubriand do ... More >>

  • Dining

    March 11, 2008

    Old-School French Restaurants Somehow Still Survive in Midtown

    ​Above all, a cookbook should be useful and accurate, but that's not why we love them. A great cookbook isn't just a compendium of recipes; it takes you somewhere--into a cook's kitchen, to the South of France, or the South Pacific, or back in time. Following a 1961 recipe for Chateaubriand do ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2006

    Augusten Burroughs should have put recipes in his memoirs, too

    ​Above all, a cookbook should be useful and accurate, but that's not why we love them. A great cookbook isn't just a compendium of recipes; it takes you somewhere--into a cook's kitchen, to the South of France, or the South Pacific, or back in time. Following a 1961 recipe for Chateaubriand do ... More >>

  • Dining

    October 19, 2004

    Sufferin' Succotash

    Blues and Reds meet at quaint Greenwich Village old-timer

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