Dec
05

Texas Smoked Salmon Tartare

If you read my Pinot Noir wine tasting post, you’ll know that I had made the smoked salmon tartare which turned out really well and was quite popular with everyone (at least I think so becaus ethere wasn’t much left). The recipe is from the November issue of Food and Wine. This works really well as [...]

Dec
03

Witherspoon Grill, Princeton, NJ

If you’ve read one of my earlier posts, you’ll know that I really don’t have a great opinion of Princeton area restaurants, except for the Witherspoon Grill. I first went here over the summer and since have been back 3 times. There are very few restaurants I go to so often, but I just love [...]

Dec
01

Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares – What’s Better? US or Brit Version?

Both the US and BBC versions of Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares are required viewing in my house. Both my wife and I are huge fans of the show and of Gordon Ramsay. We started watching the BBC version some months before the US version on FOX and were excited by the thought of having him go “toe [...]

Nov
26

Indian Food Day in NYC

My wife and I decided to spend Saturday in NYC, well it was probably more like I wanted to spend a day in NY and harrassed her until she agreed. We drop the kids off at her sister’s and drove into the city around 11am. It must have been my lucky day but I actually found street [...]