NYC Michelin Star Restaurants

It may be Halloween but when the NYC Michelin guide comes out, it feels more like Christmas. With 56 single stars in NYC, this guide is the foodies bible. I cannot wait to try the new places that earned their first star. The pressure to perform is incredible for these restaurants and as an appreciative…

Employees Only Prohibition Bar – NYC

“Making prohibition work is like making water run uphill; its against nature.” -Milton Friedman One of my networking contacts in the food industry, a former chef, was reading this blog and told me to visit Employees Only, a prohibition bar in the West Village of New York City, and that I would not be disappointed….

DUMBO – Brooklyn

New Yorkers know how to pack a lot into a small space and the DUMBO section of Brooklyn is no exception. DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) is a section of Brooklyn that originally housed warehouses and industrial buildings because of its proximity to the ferry landing. It is located between the Brooklyn Bridge…

A Hudson Valley Autumn Carries More Gold in its Pocket than all the other Seasons Combined.

Hudson Valley, NY (running from Yonkers to Albany/Troy) is the perfect place for a quick getaway from New York City. This area is especially pleasant in the fall when the leaves are changing and the temperature is just right for a light jacket and a glass of red wine by a fireplace. After a few…

A Food Hall Grows in Brooklyn

Millennials get blamed for a lot of things in our current society but like them or not, the millennials (a.k.a, Generation Y – 1980-early 2000’s) have changed the way we eat. According to a recent Forbes Magazine article, eating out has increased to a record high 43.5% as compared to the 25.9% of the population…

“Variety’s the very spice of life, that gives it all its flavor.” -William Cowper

A talented chef has the ability to entice us with the presentation of certain foods, but the flavors they use as an accompaniment are a gentle caress of each one of our senses. Good food, meticulously prepared with fresh ingredients and subtle flavor combinations should be a full sensory experience, (yes, even hearing – whether…

Pizza – A real circle of life

“There’s no better feeling than a box of pizza on your lap.” -Kevin James We like to believe that humans are advanced in every respect to animals but I am hard pressed to find anyone that does not act like Pavlov’s Dog when they walk past a place selling pizza. Whether you like it hot…