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May 3, 2012
Live From Jazzfest: New Orleans Celebrates Its Gift To The World
Just as Kermit Ruffins sang "Sunny Side of the Street" with trumpet in hand, an early morning sun shone powerfully across North Rampart Street in New Orleans onto Congo Square. Two centuries ago, enslaved Africans and free people of color drummed and danced here each Sunday, exerting their right to ... More >>
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March 20, 2012
Eben Freeman's Greatest Hits; Tequila and You
What's interesting in the world of tipples this week: Eben Freeman, the man behind the drink program at The Butterfly, Michael White's restaurant opening this summer in SoHo, is planning a greatest hits cocktail menu for the bar, reports Diner's Journal. It would include drinks he conjured up while ... More >>
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January 23, 2012
Nine Food TV Shows We'd Love To See
How did food television become so boring and predictable? Umpteenth season of Top Chef? Yawn. Endless cupcake wars? Yawn. Paula Deen pouring more butter into the cake? Yawn. Guy Fieri tucking into another giant hamburger? Zzzzzzzzz. Well, the time has come to invent new types of food-themed s ... More >>
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December 16, 2011
Back to Black Truffles
KjundstormA few slivers of this will set you back a couple of paychecks.A few months ago we brought news of the white truffle occupation of Manhattan. Well, now white's on the decline and black truffles are making their way into your macaroni and cheese. Only this time, everyone seems to be jumpi ... More >>
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November 24, 2011
Thanksgiving Round-Up: Chef Reminiscences! Recipes! Crazy Stories!
Here at Fork in the Road, we've been hammering pretty hard on Turkey Day this year, and here is a summary of the pieces we've posted for your retrospective pleasure. Have a great holiday! Jacques Pépin Reveals His Thanksgiving Turkey Secrets Make Stephanie Izard's Green Bean Casserole Make ... More >>
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November 10, 2011
Michael White Trading In Pasta for Pizza (Temporarily)
Osteria MoriniMichael White, making movesMichael White's sure been busy, opening rustic-chic Osteria Morini just a little over a year ago, followed shortly thereafter with his fancier prix-fixe Ai Fiori (not to mention also launching Al Molo in Asia). No question that the man has a way with ... More >>
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July 28, 2011
David Malbequi 'Out' at La Silhouette; Michael White May Be Headed to UWS
La Silhouette has a new chef. Matthew Tropeano, who most recently cooked at La Grenouille, is replacing David Malbequi after just seven months in the kitchen. [Eater] Michael White has revealed that he is scouting locations for his next venture on the Upper West Side. [Grub Street] David Bo ... More >>
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April 15, 2011
Ask the Critics: What's a Good Prix-Fixe?
WikipediaPrix fixe is on the menu today.Cathy S. Asks: I'm looking to have a really nice prix-fixe lunch or dinner in a comfortable setting. Can you suggest some options? Thanks. Dear Cathy: The nice thing about prix fixe is that you know what you're getting yourself into. Often dinner pr ... More >>
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April 4, 2011
Eater Is Spreading South
Like Michael White and Subway, Eater continues to demonstrate its insatiable appetite for world domination: the site has just announced it's expanding across the southern half of the country to New Orleans, Atlanta, and Dallas. Will any burg be left unturned? If pop-ups and artisanal grilled ... More >>
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March 9, 2011
Michael White Teams Up with Tupperware to Launch TupperClub
Michael WhiteWhile Chris Cannon has had to shutter his two acclaimed restaurants, post divorce from his chef-partner, Michael White, White is doing fine. In fact, he's doing well enough to take time out to shill for Tupperware with a "unique pop-up dining experience called the TupperClub."
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February 9, 2011
Chris Cannon Chooses New Chefs for Alto and Convivio
Having now washed his hands of Michael White, Chris Cannon has chosen two chefs to fill the chef positions that White nominally held at Alto and Convivio. Diner's Journal reports that Cannon has picked Terrence Gallivan, the erstwhile executive chef at August, to head the kitchen at Alto, and ... More >>
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January 11, 2011
Michael White and Chris Cannon Have Officially Broken Up
Chris Cannon and Michael White in presumably better times.Yesterday evening, Michael White and Chris Cannon used a press release to make their much speculated upon divorce official. Per Diner's Journal, White's Altamarea Group issued a three-paragraph statement the chef and Altamarea CEO Ahma ... More >>
Dining
December 22, 2010
Osteria Morini Welcomes You to the Pasta Barnyard
Michael White expands his Italian empire with a new Soho venture
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December 15, 2010
Robert Sietsema on the New York-Montreal Food Connection
This week in the Voice, Robert Sietsema explores the relationship between New York and Montreal food. Sam Sifton awards two stars to Harold Dieterle's Kin Shop, even though it's not quite authentic Thai: "[It's] an American restaurant that serves food prepared using Thai flavors, a restaurant that ... More >>
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December 6, 2010
What's Happening This Week: A Mommy & Me Cooking Class; A Coffee, Cocoa & Citrus Market
As you may know, our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! The New York Times Fall TimesTalks The TimesCenter Thursday, December 9 at 6:30 p.m. This season's edition of TimesTalks will feature an all-star cast of chefs, inc ... More >>
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November 15, 2010
Are Michael White and Chris Cannon Breaking Up?
Unhappy couple?As far as restaurateur-chef duos go, Chris Cannon and Michael White seem unstoppable. They are at the helm of Convivio, Alto, Marea, and the recently opened Osteria Morini. Now, Eater is reporting that the pair might be splitting.
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October 7, 2010
Sam Hazen is Taking Over Veritas; Seamus Mullen Will Pop Up at The Feast
Michael Romano of Union Square Café recently showed off his poetry slamming skills in several haikus he penned for the restaurant's newsletter. [Zagat] Sam Hazen, formerly of Tao, will take over at Veritas, which recently closed and fired its staff. He plans to reopen the restaurant in Nove ... More >>
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September 29, 2010
Michael White Shares His Secret Broccoli With Jonathan Benno
Secret stash.When Jonathan Benno invited New York food world heavyweights to preview the menu at the Lincoln, there was much excitement over the pasta, the steak, the comfy swivel chairs. But no one mentioned the broccoli. A waiter at the restaurant revealed that the broccoli was a rather rar ... More >>
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September 29, 2010
Michael White's Osteria Morini to Open on Monday
Michael White touches down in Soho on Monday.Between the opening of Eataly, Del Posto's four-star Times review, and mounting anticipation about Porsena, Italian food is having quite a busy autumn. On Monday, Michael White will add to the excitement when he opens Osteria Morini, his trattoria ... More >>
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September 13, 2010
Sampling the Bon Appétit Pop-Up Café
Michael White's open-faced tuna sandwich.Bon Appétit's now-annual pop-up café opened yesterday at Lincoln Center, just in time for the onslaught of New York Fashion Week. At noon today it was relaxed and leisurely; the fashionable and the damned mainly swanned around the fountai ... More >>
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September 9, 2010
Johnny Iuizzini Is Definitely, Absolutely, Not Working for Michael White
BravoSoon to be available in paperdoll form.Earlier today, Eater heard that Johnny Iuizzini, he of Jean Georges and the upcoming Top Chef: Just Desserts, would be taking his pompadour and pastry tools to Michael White and Chris Cannon's Altamarea Group.
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August 31, 2010
Alto Latest to Be Sued for Violating Labor Laws
wmagazine.comChris Cannon (left), and Michael White.Michael White and Chris Cannon of Alto are the latest restaurateurs to be taken to court on allegations of labor law violations.
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August 25, 2010
Stand-Up Coffee Shops; Making Messy Food Look Good
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August 12, 2010
Bon Appetit's Pop-Up Café Will Open Sept. 12 With Food From Baked NYC, Momofuku, A Voce, Et Al
entertainment-link.comMmmm, pop-ups.To mark the occasion of Fashion Week, an event not normally associated with caloric intake, Bon Appétit is opening its annual pop-up café in the lobby of Avery Fisher Hall from Sept. 12 through 16.
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July 22, 2010
Michael White's Setai Project Is Called Ai Fiori
Michael White, busy man.In early May, Michael White revealed that his new restaurant at the Setai Fifth Avenue would be a little bit Mediterranean, a little bit Moroccan. Today, he tosses a few more crumbs in the direction of Florence Fabricant, who reports that the chef's new restaurant will ... More >>
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June 23, 2010
An Open Letter to Josh Ozersky
Dear Josh: You and I have known each other for years, and I've always regarded you as a knowledgeable and sometimes even scholarly observer of the culinary scene. But I found your piece ("Great Wedding Food: Tips from a Newly Married Critic") in last week's Time magazine disturbing, and felt the n ... More >>
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June 15, 2010
Mr. Cutlets Doles Out Wedding Advice; Fairway Café Faces Closure
Newlywed Josh Ozersky doles out advice on how to cater a wedding. Simple: just call up all your best chef friends. Jim Lahey of Sullivan Street Bakery can make your bread; Michael White of Alto, Marea, and Convivio can make lasagna; and Michael Psilakis of Kefi can whip up moussaka. [Time] S ... More >>
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May 4, 2010
Michael White Will Go Mediterranean, a Little Bit Moroccan at the Setai
Things that start with "m": Michael, Marea, Mediterranean, MoroccanMetromix also went to the Beard Awards last night, and has a nifty slide show to show for it. The site's intrepid reporters also gathered some choice morsels from the award nominees, including some information about Michael Wh ... More >>
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April 29, 2010
In Rumors this Week: Michael White In at Setai; Akhtar Nawab On His Way Out at Zengo?
Rumor has it that Michael White and partner Chris Cannon will man all food operations at the Setai Fifth Avenue, including a 15,000-square-foot 160-seat restaurant. [Eater] Just three weeks after Zengo opened, Akhtar Nawab may be on his way out. The chef has apparently signed on to take ove ... More >>
Blogs
April 1, 2010
Sam Freund Out at One if By Land; Tom Colicchio Pissed at College Paper Review
West Village mainstay One if by Land, Two if by Sea, has a new chef, its third in two years. Sam Freund, who took over from Craig Hopson a year and a half ago, has left the restaurant for a job in Denver. Andrew Matthews, who has been at OIBL for more than a year, is now at the helm. [Eater] ... More >>
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March 30, 2010
Michael White Is Planning to Take Over the World
Underneath the friendly exterior lies the soul of a relentless empire-builder.Michael White may have a reputation as one of the city's nicest and most humble chefs (being from Wisconsin helps), but his ambition is pure Donald Trump. The chef told Crain's, which profiled him as one of their an ... More >>
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March 22, 2010
The James Beard Awards List of Final Nominees Is Fully Operational
It's been a busy morning at the James Beard Foundation: right on the heels of its list of finalists for its Media and Journalism Awards comes its roster of final nominees for its Restaurant and Chef Awards, announced on the Beard Foundation's Twitter page. Beard on BeardNew York has done we ... More >>
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March 11, 2010
Di Fara May Take Flight at La Guardia
Michael Y. Park/EpicuriousDoes this say 'airport restaurant' to you?Looks like Joe Bastianich and Mario Batali aren't the only ones with super-sized Italian on their minds: Feast reports that OTG Management, the company responsible for revamping the food options at JFK's Terminal Five, is pl ... More >>
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February 10, 2010
Michael White's Cooking Up an Italian Truck Stop
Melissa HomMichael White keeps on truckin'.Eater attended last night's CB2 meeting and learned a bit more about Michael White's upcoming venture at 218 Lafayette Street. Commensurate with his move downtown, the chef going a bit more down-market: He's planning "an Italian version of a truck st ... More >>
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January 22, 2010
Sommelier Swap at the Michael White/Chris Cannon Empire
2,500 wines and counting.Sommelier Eric Zillier, the wine director at Alto, will be leaving the restaurant in March to pursue other opportunities. Levi Dalton, who currently heads up the wine program at sister restaurant Convivio, is set to take over at Alto.
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January 19, 2010
On January 24, Eat for Haiti
In the immediate wake of last Tuesday's earthquake in Haiti, Ilili chef-owner Philippe Massoud put out the call for his fellow restaurateurs to come together to raise money to help relief efforts in the devastated country. Now, less than a week later, an impressive roster of Massoud's colleag ... More >>
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January 6, 2010
What Was Once the Falls Will Become Michael White's Newest Restaurant
Getty ImagesMichael White is headed downtown. A few weeks ago, word surfaced that Michael White was looking to bring his rather splendid brand of Italian cooking downtown to Soho. Now, Eater brings news from White himself that he will indeed be taking over the former Falls space on Lafayette ... More >>
Voice Choices
November 17, 2009
Juan-Carlos Formell & Johnny's Dream Club
Getty ImagesMichael White is headed downtown. A few weeks ago, word surfaced that Michael White was looking to bring his rather splendid brand of Italian cooking downtown to Soho. Now, Eater brings news from White himself that he will indeed be taking over the former Falls space on Lafayette ... More >>
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November 2, 2009
What's Happening This Week: Tasting the City & A Couple of Tweetable Tastings
Our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! New York Taste Skylight, 275 Hudson Street November 2 New York Magazine is hosting its 11th annual New York Taste event, benefiting City Harvest. Join culinary editor Gillian Duffy ... More >>
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October 5, 2009
Michelin Publishes Its 2010 NYC Restaurant Ratings
The Michelin Guide's 2010 New York City restaurant ratings are out. Daniel is the only new member of the three-star club, while Corton and Alto gained admittance to the two-star treehouse. Michael White is perhaps the list's biggest winner, thanks to Alto's two stars and the one star apiece a ... More >>
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July 20, 2009
Why Octopus and Bone Marrow Get Along So Well
Photo courtesy of Serious Eats We're a little late to the party on this one, but last week, Serious Eats ran a step-by-step on how Michael White creates his fusilli with octopus and bone marrow, a post so detailed and gorgeously shot that reading it is almost as good as eating the dish--and if you ... More >>
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July 15, 2009
Under Review: Sietsema Hits the Only Iraqi Restaurant in Town, La Kabbr
This week in the Voice, Our Man Sietsema delves into authentic Iraqi cuisine at La Kabbr. Frank Bruni has a hard time getting a table at Graydon Carter's Monkey Bar, but when he finally does, encounters "supple and sweet" lobster thermidor and "watery" linguine, earning the good-looking establishme ... More >>
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July 8, 2009
Under Review--Sietsema at Watty & Meg; DiGregorio at Pho Sure
This week in the Voice, Our Man Sietsema finds shrimp in his mash at Watty & Meg, while Sarah DiGregorio samples the pun-filled menu at Pho Sure. Bruni pays a visit to Aldea, where he feels that George Mendes's "usually intelligent, intriguing and highly skilled work is undercut at times by a tende ... More >>
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July 3, 2009
Posts of the Week
Hey folks, just popping in here to bring you our favorite posts from the past week. Happy 4th, and see you on Monday. Coverage of the Un-Fancy Food show, including salty caramels and beer. Cheap lobster from Red Hook Lobster Pound? Grill it! (Maybe give it a valium first.) Ah, summer, when thoug ... More >>
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July 2, 2009
Chatting With...Chef Michael White of Marea
Welcome to our brand-spanking-new line of chef interviews, Chatting With. Today, Michael White--pasta genius and executive chef of Convivio, Alto and seafood newcomer Marea. We love his cooking, and were happy to snag him for a chat, even if he didn't quite answer the question about striped marli ... More >>
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May 15, 2009
Open & Closed--Say Hello To Marea & Aldea; Goodbye to QDT, Uncle Marky's Organics
The long-awaited opening of Marea has finally arrived. Michael White of Convivio and Alto fame is bringing handmade pasta to the table, as well as small plates like lardo on sea urchin crostini. [Daily Candy] Another long-time-coming newcomer is Aldea, masterminded by David Bouley and Tocqueville a ... More >>
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October 17, 2008
Recipe Improv with Convivio Chef Michael White
The long-awaited opening of Marea has finally arrived. Michael White of Convivio and Alto fame is bringing handmade pasta to the table, as well as small plates like lardo on sea urchin crostini. [Daily Candy] Another long-time-coming newcomer is Aldea, masterminded by David Bouley and Tocqueville a ... More >>
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January 2, 2008
Fabio Trabocchi's Last Meal: Back to Mussel-Shucking
The long-awaited opening of Marea has finally arrived. Michael White of Convivio and Alto fame is bringing handmade pasta to the table, as well as small plates like lardo on sea urchin crostini. [Daily Candy] Another long-time-coming newcomer is Aldea, masterminded by David Bouley and Tocqueville a ... More >>
NYC Life
December 25, 2007
Fabio Trabocchi's Last Meal? The Food of His Youth.
Back to his roots
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April 10, 2007
In New Orleans, the Saints Are Marching In Again
Just as Hitler and Stalin couldn't ban jazz, Hurricane Katrina can't keep it and New Orleans down
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