I was in Manhattan on Wedsnesday for business and decided to get together with Lyle and Kedar for dinner. I wanted something in the 20s or 30s, close to the focus groups I was attending. After an exhaustive search we decided on Turkish Kitchen and made reservations for 7.30. Everyone arrived promptly which is great. I hate [...]
Last week our monthly wine club got together for another night of tasting both food and drink. This time out we went to Johan and Leen’s, our neighbors from Belgium. The theme this time out was different. We decided to try Belgian beers and cheese. You’d think that cheese is an odd choice with beer [...]
I went to Michael’s this week for a business lunch. Getting there was a nightmare. It was raining heavily and we couldn’t get a cab so we ended up walking a couple of blocks in the rain to the subway. My umbrella had already snapped at the shaft earlier that morning. I hate the rain, [...]
To say I love a good steak is surely an understatement. I never say no to steak and to think that only 10 years ago I never ate steak and would not even order steak at a steakhouse, but instead order the fish. Dr. Atkins changed all that. That’s when I developed my taste for [...]
I first discovered Plataforma back in 1999. They had already been around for 3 years by then. I was watching some restaurant review show on The Food Network and they had a piece on Plataforma. I was on the Atkins diet at the time and this seemed like the perfect place to go to. It was fortunate [...]
