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Russian You’ll Love

March 16, 2017November 6, 2017Phil

I am, by no means, an expert on RUSSIAN FOOD. I do enjoy it, though. I’ve been to Eastern Europe on a couple of occasions and I suspect that there’s not a great deal of difference between what I’ve tried in Budapest and Prague versus Moscow and St. Petersburg.
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Steak in the Heart of the Suburbs

March 9, 2017November 6, 2017Phil

Joanne tells me that we dined at an EDDIE MERLOT’S years ago, she thought in Milwaukee. That may be so, but it had been wiped clean from my memory, so last week as I walked into a suburban Chicago branch of this chain, I felt like a first-timer.
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Another Shot of Joe

March 2, 2017November 6, 2017Phil

Yeah, I know….I just wrote about JOE’S STONE CRAB a few weeks ago.
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Blast from the Past: CULINARY EXPLORATIONS

February 23, 2017February 22, 2017Phil

Back in the day, before Pete and I started what was to become Parasole, we both had jobs that required a great deal of travel – Pete was a marketer for Pillsbury, with key accounts on the West Coast. I was a commercial interior designer with most of my clients in New York City.
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Blast from the Past: Springtime in Paris

February 16, 2017November 6, 2017Phil

After you’ve done the Louvre…and Musée d’Orsay…..and the Musée Picasso…..and have seen Claude Monet’s Water Lilies at Musée de l’Orangerie…..and the Eiffel Tower… and whatever else, do yourself a favor and try something new……and SPECTACULAR.
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Juvia

February 9, 2017November 6, 2017Phil

So when I told my friend and editor, Tim Alevizos, that I was going to post my next blog about JUVIA in Miami Beach he said ” Why the hell do you write about Miami restaurants? Nobody in Minnesota gives a shit about restaurants in Miami.”
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A Sheek Restaurant in London

February 2, 2017November 6, 2017Phil

As many of you already know, I have a real fondness for the restaurant scene in London – actually even more than Paris, which remains a bit of a slave to French cuisine. For diversity and creativity, it really is in a class of its own.
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My Top 10 Favorite Appetizers

January 12, 2017February 8, 2017Phil

Here’s something to whet your appetite: my list of the best appetizers I’ve enjoyed over the years. One caveat, though: There are so many ways to categorize “best” that this is inevitably more an impressionistic jumble than an authoritative list. After all, on some outings the best appetizer will be the one that provides the greatest culinary “wow.” Other times, it’s homespun comfort food that satisfies, while on occasion it’s the wit of the dish that makes an impression.

Nevertheless, here’s my list of starters that are outstanding for all manner of reasons….
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