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The writer of a January 1,1859 (that's correct) NYT review of NYC restaurants ended by noting that unlike certain London saloons, he knew of no establishments "...where the knives and forks are chained to the table to prevent their being stolen, and a Newfoundland dog is kept under the table for guests to wipe their hands on." Jan 1, 1859 - "How We Dine" by the Strong-Minded Reporter of the Times HowWeDine.pdf
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May 9, 2017 - "Los Angeles Restaurant Scene Is on the Move and Mixing It Up" by Adam Nagourney on nytimes.com And they do a good job on the highlights! Here's Looking at You on 6th in Koreatown is fantastic. Hamachi Collar (made with a hot fried chicken-esque rub), Tri-tip Beef Tartare, and cocktails. Kali is also a not boring take on what you'd imagine New California should be as opposed to what it often is!
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For your amusement, here's a New York Times from 1944 about a restaurant in Manhattan serving this exotic new thing called "pizza". The tone of the piece--clearly written for an audience totally unfamiliar with the concept--is fascinating, and goes to show just how far we've come I guess. 09/20/44 - "News of Food; Pizza, a Pie Popular in Southern Italy, is Offered Here for Home Consumption" by Jane Holt on query.nytimes.com
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Pete Wells carves up Per Se. Be very interesting to see what the fall-out is, at Per Se and other four-star places. If it has a possible dampening effect on the ridiculous price inflation in recent years, that will be reason enough to celebrate the review. I was just about to publish a post lamenting the prices at the D.C. places receiving such raves here of late (Kinship, Metier, Grill Room, the Source, etc.). I doubt I'll ever eat at these restaurants -- at a minimum, I'd feel deeply uneasy forking over such $$, an anxiety that would temper what I'm sure would otherwise be a great meal. But they don't even approach the NYC insanity. Like 99.9% of the population, I'll never eat at Per Se, or Masa, or Eleven Madison Park, etc.--let alone the most recent raved about NYC sushi spots that sound so enticing. Like the operations that charge $11 for a glass of juice, or $16 cocktails, apparently they've realized that the market will bear it -- there are enough expense accounts out there to fill the tables every night, apparently. So I don't begrudge them. Even so, the whole thing is rather depressing . . . and at Per Se level ("Can I interest you in some risotto with truffles -- for merely a $175 up-charge on your $350 plus alcohol and tax?"), positively obscene.
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Mark Bittman with a food-centric appraisal of the election results in California: The Food Movement Takes a Beating
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Sadly, these kinds of stories, repeated frequently using different examples on public radio, cable television, books, independent films and other media, aren't as shocking as they used to be. But, this one jarred me a little just due to the scale, source and seeming indifference of those responsible over a few decades. On one hand, this just reinforces again how important (and tastier, and healthier, and more humane) to buy beef, poultry, lamb, and pork locally...from farms you can visit and from producers you know. On the other hand, that sensible approach for omnivores is still tragically out of reach for lower-income American households. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/20/dining/animal-welfare-at-risk-in-experiments-for-meat-industry.html?_r=0
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"The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food"
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An article in the New York Times about photographing food in restaurants. I know this has been a hot topic of debate before, especially with the hot new topic "Where Did I Dine?" that's popped up over the past few days, but it brought up a couple alternatives that I've never even thought of. What really caught my eye was in the first few paragraphs: When it comes to people taking photographs of their meals, the chef David Bouley has seen it all. There are the foreign tourists who, despite their big cameras, tend to be very discreet. There are those who use a flash and annoy everyone around them. There are those who come equipped with gorillapods — those small, flexible tripods to use on their tables. ----- But rather than tell people they can’t shoot their food — the food they are so proud to eat that they need to share it immediately with everyone they know — he simply takes them back into his kitchen to shoot as the plates come out. Another place bans the diner from taking photos but provides copies of professional photos to customers at their request. One thing the article didn't touch on was the marketing the restaurants get when the pictures of their food are uploaded to facebook or twitter or wherever. Of course a lot of the places that have restrictions on photography really don't need that extra marketing anyways. I know Rogue 24 bans photography too but it seems a lot of people have never heard of this practice. Personally I don't need to brag to others what or where I've eaten and will obey whatever the chef's rules are.
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