Three weeks before a recent visit to Washington, D.C., I decided some planning was in order for a special, celebratory meal. As the proud father of a son, soon due to complete his studies at the University of Maryland for a PhD in Atmospheric Sciences with the presentation of … [Read more...] about Restaurant Nora in Washington, DC
Restaurant Reviews
New York City's Angelica Kitchen
This past spring, Jonathan Horowitz's "Go Vegan!" exhibit, first mounted in 2002, was restaged by Gavin Brown's art gallery in lower Manhattan at the former LaFrieda butchery adjacent to the art gallery at 601 Washington Street. The exhibit which occupied the former white tiled … [Read more...] about New York City's Angelica Kitchen
Harvard Square's Henrietta's Table
I was early to meet some friends for lunch, and noticed a display of Chef Davis's cookbook, Honest and Fresh, near the entry to the main dining room of the wonderful Henrietta's Table in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The cookbook, with its beautiful cover photograph of a hearty … [Read more...] about Harvard Square's Henrietta's Table
Mouzon House in Saratoga Springs, NY
The longest Saratoga meet of 40 days (instead of the 36 days of the past few years) has come to an end, with only a modest dip in the overall on-track handle to $104,610,307 from last year's $112,005,878, and overall attendance this summer reaching a respectable 878,284 in the … [Read more...] about Mouzon House in Saratoga Springs, NY
Litchfield County, Connecticut's The White Hart
The idea that an historic New England Inn has it own farm (Twin Lakes Farm), four miles down a country road from its perch on a beautiful village green, caught my attention. With a creative chef, David Miller, trained at the Culinary Institute of America in Poughkeepsie, NY, The … [Read more...] about Litchfield County, Connecticut's The White Hart