At least once a week I’m asked, “How do you stay so skinny?”
When you look at Mario Batali, Paula Dean or Nigella Lawson, they look like chefs. You believe them as honest to goodness food people. You can tell they eat, and that they love eating.
But when I tell people I’m a chef, they seem [...]
December 3rd, 2009
The Skinny
November 4th, 2009
Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution
Jamie Oliver has long been my favorite celebrity chef. He’s equal parts conscientious, wickedly skilled in the kitchen, fantastically inspired with his approach to food, and damn sexy. He has a food life worthy of envy that he’s undoubtedly earned through years of getting down to brass tacks both behind the stove and in front [...]
March 9th, 2009
‘Twat Waffle’ Debacle, by Sara
My forthcoming book, People Are Unappealing: Even Me (head here to buy) has received some recent bits of advanced press in the New York food world and beyond thanks to a chapter detailing my experience waiting tables under the auspices of a celebrity chef.
Page Six found it, then New York Magazine, then MSN.com, etc. Oh. [...]
July 19th, 2008
Whine and Wine
In college, I worked a lot of restaurant jobs. Not at Zagat-recognized places with Food Network appearing, celebrity chefs. More like hole-in-the-wall downtown joints, or off the radar bohemian lounges where you might get tipped with some killer cannabis. My oddest stint was at a place owned by the mob. After Versace was shot, there [...]
April 30th, 2008
Foodluminaries at Centro Vinoteca, the Gossip and the Dish
One of the benefits (if you see it that way) of living and dining in Manhattan is that celebrity sightings are a part of everyday life. Last week, I gave a brief take on the celebrity chef phenomenon , and of course, within a couple of days, I found myself sitting at a table behind [...]
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