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Reservations are, for once,wide open. So we shall see.

If a slice of lamb is $64, it's hardly surprising.

No mention of Alex Stupak's Otter here. I just read Rosner on it in the new NYer and it certainly sounds interesting.

Post House.

Troisgros sounds wonderful. I remember years ago doing the Burgundy trip, including Beaune and Dijon. The wine was great, and endlessly flowing, but as soon as we got back to Paris I ordered a bottle of Bordeaux.

My Atlanta server would not have known those phrases. Blue he knew.

On my first visit to Atlanta (before I lived in New York) I was taken (business again) to a very grand steakhouse. I was smartass enough to ask for my steak "blue," prompting the panicked waiter to check if I knew what that meant.

What was that very traditional steakhouse right by Club Macanudo? I used to like their prime rib. I ate a lot of steaks in my early years as a resident because visiting business guests were excited by American steaks. Which means I ate a lot of them on expenses.

I haven't been to either Keens or S&W in years. I kind of gave up steakhouses at some point. No particular reason. For the money I'd rather eat differently.

I see it has some nominations in "minor" categories. I haven't seen it, but it made me look to see if the original Nosferatu is streamable. It is, as is Carl Dreyer's Vampyr. Movies, certainly old movies, are getting to be as available for streaming as music.

I must dig out my Basia CD, haven't played her in years. I associate Time & Tide with a long-extinct British politics/literature magazine.

We could do a GoFundMe for you.

I wonder why they call it a pithivier rather than a coulibiac? (Kind of thing I wonder.) A "neighborhood' restaurant and bar says the website. I guess neighborhood as in Park Avenue.

Off topic, I saw Engelbert Humperdinck at Radio City Music Hall circa 1990.

I have no real comment except, yes that was all great. It hadn't occurred to me he was the last one standing, but indeed.

Folk Revival chai almond oatmeal. Low carb, with zero carb Nutpods creamer. Good choice when it's very cold and you are confused by a time change.

I remember the Ferry Building location but never got around to it. Too young.

There are plenty of low carb scones baking mixes out there. Maybe this weekend.

One of the best trips ever. Sad to leave and will certainly go back this year. Always good to see Harlem again, but my joy will be greater when it climbs out of the feels-like single digits.

Sounds like a plan.

No it is not. But it is circular and the size is determined by the dish.

I've been to more than conference at the Gaylord in Denver, which is certainly large and has the Rockies in the background. But I always stayed in an airport hotel nearby and at restaurants outside the resort.

I tried an egg circle once but the egg leaked out the bottom. I sometimes bake them in little Spanish cazuelas. But if the egg hangs out of a bun I don't really care.

And the last of Barcelona. Tomorrow home to Harlem.

Relaxing at Zona D'Ombra, peaceful wine bar behind my hotel. A rosado and a tinto from Emporda and a fancy Ribera del Duero. Really delicious sobresada drizzled with honey. Moist duck and port pate very like dog food by look, smell and texture but of the best kind. Santa Maria cheese.