What Have You Fried Lately?

I fried oatmeal today. I almost didn’t tell you that because it is such a brilliant idea I wasn’t sure I wanted to share it. That said, the idea was not original. It was my oatmeal version of the ribollita at Osteria Mozza, which is a version of the ribollita at Da Delfina, by which [...]

My Favorite Restaurant Is Okay, Your Favorite Restaurant Is Okay

People often ask me what my favorite restaurant is, and maybe I still  have too much Kenny Shopsin running through my veins (though you wouldn’t know it to look at me), because my first thought is always: Why do you want to go to my favorite restaurant? You should go to your favorite restaurant. My [...]

Going Home to Shopsin’s

People love to hate Kenny Shopsin and his restaurant, Shopsin’s, and to talk about the rules and getting kicked out and the gargantuan menu and all that. But what regulars know about Shopsin’s is that the true beauty of the place is that it’s like going home. Or it is going home. I went to [...]