Wilfrid Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Yes, they are apparently “conjoined cuisines,” and fine there are menus everywhere in New Orleans and apparently Harlem where you find Creole and Cajun dishes. But what is interesting, if you give even a tiny caring fuck, is that they are different cuisines clashing together in the same place in the same period. Also: Cajun cuisine is not a historic cuisine of Harlem (repeat message). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted February 28 Author Share Posted February 28 It seems like Sietsema has given up any pretense of covering ambitious restaurants. Which would be fine, except it also means that Eater as a whole has, too. I guess it is what it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 The question is, has the Times given up too? ETA I meant to say in a more appropriate thread that Rosner has reviewed Le B. this week, but I haven’t read it yet. Right now, she is the weekly restaurant reviewer for the city. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rozrapp Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 Wells just reviewed Noksu, a tasting menu restaurant located below ground inside the 34th St.-Herald Square subway station. It’s not easy to find his reviews on the website. To do so, I had to put “Food and Dining” in the search box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted February 29 Author Share Posted February 29 (edited) 11 hours ago, Wilfrid said: The question is, has the Times given up too? I'm not sure about this. Here's a list of the restaurants Pete Wells has reviewed this year in reverse chronological order (and yeah, he's sure been taking a lot of weeks off): Noksu Café Carmellini Eulalie Port Sa'id Hard to see an abandonment of coverage of ambitious restaurants there. It seems, on the evidence, that The Times has expanded its coverage to also include less ambitious places along with the more ambitious places. But unlike Eater, it doesn't seem to have given up on mainstream non-holes-in-the-walls. (And, it doesn't blatantly misunderstand them.) Edited February 29 by Sneakeater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 That's fair; I was thinking more of the Times giving up on weekly reviews. They've kept to a weekly schedule for many years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted February 29 Author Share Posted February 29 I wonder what’s up with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orik Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 15 minutes ago, Wilfrid said: That's fair; I was thinking more of the Times giving up on weekly reviews. They've kept to a weekly schedule for many years. I thought at some point Wells took over another column and said he'd switch to reviewing every other week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted February 29 Author Share Posted February 29 I wonder if that’s part of the death of professional reviews in all fields. You certainly see it in The Times’ music coverage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted February 29 Author Share Posted February 29 Just now, Orik said: I thought at some point Wells took over another column and said he'd switch to reviewing every other week. And then he gave up that other column. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 31 minutes ago, Orik said: I thought at some point Wells took over another column and said he'd switch to reviewing every other week. I'm sure you're right, I just missed it. @Sneakeater Maybe reviews in news outlets? As someone who reads the NYRB, the LRB and the TLS I don't feel short of reviews. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted February 29 Author Share Posted February 29 I guess that’s a rarified world that might last a bit longer. Pitchfork couldn’t continue to exist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 Do you mean Pitchfork has changed? It clearly still exists and publishes reviews. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted February 29 Author Share Posted February 29 https://www.vulture.com/article/what-we-owe-pitchfork.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted February 29 Author Share Posted February 29 I see the irony of saying this given the source of that link, but it took a little while for Eater to change after Vox took it over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 Ah, I missed that news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Who needs the arepa lady (and where is she anyway) when we have a (future Nobel laureate) dosa king? https://www.instagram.com/p/C4a3EcyL5kv/?igsh=MWlnbDk5MnF2MWdreg== Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted March 13 Author Share Posted March 13 The Arepa Lady has gone brick and mortar. She has a shop in Queens and a stall in DeKalb Market (and maybe others). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Well, there goes the magic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephanieL Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 15 hours ago, Wilfrid said: Who needs the arepa lady (and where is she anyway) when we have a (future Nobel laureate) dosa king? https://www.instagram.com/p/C4a3EcyL5kv/?igsh=MWlnbDk5MnF2MWdreg== I used to love his dosas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted March 13 Author Share Posted March 13 You can't say they're not really really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
small h Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 4 hours ago, Wilfrid said: Well, there goes the magic. Plenty of magic left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted March 13 Author Share Posted March 13 (edited) Just to be clear and pontifical, the Dosa cart is really really good, and there's nothing wrong with spotlighting it. (What was wrong with Leff's coverage of the Arepa Lady was the stupid hyperbole, not writing about her at all.) Indeed, I think any broad coverage of food in New York City has to include things like this Dosa cart. The problem with current Eater is that the Dosa cart coverage is put in the middle of things like Ten Bars in Lower Midtown With All You Can Eat Free Bar Snacks, rather than in the middle of coverage of other excellent things. Indeed, appended to the Dosa cart article is a note that essentially says that European cooking with meat is deplorable shit that's not worth attending to. With the unfortunate result that you can't tell from Eater that the Dosa cart is really really good, as opposed to just cheap. Edited March 13 by Sneakeater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted March 13 Author Share Posted March 13 I mean, I will go to my grave insisting that the Jerk guy on the street in way Eastern Brooklyn (unless it's in Queens) serves some of the best food in New York City. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 I am sure you knew that I was parodying the coverage, not that I know where the arepas are. The funniest thread on the original Mouthfuls was Orik’s on the arepa lady. I do recall fantastic jerk chicken in a small family place and a slightly larger place, both around Broadway near Broadway Junction. I don’t travel for it as I clearly do for head cheese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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