Welcome To Libertine! New York is one of the word’s most delicious cities – with incredible restaurants that never stop experimenting! This is the shot looking out the window at Libertine in New York’s West Village…one of the city’s hottest… Read More ›
The New York Times
Harlem’s Legendary Home Of Chopped Cheese! Here Is My Taste Test!
I LOVE FOOD. You probably figured that out…and when I get obsessed with something I read about I just have to try it – which is why I recently walked seven miles roundtrip to head to Harlem for one of… Read More ›
East Harlem’s Iconic Chop Cheese Sandwich! The Recipe And The Wild Ordering Method! — Bite! Eat! Repeat!
Who Wants A Chop Cheese? That’s what I’m holding in my hand right now! It’s a neighborhood favorite, perhaps named because of the “chop chop” sound as it is cooked – and it is delicious! I initially wrote about this… Read More ›
RIP Jim Bouton – Great Pitcher And “Ball Four” Author Wrote The Best Sports Book Ever…
A Sad Day For Sports Fans – And Fans Of GREAT Memoirs! Jim Bouton, whose groundbreaking book Ball Four was one of the first tell-all books in sports, has died at age 80. He passed today in Massachusetts from a… Read More ›
Pitcher/Author/Actor Jim Bouton Shocker! “Ball Four” Writer Has Brain Disease!
A Sad Day For Sports Fans – And Fans Of GREAT Memoirs! “You spend a good piece of his life gripping a baseball, and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time.”… Read More ›
Goodbye Drought! Let It Snow! California’s Incredible Food Provider! Talk About A “Rainy” Season!
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! For those who don’t live in California, the massive drought for the past decade has left this state parched for water… If you don’t know that the state delivers a massive… Read More ›
The “Chop Cheese” Sandwich Controversy! Food Culture Vs. Gentrifying Good Taste!
Behold The “Chop Cheese!” It’s a sandwich that’s been sold in Harlem for decades, and now it’s at the center of a cultural battle! Here is how the New York Times describes it: “The sandwich, also called a chop cheese… Read More ›
Rapa Nui! Easter Island Statues! Five Great Ways To Get Away From It All!
Welcome To Rapa Nui! I think that some of us are in the mood to escape to somewhere less frenetic, more relaxed, perhaps less controversial. Well, Rapa Nui is for you! Also known as Easter Island, this looks like one… Read More ›