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When Restaurants Were Fun (opens the original)
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The recent release of the film Top of the World (about the restaurant that surveyed New York from the 107th floor of the World Trade Center), got me thinking about the late Joe Baum. He virtually reinvented the American restaurant. Joe was a serious showman, perhaps the first American who understood that when people go out to eat they’re after more than merely food. They want an experience, they want excitement, they want fun. And of course, they want delicious new dishe
Parrots in Paris! (opens the original)
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Last week in Paris I walked through a park, looked up and found that the sky was filled with parrots. It was such a surprise! Sometime in the seventies a group of parrots on their way to a pet shop escaped from Orly airport, flew off to Paris and took up residence there. Twenty years later a second flock escaped from Charles de Gaulle and happily joined the expat parrots in the parks. The result? Today there are thousands of Parisian parrots.These tropical birds are not the first parrots to relo
Is Fine Dining Dead? Notes from Paris. And the Food Writers are Revealed. (opens the original)
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A Taste As Old as Cold Water (opens the original)
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The Chef of the Century? (opens the original)
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