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The screenwriter Frederic Raphael once said, “Great restaurants are, of course, nothing but mouth-brothels. There is no point in going to them if one intends to keep one’s belt buckled.” It is in the spirit of wholehearted agreement with this notion (and a compulsion to engage in even more social networking) that I began the Mouthbrothel Tumblr. (more…)

Rome’s mayor Gianni Alemanno (source)

Yesterday Rome’s mayor Gianni Alemanno held a press conference to officially launch the food charity “Il pane a chi serve”, a sort of breadbased City Harvest that will see products that otherwise would have been tossed in the trash distributed to local charities. At the moment, the initiative is at work in the 4th and 11th municipality, but there are plans to expand across the city. “Il pane a chi serve” will be (more…)

Guy’s Po Boys is a friendly little cash only sandwich joint on Magazine Street in New Orleans’s Uptown district. I visited a few weeks back with my friend Nat who lives nearby. I trust Nat’s food judgement completely so when he suggested a visit to Guy’s over all the other shops in town, I was already certain of its greatness. (more…)

A lot of people ask me how I keep my slim figure BMI from breaching 30. Well, considering that some days I down 4,000 calories in food and drink, keeping my weight in check is a balancing act and exercise sure does help. My whole family is pretty active and when we get together we like to do outdoorsy stuff. Since the winter has (more…)

Neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor hail kept partygoers from enjoying the Rome for Foodies app launch party, which was held at my dad’s restaurant in New Brunswick on Saturday. And those who braved the first slushy day of the year were rewarded with food and drink, including my mom’s famous manicotti. (more…)