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On Sunday October 9 at 7pm, Chef Sara Jenkins and I will host a dinner at Sara’s restaurant Porsena in NYC’s East Village. The seven-course menu has been assembled to illuminate the characteristics and concepts of Rome and Lazio’s regional cuisines. Dishes will be accompanied by (more…)


Salmon smørrebrød. Man, iPhone 4 takes some seriously mediocre photos in filtered daylight.

Next month, Adam Aamann will open a branch of his successful smørrebrød (open sandwich) cafe at 13 Laight Street in NYC’s Tribeca. I ate at the Copenhagen branch last week and Mr. Aamann was there being interviewed by a reporter from the Boston Globe and I may have (more…)

Big things are in the works this fall for Parla Food. I will be introducing events to the repertoire, so mark your calendars for September 17 (Rome), October 9 (NYC), October 15 (Rome) and October 29 (London). Details to follow next month. And while we are on the topic of novelties, the Parla Food app and book are coming soon, as well.

At The John Dory Oyster Bar in Gramercy/Flatiron’s Ace Hotel, April Bloomfield and Ken Friedman team up for a second shot at a great fish restaurant. (more on Scatti di Gusto…)


Photo from abckitchennyc.com.

During my trip home for the holidays, I frantically ran around trying to catch up on all the new great places that had opened in 2010. In the end, I only scratched the surface of my bank-account-threatening-list (thanks a lot Snowpocalypse!), but I did make it to ABC Kitchen. Here’s my review (more on Scatti di Gusto…)