UMBRIA, 2024
IN 1220, FRANCIS OF ASSISI WAS LIVING IN GUBBIO, WHEN A WOLF TERRORIZED THE TOWN, ATTACKING LIVESTOCK, THEN PEOPLE. NO ONE COULD KILL HIM (HER?). THE GUBBIANS [Read More]
KALI
KALI Maybe because it’s Spring, restaurants are popping up all over. And they all seem to be doing great business. Trolling for dinner on a Friday night all [Read More]
THE JOINT CLUB
YES, RESTAURANTS!
ORSA&WINSTON, GIGI, THE BARISH, OSTE, SPARTINA, ROSSOBLU, KALI, KISMET, BRERA, OSTERIA MAMMA, CITRINE, SPARTINA, BIRRIA CHALLIO, SYCAMORE KITCHEN, ROSSOBLU, RÉPUBLIQUE, CHEEBO, AND VAN LEEUWEN FOR ICE CREAM WITH [Read More]
LOLO WINE BAR
IT’S ALWAYS EXCITING WHEN NEW RESTAURANT OPENS AND TURNS OUT TO BE GOOD; EVEN BETTER WHEN THAT NEW GOOD RESTAURANT OPENS PRACTICALLY IN YOUR OWN BACK YARD, IN [Read More]
THE ITALIANS
WHEN WE MOVED HERE FROM NEW YORK IN 1975 THERE WAS ONLY ONE DECENT ITALIAN RESTAURANT, VALENTINOS, PIERO SELVAGGIO’S TEMPLE OF NORTHERN ITALIAN DINING. IT WAS ELEGANT AND [Read More]
L.A. RESTAURANTS 2017
JONATHAN GOLD’S 2017 BEST 101 RESTAURANTS — NO, I AM NEVER EATING AT VESPERTINE — REMINDED ME THAT I HAVEN’T AMENDED MY OWN BEST-IN-L.A. LIST IN QUITE SOME [Read More]
LE COUCOU
THERE AREN’T MANY RESTAURANTS WHERE I WOULD EAT TWO DAYS IN A ROW, BUT THE FIRST LUNCH AT LE COUCOU DEMANDED I RETURN TO SAMPLE MORE DISHES ON [Read More]
L.A. RESTAURANTS 2016
AT A RECENT DINNER PARTY I MET A FRENCH COUPLE WHO’D RECENTLY MOVED FROM PARIS TO BEVERLY HILLS, A CULINARY WASTELAND. OUT OF A COMBINATION OF PITY AND [Read More]
BOLOGNA TO MILAN AND THE MEALS IN BETWEEN
MILAN TO BOLOGNA AND THE MEALS IN BETWEEN 3/21-31, 2016 Monday, March 21, 2016 BOLOGNA is a city of arches, of loggias. They shelter pedestrians from rain and [Read More]