NEW YORK, NEW YORK / chapter 10 – My Home Away from Home
By Larry Levine – 4 ounces a day for 23 days … not bad for a vacation trip devoted largely to eating and containing very little serious exercise. Put another way, I gained six pounds on the trip I didn’t step on a scale until we got back to L.A., but in case we hadn’t... Read More
NAVY BEAN SOUP / memories of Horn & Hardart’s Automat
By Larry Levine – My father, Peter Harry Levine, loved two things about the Horn & Hardart Automat restaurant in Manhattan – the baked beans and the Navy bean soup. I first tasted each of these dishes when dad and I visited the Automat frequently in the 1940s. I... Read MoreLET’S TALK DELI / stop claiming what’s new is old
By Larry Levine – Let’s talk deli – Jewish deli. It will be a discussion inspired by the latest edition of Bon Appetit. The cover of the September issue touts: “Holy pastrami. The Jewish deli is back.” That’s more than enough to pique my curiosity and send me... Read More
CHEFS, NOT BABES / how we sell cars in the 21st century
By Larry Levine – While in college, Joyce earned spending money as a model at car shows. Manufacturers and dealers hired her to stand beside their cars in a swim suit and heels. Her job was to look lovely, smile and hand literature about the cars to men who stopped... Read More37 QUINTESSENTIAL RESTAURANTS FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA
By Larry Levine – What is the quintessential restaurant in San Francisco? How about Los Angeles? Sacramento? San Diego? New York? Chicago? Boston? We put those questions to the co-hosts of our sister web site – www.atLarrys.com, where we do restaurant... Read More
FOOD BOOK REVIEW – “Save the Deli”
By Larry Levine – “Save the Deli” by David Sax tracks the history of Ashkenazi Jews – the plight they faced as they were chased around the globe, scapegoated, killed and survived for hundreds of years. And it is the story of the food they took with them... Read More
IS ANY PIZZA THE BEST PIZZA?
By Larry Dietz – One of the easiest food arguments to start is about the “best” pizza, although as food fights go, pizza is probably in a photo finish with burgers and barbecue. However, I think the notion of “best” is at best, a skewed way of looking at... Read More
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