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Bourdain & Queens Of The Stone Age Once Kicked A Rude Fan Out Of A Roadhouse
"You've made a huge tactical error. Now I'm not going to take a photo with you, this conversation is over and you're going to have to get the f*** out of my face."
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Chez Panisse Set To Reopen On The Summer Solstice, Mark Your Calendar?
Even if a devastating fire and months of repairs would incentivize an earlier opening, Alice Waters will not open her restaurant until the beginning of the Summer Solstice. Whenever that is.
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Amy Bouzgalo Served Time In Federal Prison For Social Security Fraud
In an Arizona Republic article, Jennifer McClellan reports that Bouzgalo formerly went by the name "Amanda Bossingham," and spent 14 months in federal prison in 2008.
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The Braiser Is Hiring Summer Interns!
If you know your Blais from your Bourdain and are passionate about the culture surrounding food; if you can write in a compelling -- if sometimes sarcastic -- tone and wait with bated breath for the James Beards Award announcements and other foodie news, please apply.
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Ruth Reichl: ‘Anybody Who Believes Yelp Is An Idiot’
Reichl does have some words for food critics who grew prominent after she departed from The New York Times — and it’s not pretty.
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Eddie Huang Takes Over The New York Times, Making Him Almost As Popular As Benghazi
Next week is going to be Eddie Huang week (probably because of a certain memoir being published), and already the New York Times has not one, but two pieces on the man and his controversialnimity (which is a made-up word, but it works).
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Who Judges The Judges On The Taste? Apparently The New York Times Does
We are literallythisclose to the premiere of The Taste, and thus it’s time for Important Television Critics to preview/review the show.
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Pete Wells Propelled Chef Gaurav Anand’s Indian Chain Franchise Into New York’s Hottest Restaurant
Everything changes when a chef and restaurant gets a New York Times review. Everything. But the changes become even more evident when the restaurant is small, under the radar, and — shock of shocks — a chain.
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How Danny Bowien Survived The Most Terrifying Day A Restauranteur Could Imagine
For a NYC-based restaurateur or a chef, the only thing more terrifying a New York Times review is a Department of Health inspection. Now imagine that you’re Danny Bowien, you’ve opened a much-hyped restaurant in a completely new city, and they’re both happening at the exact same time. Please get up from the fainting couch; we have a story to go through.
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Shocking Revelation: Sometimes, Pete Wells Uses Yelp To Find Restaurants
The New York Times restaurant critic is currently subjecting himself to the curiosity of the general public, and in the midst of questions, Wells revealed that the bane of all restaurants, Yelp!, has actually helped him.
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The New York Times’ Public Editor Defends Their Legendary Guy Fieri Review
After embroiling themselves in controversy over a particularly stinging review of celebrity chef Guy Fieri’s Times Square restaurant, The New York Times’s new Public Editor Margaret Sullivan energetically defended the paper’s right to levy harsh criticism in this Sunday’s opinion editorial.
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WATCH: After Scathing Review, NYT Held 160-Person Party At Guy Fieri’s Restaurant
Are you ready for some awkwardness related to the Pete Wells review of Guy Fieri’s Times Square restaurant? Are you ready to hear it from Dr. Phil McGraw, of all people?
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The Top Ten Questions From Pete Wells’s Brutal Takedown Of Guy Fieri’s Times Square Restaurant
“When you hung that sign by the entrance that says, WELCOME TO FLAVOR TOWN!, were you just messing with our heads?”
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Last Call: The New York Times Officially Succumbs To The Internet, Kills Journalism
Plus: Simple Martha, beauty Cola, and good English pub fare.
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