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• On the Road Again: RT to Maine

  

  For our summer vacation eating I offer a few suggestions of “Best of’s” between New Jersey and Maine and back. In Pennington, NJ we continue to find the sushi... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Best (and Worst) of Aspen 2012

  Best dish at a new place – Sauteéd spinach at the Meatball Shack (unfortunately not the meatballs though). Best new place – No award this year (untried were... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Aspen 2012: The Wild Fig, Meatball Shack and Brexi Brasserie.

  

  The Wild Fig has been around quite a bit and while no substitute for the fabulous Torino Pizza place there before, has served its purpose. Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Aspen 2012: Plato's, Montagna, (Butcher's Block) & Ute City.

  

  Plato's at the Aspen Meadows Resort has served us well over the years when we were under some pressure to make a perfomance at the Auditorium, Tent or Hall. Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Some More Cultural Differences.

  My annual visit to New York and Aspen in the US always brings me smack gob up against some cultural differences between things in France and the US: In... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Aspen 2012: Bb's, Syzygy & Asie

  

  bb's Kitchen is a most pleasant 2nd story treat in a sea of dreck. They have a great setting; wonderful staff; and innovative stuff - like Colette's green... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Aspen 2012: Takah Sushi, Casa Tua and Above the Salt.

  

  Takah Sushi has for years been our reliable first meal stop in Aspen and the cross-country flight and it never disappoints; very fresh fish, nice wine choices,... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• NYC Lincoln & Jojo: Restaurant Week May Not Be the Best Time to Go.

  

  Colette and I had to be in New York for a meeting and knowing it was Restaurant Week we let two of our local experts pick the places. Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2012 DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK

• (Wise) Words on Wednesdays

  A recent letter to the New York Times (July 22nd, 2012) from Henry Finkelstein of Brooklyn NY said what I often think after reading a critique of a restaurant:... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Cheap Eats/student Prices/reasonably-priced Meals.

  So, you’re entering the Place de La Concorde at sunset after a long ride from Eastern Europe and you need a reasonably priced meal - you head for a falafel plac... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Some New (for Me) Baltimore Area Restaurants.

  Miguel’s Cocina y Cantina is located in Silo Point in a hard to find spot but is worth finding. I ate with three others who all liked the guacamole, (not... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• John’s Top 10 For 2012 Approaching Les Vacances

  Last week, I gave a listing of my top hot bistros defining “bistro” as what I think a bistro is; this week I’ll give the ratings and rankings of all restaurants... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Reviews of Reviews: The Week of July 9th, 2012.

  Monday-Tuesday in the last edition of A Nous Paris before the summer break, Philippe Toinard gave a 2/5 to previously-mentioned La Table d’Aligre in the 12th,... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Pinxo Rue Mazarine: Inventive but Not Always Dazzling.

  

  Pinxo, Dutournier's 2nd such named on the Rue Mazarine in the 6th bewitched me a few weeks ago so I returned with Colette and my forever and favorite and only... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• L'Escargot 1903 in Puteaux: Excellent Food - Too Many Waitfolk, Too Few Chefs

  

  L'Escargot 1903 in Puteaux is another of those places like Pere Lapin, L'Escarbille and all those great places in Levallois-Perret that go unvisited by... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Philippe Excoffier in the 7th: an Interesting Return Visit.

  

  As Philippe Excoffier's eponymous resto in the 7th was one of the places I tested while Colette was out of town, we returned there with another dear friend... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• A Break in Brittany; a Five-day Trip Report.

  

  Les Carmes in Rennes was open at Saturday lunch and was a more-or-less forced choice but it turned out to be a wonderful one. I expected it to be a small,... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Hot New Bistros in Paris

  Since all the big boys are publishing their lists of preferred places to eat that have opened over the past 12 months, academic year, rentree-rentree, however... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Reviews of Reviews: The Week of July 2nd, 2012.

  Monday-Tuesday in A Nous Paris, Jerome Berger awarded 3/5 dots to the previously mentioned Auberge Flora in the 11th; and Philippe Toinard gave a 2/5 to the... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Braisenville in the 9th; Still Pleasing If Not Astonishing

  

  Braisenville in the 9th is a place that was on my infamous "list" of new hopefuls for months and which I only went to a few weeks ago when our first choice... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL