Category: food & drinks
Our Christmas Dinner 2009
Our friends, two sisters – YS & HS, are notorious for their elaborate dinners – all made from scratch, with no substitutes or shortcuts. We have been fortunate enough to know them for more than a decade and had enjoyed many Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners over the years. YS just finished renovation of her apartment
NYC food porn: Telepan #6-#10
For Telepan’s menu and photos of our appetizers, check our earlier post here: Telepan #1-#5 One of my pet peeves about restaurants has always been the lighting, which is mostly way too dark to see what is on the plate. At Telepan, the room was comfortably lit. The waitstaff was professional and the tables were
NYC food porn: Telepan #1-#5
This was a group effort, eating-wise. Seven of us, the usual suspects plus Patrick who was visiting from Chicago, went to Telepan on 69th and Columbus. They offered a four- or five -course tasting menu. The five-course menu includes cheese. We opted for the four-course dinner which gives us six choices each of an appetizer,
A History of Chocolate in Neuchâtel
While in Neuchâtel, we visited the local art and history museum (Musée d’art et d’histoire, click above to see full size image). They are running an exhibition on the accomplishments of a local chocolatier, Phillipe Suchard, titled “Le monde selon Suchard” (The world according to Suchard). Phillipe was born in 1797 near Neuchâtel and opened his factory