Kajitsu, in the East Village, specializes in Shojin cuisine which was developed by Zen Buddhists and believes in the Buddhist principle of not taking life (and more importantly for us, it means it’s a restaurant that doesn’t use meat or fish). A Michelin-starred restaurant that only serves vegetables and non-meat items must be an incredible […]
For our third annual NYC Thanksgiving, David and I had another potluck – so much less stressful for me (I had to prepare the turkey, some desserts, gravy, and cranberry sauce) and everyone took care of the rest! Here are some pictures from our party: Eddie brought green beans: Blake brought his famous green bean […]
When I tell people about my blog and about my year of dining at all of the Michelin-starred restaurants, most people ask me the following questions: 1. What’s been your favorite restaurant so far? 2. What are you going to do in 2011? 3. Do you agree with the Michelin reviewers with the restaurants that […]
When I lived close to Gramercy Tavern, I visited once and ate in the tavern for a quick meal with my friend, Joe. The food was really good (we ordered their meatball and pulled pork sandwich), but the wait for a seat at the bar was a little longer than we expected. On this visit, […]
On my first visit to The Meatball Shop, I ordered naked balls with polenta, a hero with three balls, and an ice cream sandwich. The naked balls I ordered were their special of the night, the jambalaya balls, filled with seafood and sausage and the hero sandwich I ordered had spicy pork balls. Everything was […]
