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Sam Mason

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    September 19, 2011

    Sam Mason Is Opening an Artisanal Mayo Shop, Signaling the Brooklyn Food Movement's Total Descent Into Self-Parody

    This is your future, Brooklyn.​Oh, Brooklyn. We stood by you as your chocolatiers congratulated themselves on their "childlike curiosity." We had your back when the owner of your new-wave soda fountain described the mise en place required for making an egg cream. We even stuck around when your ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2011

    VICE Munchies Is Back, and Peckish

    ​ VICE Munchies, the two-year-old Web series that has trained its lens on the likes of David Chang, Andrew Carmellini, Brooks Headley, and Hugue Dufour and Sarah Obraitis, has just kicked off a new season with an episode featuring Wylie Dufresne. As per the series's usual format, the chef ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2011

    DIY Sous Vide for $75? Here's DIY Sous Vide for (Almost) Free

    Flickr/snekseHow to do this, for cheap​The DIY movement has led to lots of great things--bacon jam, moonshining, Sam Mason's artisanal mayonnaise. Er, right. But the homemade aesthetic has also gone beyond matters of taste. The New York Times profiles several crafty folks who have created i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2010

    Chopped's Mario Tolentino 'In' at Juliet Supperclub; David Burke 'In' at James New York Hotel

    ​Mario Tolentino, who recently won the latest season of Food Network's Chopped, has taken over the kitchen at Juliet Supperclub, and overhauled the menu to focus on street foods from across the globe. [The Strong Buzz] David Burke is rumored to be cooking at the forthcoming James New York bou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2010

    Sam Mason Opens the Lady Jay in East Williamsburg

    Sam Mason will stare deep into your soul.​Although he told us that he was thinking of opening a restaurant in Park Slope, Sam Mason has gone and opened a bar in East Williamsburg. Eater brings word that Lady Jay's opens tonight, and will not -- repeat, not -- serve food. The bar, which sits ac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    Post-Beard Awards, Amanda Cohen Concludes That "Girls Can't Cook"

    Dirt Candy​The Beard Awards are commonly referred to as the Oscars of the food world. Ostensibly, that's because of all of the industry back-slapping and fierce PR campaigns that accompany them. Plus, both have prizes that feature the likenesses of gold, bald men. But in one respect, the simil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2010

    Michael White Will Go Mediterranean, a Little Bit Moroccan at the Setai

    Things that start with "m": Michael, Marea, Mediterranean, Moroccan​Metromix 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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2010

    IFC's Dinner With the Band Premieres Its Second Season Tonight, Which Gives Us an Excuse To Post Related Photos

    Dinner With the Band guest and Santos' co-owner Andrew W.K., Food Party creator Thu Tran‎, and Dinner With the Band chef Sam Mason The second season of the Williamsburg-produced Dinner With the Band, a show that's title conveniently functions as elevator pitch, airs tonight at 10:30 pm on IFC. H ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2010

    Thu Tran Gets Set to Bring Her Food Party Back to Your Television Set

    Photo courtesy of IFCThu Tran, hostess with the mostess.​ On April 27, the IFC Channel will roll out the second season of Thu Tran's Food Party. Simply put, Food Party is a collection of 20 15-minute episodes dedicated to the cooking adventures of Tran and a cast of puppets. But beyond that de ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    Sam Mason to Take Over the Kitchen at Aldea (For One Night Only)

    Miss this face?​For those of you who have been going into pork belly-with-miso-butterscotch withdrawal since Tailor closed, take heart: Sam Mason will be taking over the kitchen at Aldea for one night only. George Mendes, who opened his kitchen to Mike Lata of the Charleston's FIG last Decembe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2010

    Sam Mason Says He'll Probably Open a New Restaurant This Year. Possibly in Park Slope.

    Sam Mason fixes his penetrating gaze on Park Slope.​Sam Mason's schedule for the past few weeks has been consumed with filming a new roster of episodes for Dinner with the Band, which will premiere on the IFC channel on April 27. But while it's been fun teaching Rufus Wainwright to make schnit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2010

    Chatting With Print's Heather Carlucci-Rodriguez on Going Back to the Pastry Kitchen, In-House Foraging, and Tom Colicchio's 'Startling' Coke Ads

    Heather Carlucci-Rodriguez is back in the pastry kitchen.​Heather Carlucci-Rodriguez was putting pastry all over the New York map long before Johnny Iuzzini made it sexy or Sam Mason made it space-aged. After getting her start at Mondrian, she became the pastry chef at the Union Square Cafe, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2009

    IFC's Dinner with the Band (Yawn)

    ​Sharon Jones of Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings peers into a big pitcher of God-knows-what. I can't decide whether Dinner with the Band represents the end of reality cooking shows, or the end of indie rock. Or both.

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2009

    Sam Mason Gets Product Placed

    ​ It looks like Sam Mason is indeed ready for prime time, and that IFC's marketing team is aware of the zip code most closely associated with the target demographic of Mason's show, Dinner With the Band. This advertisement was plastered right between Arlene's Grocery and Epicerie Cafe Charbon, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2009

    Sam Mason: Next Stop, Brooklyn?

    ​Tailor may be closed for good, but Sam Mason is open to the idea of a new restaurant, possibly in Brooklyn. In an interview with the Times about his role as the host of IFC's Dinner With the Band, Mason, who lives in Williamsburg, briefly discussed his tentative plans to open a restaurant in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2009

    Under the Toque: Sam Mason Out at Tailor; Ryan Skeen Pissed at Allen & Delancey, New York

    ​Sam Mason posted his official farewell on eGullet earlier this week, saying: "it's no surprise for me to say that I am no longer a part of Tailor restaurant. I left about 3 months ago... I am currently working hard on my T.V. series, and by no means plan on it being my only creative outlet. I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2009

    Posts of the Week

    Ah, Friday. Without further ado, the week's best posts: Cute Yummy Time: when gothic Lolita fetishists and singing crab bagels collide.Battle of the Dishes pitted supermarket veggie burgers against one another. Fork in the Road ranked our 10 Best French Fries.As the city grows more bike-friend ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2009

    'Dinner with the Band' Line-Up Announced

    ​The producers of the upcoming IFC series Dinner with the Band, starring Tailor chef-owner Sam Mason, have released the line-up of bands slated to appear on the show. Fork in the Road attended the taping of an episode, where Brooklyn-based MEN joined Mason in the on-set kitchen to make duck bu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2009

    Eben Freeman Leaves Tailor, America

    drinksareonme.net​Eben Freeman, the molecular mixologist best known for smoking Coke syrup at Tailor, has left the troubled establishment, which filed for Chapter 11 this past spring. Freeman is heading, at least part-time, to Asia to tout his newly launched venture, Cocktail All-Stars, a "glo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2009

    Bar Carrera Gets Its Basque On

    Per the Strong Buzz, Ryan Bartlow, a former sous chef at Sam Mason's Tailor, has taken over the kitchen at Bar Carrera. He'll be giving the restaurant's small plates menu something of a make-over, incorporating more "ambitious" Spanish fare that reflects his training in San Sebastian. Bartlow's dish ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2009

    Finger on the Pulse's Bresnitz Twins Bring You "Dinner with the Band" & Other Hipster Foodie Feed

    Arlie John CarstensDarin (left) and Greg (right) Bresnitz​How do twin DJs itching to get into the New York food scene go about doing so? you might ask. Simple. Just Google "hipster chefs in New York" and one name is sure to pop up: Sam Mason. "We just called him up and said, 'Hey, you don't k ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2009

    Swine Flu Offends Pork Lobbyists; Introducing New Cuts of Meat

    Jews and Muslims aren't the only ones offended by the term "swine flu." Agricultural groups are urging the government to refer to the virus by its scientific name H1N1, so as not to damage pork product sales. [Wall Street Journal] Colleges and universities are getting rid of trays in the cafeteria ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2007

    Now Hiring: Jonathan Waxman, Mermaid Inn on the UWS

    Jews and Muslims aren't the only ones offended by the term "swine flu." Agricultural groups are urging the government to refer to the virus by its scientific name H1N1, so as not to damage pork product sales. [Wall Street Journal] Colleges and universities are getting rid of trays in the cafeteria ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2007

    Sam Mason is Ready to Get You Drunk

    Jews and Muslims aren't the only ones offended by the term "swine flu." Agricultural groups are urging the government to refer to the virus by its scientific name H1N1, so as not to damage pork product sales. [Wall Street Journal] Colleges and universities are getting rid of trays in the cafeteria ... More >>

  • NYC Life

    September 4, 2007

    Opening Night

    First round of Tailor diners praise servers, renounce narcissism, eat pork belly

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2007

    Now Hiring: David Chang, Daniel Boulud, Sam Mason

    First round of Tailor diners praise servers, renounce narcissism, eat pork belly

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