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April 20, 2012
This Week's Specials: German Beer Halls, Mexican Delights
What we've been up to at Fork in the Road this week: We give you our picks for German beer halls in the city. Robert Sietsema checks out three types of guacamole and other Mexican offerings at Angelo Sosa's Anejo Tequileria. He also lists the 5 best things to eat at the Cal-Mex restaurant, Floren ... More >>
Blogs
November 30, 2011
Lawrence Dai Watched Julie & Julia Every Day for a Year and Lived to Tell the Tale!
By now, most of America has seen Julie & Julia, the Nora Ephron film about blogger-turned-memoirist Julie Powell and culinary legend Julia Child. Lawrence Dai, however, has seen Julie & Julia a staggering 365 times and blogged about it at The Lawrence/Julie & Julia Project. Yes, he watched the rom-c ... More >>
Blogs
November 21, 2011
Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher: The First Review
The Guardian has seen The Iron Lady, with the esteemed Meryl Streep as British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, and they're not afraid to tell us about it. The film, they say, is a "breezy, whistle-stop tour through the unstable nitroglycerin of Thatcher's life and times." They insist that it's l ... More >>
Blogs
November 10, 2011
Marge Becomes a Food Blogger on this Sunday's Simpsons [Yawn]
20th Century Fox via Grub StreetI recognize most of the characters, but who's the bald guy? The end-times for Foodism are near, my friends. This Sunday, Marge Simpson turns into a food blogger, as reported in an extensive Grub Street interview with Simpsons executive producer Matt Selman. To ... More >>
Blogs
October 13, 2011
The Kitchn Looks at Judith Jones' Kitchen
Random HouseShe might be one of the most important people in the cookbook publishing world, but Judith Jones, the editor who championed Julia Child way back when, has a surprisingly normal New York City kitchen. The Kitchn takes a tour today of her Upper East Side apartment, which is refresh ... More >>
Blogs
October 6, 2011
Julia Child Now Available on iPad; Hunger Costs the U.S. Billions Annually
The e-book version of Julia Child's seminal Mastering the Art of French Cooking was released for the iPad this week. [NY Times] The cost of hunger in the U.S. was $167.5 billion last year, due in large part to the recession and slow recovery. [BusinessWeek] Cheese geeks still love talking about af ... More >>
Blogs
August 9, 2011
The 20 Greatest Bread Quotes of All Time
www.insightbb.comWell, maybe not of all time -- how far back does the world's literature really go? And we blush to note that most of these quotes come from Western sources, at that. But read on anyway, because some of them are pretty damn funny, or at least pithy and philosophical.
Dining
May 25, 2011
Summer Guide: Eat the Phreak -- Make This Summer Your Salad Days
At Gazala Place, Nice Matin, Gottino, and a host of other NYC restaurants
Blogs
April 8, 2011
Pichet Ong's Favorite Junk Food is Maltesers. And Kit Kat. And Ice Cream. And Chips: Interview Part 2
Photo courtesy Pichet OngPichet Ong, Master of International DessertsYesterday we spoke with Pichet Ong about his new gig at Coppelia (207 West 14th Street, 212-858-5001). Today, he reveals more about his forthcoming cookbook and his favorite junk foods.
Blogs
March 10, 2011
Always Open Presents Yet Another Web Series About Foodies
Food is becoming quite the trendy subject matter for web series these days. First there was news of Foodies, the web series that premiered last night and which seeks to ridicule all those who love sea urchin ceviche. Now College Humor has Always Open which features actor David Koechner chatting ... More >>
Blogs
March 8, 2011
Thomas Keller to Be Recognized by French Legion of Honor; Subway Now Bigger Than McDonald's Worldwide
Thomas Keller will be named Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor, joining the ranks of Julia Child and Alice Waters as the only Americans in the food world to get the honor. [Diner's Journal] More good news about the Mediterranean diet: a new Greek study found new evidence that it helps i ... More >>
Blogs
February 3, 2011
Farrah Fawcett's Sexy Swimsuit Donated to Smithsonian: Here Are 5 More Sexy Artifacts
The sexy red swimsuit that college students in the '70s dreamed about is now an official part of the historical record. Farrah Fawcett's iconic red swimming garb, immortalized on posters that hung in dorm rooms everywhere, was donated to the Smithsonian by her longtime boyfriend Ryan O'Neal y ... 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
August 11, 2010
Reese Witherspoon Gets Peggy Lee Fever
She won an Oscar for her performance as June Carter Cash in Walk The Line and now Reese Witherspoon is in negotiations to play sultry jazz singer Peggy Lee in a biopic done by Norah Ephron, who's fresh off doing Julia Child. Questions, questions.
Blogs
July 5, 2010
Your Sexy Spy Roundup, From B to P
We already know that Mother Russia's sexiest spy, Anna Chapman, is, well...sexy. And sometimes topless. But there have been plenty of other good looking spies in fiction, movies and throughout history. And we're feeling patriotic on this day after the Fourth of July, so...how 'bout a roundup ... More >>
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May 3, 2010
Williamsburg's Whisk Will Open at the Limelight
Whisk NYCFrom Brooklyn to the moon, by way of Sixth Avenue.When the Limelight Marketplace opens this Saturday, it will number yet another food-related vendor among its ranks.
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April 20, 2010
New Cooking Channel Strives to be "Grittier," "Edgier," "Hipper"
Hello, gorgeous.The Scripps Network today announced the lineup for its new Food Network spin-off, the Cooking Channel, which will infiltrate living rooms beginning on May 31.
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March 17, 2010
There's Going to be Another Julia Child Book
Time to stir up more publishing profits!Julie Child is set to get some more love on the printed page: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has just announced it will publish As Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child and Avis DeVoto on Dec. 1. As the Times reports, the book will comprise more than a d ... More >>
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March 1, 2010
What's Happening This Week: Special Oscar-Inspired Dishes; A Final Days of Winter Menu
As many of you know, our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! Oscar Week Menu Delmonico's March 1-7 As you get ready to see who will take Best Picture at this year's Academy Awards, Delmonico's is offering a special menu i ... More >>
Blogs
February 16, 2010
Sexual Addiction Can Really Get Out of Hand
A friend of mine told me that his ex is so sexually addicted that, once he tried recovery, he couldn't even masturbate for fear that it would launch him back into his horndog mania! Taking a hand to himself would be equivalent to a recovering alcoholic grabbing just a tiny sip of champagne--i.e., a ... More >>
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November 17, 2009
'Koodie' Is Coined, Further Polluting Food Lexicon
hoyasmeg/flickrJust when 'foodiot' had started to settle into the food lexicon's collective gut, so-called Supermarket Guru Phil Lempert has given us this bitter pill to swallow: koodie. His definition:
Blogs
October 16, 2009
Readers' Picks for Best Cookbooks
Last Friday, we brought you our picks for the 10 best cookbooks of all time. Commenters were unusually mum on pointing out mistakes, but several of you wrote in or e-mailed us to add these contenders to the list: The Way To Cook by Julia Child (Knopf, 1989) Simple French Food, The French Menu Cook ... More >>
Blogs
October 9, 2009
A New Food Network On the Way; Julia Child Contemporary Charlotte Snyder Turgeon Dies
Scripps Networks has plans to launch a cooking-focused TV channel next year, called the Cooking Channel, that will replace Fine Living. The company has a growing appetite for food programming following a joint venture to bring the Food Network to Europe. [Wall Street Journal] New Jersey can ... More >>
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October 7, 2009
Judith Jones on Cooking for One
Christopher HirsheimerThe summary of Judith Jones' life's work so far is enough to make your head spin. She is currently senior editor and vice president at Alfred A. Knopf, which she joined in 1957. Before that, she had worked for Doubleday in New York and Paris, where she accomplished littl ... More >>
Blogs
September 17, 2009
The French Not So Keen on Julia Child
Associated Press, 1978 In France, Julie and Julia was released yesterday. But it turns out that most French people have never heard of Julia Child--The Art of French Cooking was never translated into French--and those who have are decidedly lukewarm on the subject. Julie Andrieu, a cookbook ... More >>
Blogs
September 16, 2009
Meryl Streep Sighted in Gourmet Garage--Or Was It Julia Child?
Just spotted Meryl Streep in the Gourmet Garage at 10th Street and Seventh Avenue South. She had the adjacent checkout line to herself, and was buying several bags of fruits and vegetables. The last thing I saw go into the sack were some granny smith green apples. She kept her head down, wore ... More >>
Blogs
August 28, 2009
Mastering the Art of French Bidding
Mastering the Art of French Cooking, it was reported earlier this week, has hit the bestseller list for the first time since it was published 48 years ago. Thanks largely to Julie & Julia fans who've rushed straight from the multiplex to the bookstore, Julia Child is acquainting a new gen ... More >>
Blogs
August 25, 2009
Food Bloggers Everywhere; Child Cookbook at No. 1
A New Hampshire lobsterman caught a rare, cobalt-blue lobster last Wednesday. The 1 1/2-pound lobster will not be boiled alive, but will instead live out its days at the Seacoast Science Center. Only one in 5 million lobsters are blue. [NY Daily News] In these times of do-it-yourself cooking ... More >>
Blogs
August 25, 2009
Had Enough of Julia Yet? Then Take a Julia-cation
If you think the Julia Child wave has crested, think again. Now, you can take your Julia show on the road with a Julia Child-themed tour of Paris and Provence. New York-based culinary travel company Tour de Forks is touting a seven-night trip, complete with excursions to Le Cordon Bleu, led b ... More >>
Blogs
August 20, 2009
Favorite Meryl Movie?
La Streep can do anything--except give a bad performance, it seems. From Sophie to Miranda Priestley to Julia Child and beyond, Meryl's choice is to always do quality work brimming with wit and wisdom. I mean, the woman can pull off drama, comedy, period pieces, cameos, accents, and even sin ... More >>
Blogs
August 14, 2009
The Blogroll Gazette: Instant Starbucks, Shitshows & a Swedish Meatball Truck
This week in food blogs... Eat Me Daily posted Sandra Lee's response to Anthony Bourdain's calling her "pure evil": "He needs to have a cocktail and lighten up." Serious Eats pitted Starbucks' new line of instant coffee packets against Nescafe. The result? Instant Starbucks "really isn't bad." Mi ... More >>
Blogs
August 12, 2009
This Week's Voice: Todd P Goes to Austin, John Forte, Abandon Ship, Lev Grossman's The Magicians, and More
Polaroids from another long, strange trip by Bridget Finn. Todd P, far right. In this week's Village Voice, Rob Harvilla talks with the director and main subject of the new doc Todd P Goes to Austin: "A documentary or other such deification was inevitable, though Austin, directed by longtime Todd ... More >>
Columns
August 11, 2009
President Rejects Gay Hustler!
Plus Abe Lincoln's logs and more than 15 minutes at Warhol's birthday party.
Blogs
August 10, 2009
On Bookshelves, Both On and Offline, A Good Dose of Julia
mellemusic/flickr At least one good thing has come out of the ridiculous media frenzy surrounding the release of the film Julie & Julia: a renewed interest in Julia Child's brilliant written works. Eat Me Daily noticed that Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume 1 is currently t ... More >>
Blogs
August 4, 2009
Nora Ephron Dishes More on Her Eating Habits; Starbucks Goes Lean
Everyone's talking to Nora Ephron this week, including Newsweek. The Julie & Julia director drops several new nuggets of culinary information about herself: "I'm a pretty careful eater but I do love a good corn chip, I really do." [Newsweek] Life as a competitive eater isn't as glamorous as ... More >>
Film
August 4, 2009
In Praise of the Julia Half of Julie & Julia
Everyone's talking to Nora Ephron this week, including Newsweek. The Julie & Julia director drops several new nuggets of culinary information about herself: "I'm a pretty careful eater but I do love a good corn chip, I really do." [Newsweek] Life as a competitive eater isn't as glamorous as ... More >>
Blogs
August 3, 2009
Videolinks with Our 10 Best Food-Themed TV Shows
#1: Julia Child This last Friday, we ran a ranking of Our 10 Best Food-Themed Television Shows, and it included, in addition to old chestnuts like Julia Child and the Galloping Gourmet, some more obscure food-show hosts, folks like Justin Wilson, who introduced every recipe with a Cajun traveling ... More >>
Blogs
July 31, 2009
Our 10 Best: Food-Themed Television Shows
A few afternoons ago I had the pleasure of hearing Jacques Pepin discourse on his friendship with Julia Child, whom he met in 1960. He recalled their opportunity to work together on a show called Julia & Jacques Cooking at Home, created in 1999 in Boston and featuring both of them in the kitc ... More >>
Blogs
July 30, 2009
Our Ten Best: Tomorrow, Food-Themed Television Shows
Friday morning, Fork in the Road climbs into the "green dead eye of the TV," as novelist Cynthia Buchanan so aptly put it, to ferret out the very best television shows with a food theme. No stone will be left unturned as we consider sitcoms like Maude, ancient cooking shows from the likes of ... More >>
Blogs
July 21, 2009
Following Publishers Weekly Dust-Up, Judith Jones Elaborates on What She Said About Julie Powell
Sony PicturesOn Monday, Publishers Weekly cooked up a stir with an article in which Julia Child's famed editor, Judith Jones, recounted what Child said of Julie & Julia's Julie Powell: "I don't think she's a serious cook." Slashfood tracked down Jones at her Vermont home to follow up on the comm ... More >>
Blogs
April 13, 2009
The Greatest Gay Icons of All Time
Gay icon"These deeply personal, campy, and insightful essays illuminate the eternal bond between gay men and their fabulous diva icons," says the blurb on the back of a new book called My Diva. And you know it's true because that blurb was written by yours fucking truly! The book has 65 gay men bea ... More >>
Voice Choices
April 15, 2008
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Voice Choices
April 15, 2008
FIRE-STARTERS
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April 1, 2008
OUT IS IN
Gay performance festival leaves nothing out
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December 19, 2007
Last Meal: Sara Moulton is Really Hungry
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NYC Life
December 11, 2007
Damn the Carbs!
Full course ahead: Sara Moulton's heavy dream of a last meal
Blogs
August 15, 2007
Last Meal: Kenny Lao Hearts Mutton Sticks
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