Why Mario Batali Hates Food Bloggers The Washington Post ran an article last week called "A Scorching Response to a Food Critic". Restaurateur Roberto Donna has taken exception to a review with Washingtonian magazine dining editor Todd Kliman. Now he's started a blog to critique local restaurant critics. Stop me if you've heard this before. Now Donna is rounding up his fellow … [Read more...] about Mario Batali Takes On Bloggers, Wolfgang Puck Bans Foie Gras
Mario Batali Takes On Bloggers, Wolfgang Puck Bans Foie Gras
Kettleman’s Bagels in Portland, Can You Use Cheap Wine in Cooking?
Does it Matter if You Use Cheap Wine When you Cook? According to an article in today's NY Times, it doesn't really matter if you use good wine or "plonk" in cooking. Wincing a little, I boiled a 2003 premier cru Sauternes from Château Suduiraut (“The vineyard is right next door to Yquem,” the saleswoman assured me), then baked it into an egg-and-cream custard to see whether … [Read more...] about Kettleman’s Bagels in Portland, Can You Use Cheap Wine in Cooking?
Here are the NW James Beard Award Nominations for 2007
Newspaper Feature Writing Without Recipes:Inara Verzemnieks The Oregonian “A Cherry on Top” 2/12/06Newspaper or Magazine Restaurant Review or Critique:Rebekah Denn Seattle Post-Intelligencer “Heads Up on Lovely Veil: Not One of the Best Yet”, ”We Went Trolling for the City’s Best Crab Cakes”, “Tiny Sitka and Spruce Makes a Big Splash” 2/10/06, 5/12/06, … [Read more...] about Here are the NW James Beard Award Nominations for 2007
Review: Park Kitchen – Restaurant of the Year 2006
PFD Restaurant of the Year, 2006Don't tell his wife, but Scott Dolich is having an affair with kumquats. Not some blond bimbo from the Pearl, but rather a tart little fruit from Southern California. I, for one, couldn't be more thrilled.When I was growing up, my parents had a little kumquat tree on the front patio. Every year it would get loaded with fruit, and I'd … [Read more...] about Review: Park Kitchen – Restaurant of the Year 2006
Biwa Restaurant Open, Ten-01 Restaurant Spiral Down
Gabe Rosen's much awaited Biwa, a Japanese restaurant in the same space as the Simpatica Dining Hall, opened this week Do not expect your run of the mill California roll sushi and chicken teriyaki emporium here. Biwa is inspired by countless neighborhood joints throughout Japan; places that serve (according to Biwa's website),"the simple things people eat everyday in … [Read more...] about Biwa Restaurant Open, Ten-01 Restaurant Spiral Down