MitchW
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Just now, Wilfrid said:
Speaking
Listening?
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1 hour ago, Wilfrid said:
I know there are regulations about cheese temperature, but they are best ignored.
Often, if cheese is offered as one of the starters (and it's decent cheese), we'll order it and just set it aside for after our main courses. Nothing worse than ice old, too hard cheese!
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Wilf, I imagine you've already spent a few hours dissecting this fascinating piece...
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Moving on, if you are in the least bit interested in photography, then get yourself to MoMA and see the Robert Frank exhibition. I've been twice so far, and will make one more visit before it closes. Exhaustive and exhilarating. You have about two weeks left to see it.
Life Dances On Robert Frank in Dialogue
QuoteCoinciding with the centennial of Frank’s birth, the exhibition will explore his restless experimentation across mediums including photography, film, and books, as well as his dialogues with other artists and his communities. It will include some 200 works made over 60 years until the artist’s death in 2019, many drawn from MoMA’s extensive collection, as well as materials that have never before been exhibited.
James Baldwin - 1960
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We drove down to Greensboro, NC for Thanksgiving, stopping for a few nights in Richmond, VA, both on the way down and on the way back.
Who knew the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts was going to turn out to be a really great way to spend a day? State run, free admission except to special exhibits. And a special photography exhibition was the main draw (with comp tickets from our bed and breakfast, owned by the museum and right across the street).
A Long Arc: Photography and the American South since 1845
An exhaustive survey - photographers you know and photographers you don't:
Quote...the exhibition includes photographs by Alexander Gardner, George Barnard, P.H. Polk, Lewis Hine, Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Marion Post Wolcott, Robert Frank, Clarence John Laughlin, Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Bruce Davidson, Danny Lyon, Doris Derby, Ernest Withers, William Eggleston, William Christenberry, Baldwin Lee, Sally Mann, Carrie Mae Weems, Susan Worsham, Carolyn Drake, Sheila Pree-Bright, RaMell Ross, and others.
Photos of photos:
Allie Mae Burroughs, Hale County, Alabama, 1936, Walker Evans (American, 1903–1975), gelatin silver print, 9 5/8 x 7 7/8 in. Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, Gift of Norman Selby (PA 1970) and Melissa G. Vail, 2020.31
Just an amazing exhibition.
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53 minutes ago, Steve R. said:
Did I ever mention that we went to High School together? She was a grade behind me and I don't think I knew her, but still, that's something to post no? 😏
You definitely mentioned it previously.
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17 hours ago, StephanieL said:
Congratulations, @Diancecht! Don't forget that starting next year, most countries in Europe will require US citizens to get a sort-of visa.
It would be really nice if we knew exactly when this stuff was starting; and the UK actually has a variation on this coming into effect as well (the UK's will start immediately in the new year, I believe).
https://travel-europe.europa.eu/etias_en
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-opens-pre-travel-requirement-to-non-europeans
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17 hours ago, Orik said:
The truffle oil market collapsed when his places closed.
I'm wondering if you (or anyone) has tried this product:
QuoteProduct Description:
White Winter Truffles infuse this arbequina olive oil with a creamy texture, earthy aftertaste, and stunning complexity that can effortlessly elevate a simple dish.
Lodi, California & Le Marche, Italy
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41 minutes ago, Wilfrid said:
I'll have the poached brains followed by the sweetbread and truffle pie, thanks.
That menu looks pretty great, right?
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Today, on his substack account "Out of the Oven," Jeremiah Tower was kind enough to share with us all a few of his classic New Year's Eve menus from the 80s and 90s. I'm not talking Chez Panisse; I'm talking Santa Fe Bar and Grill and Stars (perhaps my favorite restaurant in the US...like...ever).
Just a great chef, who tapped into the food zeitgeist of the times better than anyone, in my opinion. But it wasn't just the food; it was the mood, the service, the sexiness of the places, that really proved his ability to look ahead and see what we'd really want from a fun night out at a cool restaurant. Keith McNally thanks Jeremiah for what he begat...literally.
Enjoy the menus...
Recipes and more on the substack (this post is a freebie)...https://jeremiahtower.substack.com/p/new-years-show-stoppers
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9 hours ago, Wilfrid said:
Le Jardin is apparently "back." The veteran of Cleveland Place (okay, Lafayette) has re-opened on Delancey after a "brief hiatus" (no, it's been years).
As the menu description of coq au vin begins "oven roasted chicken," someone else needs to bat for the team here.
Maybe the menu writer first stopped off at ConBud.
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This was a "use everything you can in the fridge already" dinner. So that can turn into carbo laden stodge. Of the best kind:
Soup. Ham, potatoes, mushrooms, carrots, celery, leeks, onions, shallots, tomatoes, green chili.
Salad. Little gems, cucumbers, almost decent winter tiny tomatoes.. House-made blue cheese dressing.
Jamón serrano (Formaggio Essex) on focaccia (Pain d'Avignon). Happy spouse.
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1 hour ago, Wilfrid said:
It ended up disappointing. It had all started so well. Lovely room, great service. First course, sweetbread spiedini, absolutely glorious. Sweetbreads charred on the outside, soft inside, charred leeks and a delicious sauce. A glass of Tortuga Libertango orange wine with that.
Pastas served either side of me looked and smelled great; but I try to avoid pasta. I ordered the only red meat on the menu, roast leg of lamb. How difficult can it be to get that right? The plate was garnished with fiercely vinegary green leaves in a vinegary sauce. The lamb, garnished with prune pieces, had just not been cooked long and slow enough. There were a couple of big, inedible pieces of gristle; generally it was just chewy. Not as chewy as NYC duck breasts, but chewy. A glass of red wine, Occhipinti.
Sigh. No dessert, a grappa and espresso.
Check for two courses with drinks? $200 before tip.
I am not going to blame the glasses of wine this time. The lamb (clearly portioned for one person not for sharing) was priced ludicrously at $64. That would be too expensive even if it was good.
Appetizer and a pasta is clearly the way to go, although the pasta portions are modest.
Wow - maybe I can wait until mid-June.
1 hour ago, Simon said:Even Torrisi charges less for a much more substantial portion of lamb!
We ate at Torrisi recently; I was kind of surprised at the somewhat reasonableness of the check; the food mind you, not the drinks. And the food was very good.
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App:
Braised big-ass artichokes. Sauce for dipping = mayo, yogurt, mustard, olive oil, garlic, lemon juice, s&p.
Chicken scarpariello, oven braised as opposed to finished on the stove top.
Served over Anson Mills rustic polenta integrale.
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Show last night, at 503 Social Club, James Mastro's art/music collective in Hoboken.
Partial Mekons, partial Waco Brothers, partial Men of Gwent, et al. Terrible pix all, but it's what I got...
Jon Langford
Sally Timms
Jon Langford. Jean Cook.
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2 hours ago, Anthony Bonner said:
yes - truly wild. tho I gotta tell you paying the same price for a massive pile of sysco chicken/beef/pasta in the burbs isn't actually better.
True that - we recently spent some time in Richmond and Greensboro. While certainly less expansive for meals than we pay in NYC, it wasn't exactly cheap.
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Saw the incomparable Steve Earle last night, at Jesse Malin's tiny Berlin, under 2A. He was the special "unannounced guest" at a show headlined by Florence Dore, who was also pretty great. A bit about Florence:
Florence Dore with her band of Bona Fide gentlemen - Will Rigby and Gene Holder of the dBs and Mark Spencer of Son Volt. Florence is a Nashville-born, Chapel Hill, NC-based artist, who by day is a professor of English and Comparative Literature at UNC Chapel Hill. Her most recent record, Highways and Rocketships, recorded with REM producers Mitch Easter and Don Dixon, won Best Americana Album of 2022 at Lonesome Highway Magazine.
Will Rigby, in addition to playing drums in the band, is also Florence's husband.
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Sam Moore
in Goodbye
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He was one of Bruce’s major influences in terms of leading a band. He’s talked about it often.