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#）**&R%*%&**（））&……%￥## Winners and Losers: A Closer Look at Michelin's 2010 Picks We’ve now had a chance to take a deep breath and comb through the new Michelin list. First, the two notable downgrades (and there weren’t many this year): Adour and Del Posto both go from two stars to one. Cru and Allen & Delancey dropped off the list after their chef departures, and so did JoJo. Meanwhile, A Voce has snagged its first star under new chef Missy Robbins — its former chef Andrew Carmellini’s new spot, Locanda Verde, fails to rank. Michael White is suddenly in possession of four stars as Alto is upgraded to two, Marea debuts with one, and Convivio gets its first. Other notable one-star debuts: Eleven Madison Park gets one, but only one versus the A Closer Look at Michelin's 2010 PicksMichelin Picks Are In: Daniel Upgraded to ThreeMichelin results are in, folks. We’ll dissect the selections later, but for now, here’s this year’s list. Of note, right off the bat: After its redesign, Daniel has been upgraded from two stars to three (Alan Richman had worried it wouldn't be). A good day for Chef Boulud. Three Michelin stars mean exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey. One always eats extremely well, sometimes superbly. Distinctive dishes are precisely executed, using superlative ingredients. Daniel (N) Two Michelin stars mean excellent cuisine, worth a detour. Skillfully and carefully crafted dishes of outstanding quality. Alto (N) One Michelin star means a very good restaurant in its category. A place offering cuisine prepared to a consistently high standard. Adour Empire State Building lit for China, drawing ire AP – The Empire State Building is lit in red and yellow to honor the 60th anniversary of the founding of the PRC
By MARCUS FRANKLIN, Associated Press Writer Marcus Franklin, Associated Press Writer – Wed Sep 30, 10:17 pm ET
NEW YORK – Red and yellow lights shone from the top of the Empire State Building at dusk Wednesday, a tribute to communist China's 60th anniversary that protesters labeled "blatant approval" of totalitarianism and criticized as inappropriate for an icon in the land of the free. The building is routinely lit with different colors to mark holidays and big events, but opponents questioned whether it's right to commemorate a sensitive political issue, particularly when China has such a poor human rights record. About 20 supporters of Tibet, which China has ruled since shortly after communists took over in 1949, protested outside the building during a ceremonial lighting of a scale model inside the lobby. They chanted "No to China's empire; free Tibet now," and held signs reading, "Empire State Building celebrating 60 years of China's oppression." Lhadon Tethong, executive director of Students for a Free Tibet, called the lighting "outright, blatant approval for a communist totalitarian system." "It's a great public relations coup for the Chinese state," Tethong said as tourists gawked at the protesters. "But on the other hand, it's sure to backfire because the American public and the global public will speak against it." At the lobby ceremony, building manager Joseph Bellina called the lights a high honor and said he was proud of the relationship between "our countries and our people." Chinese Consul General Peng Keyu, who pulled the switch on the glass-encased model, said he was "honored and delighted." He said China's reforms of the past 30 years have led to greater openness and "tremendous change." Keyu and Bellina didn't address critics and declined to answer questions. Journalist and blogger Marc Masferrer questioned legitimizing a government that continues to repress its citizens' freedoms, including their access to media and the Internet. "I don't think one of our great landmarks should be turned into a platform to honor a regime and a system responsible for as much tragedy and all the other things that come with a repressive system," he told The Associated Press. Masferrer pointed out that this year is also the 20th anniversary of the violently crushed student-led movement in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. The People's Liberation Army is believed to have killed hundreds, possibly thousands, of protesters. Politicians united in their disdain. Rep. Anthony Weiner, a New York Democrat, said the lights should not be used to pay tribute to what he called "an oppressive regime" with a "shameful history on human rights." Rep. Peter King, a New York Republican, said it was "a sad day for New York." "I am strongly opposed to it or any commemoration of the Communist Chinese revolution. It's one thing to acknowledge the government; it's totally immoral to honor it." The lights atop the building, which is owned by W&H Properties, are often are changed. For example, Italian colors — red, white and green — commemorate Columbus Day, while green, white and orange are displayed for the India Day parade. For the Chinese anniversary, the lights were to remain on through early Thursday. ___ Associated Press writer Deepti Hajela contributed to this report. DecadesTwo Pop-up Returns to Soho TomorrowLos Angeles designer consignment shop DecadesTwo is back in New York with a fall pop-up at Kiki de Montparnasse this weekend. Building on the success of the first shop back in May, this season DecadesTwo co-owners Christos Garkinos (who made a cameo on last week's Rachel Zoe Project) and Cameron Silver are bringing an expanded stash, including menswear, outerwear, and five times as many pairs of shoes (from designers like Christian Louboutin, Alexander McQueen, Marc Jacobs, and Jimmy Choo). Highlights include a flapper-inspired sequined Lanvin dress, a coral Chanel quilted handbag, and Louis Vuitton sneakers from the Stephen Sprouse collection. The pop-up is open to the public for three days — following a private sale on Thursday — so stop by this weekend to sort through the gorgeous designer wares (or if you're like us, to browse enviously). Click ahead for a preview of the goods.DecadesTwo pop-up (in Kiki de Montparnasse), 10/2–10/4. 79 Greene St., second fl., nr. Spring St.; (212-965-8150); F–S (11–7), Su (noon–5). ZagatDay '09: SF Edition Released; Gary Danko Back on TopWednesday, September 23, 2009, by Paolo
For what it's worth, a full breakdown of the top 20 restaurants in the Top Food Rating Overall and Most Popular—complete with color-coordinated rising/falling stats!—follows the jump (Digression: Michael Mina more popular than Delfina? Oh really?). The actual press release highlights the usual trend stats (people dining out less, average meal cost, etc.) quite well, and in terms of key newcomers, the highest rated were the following: Bottega (25), Zinnia, La Mar, Marzano and Nopalito (all 23). TOP FOOD RATING OVERALL MOST POPULAR The Twenty Biggest Chef EmpiresThe business of being a chef has expanded enormously in the last 25 years. Once upon a time, it was considered a working-class trade. Now Gordon Ramsay has 27 restaurants and five TV shows. Alain Ducasse has authored eighteen cookbooks; Nobu Matsuhisa has five. Batali acts, Colicchio sells Diet Coke and fly-fishes for AmEx, Charlie Palmer hawks home décor in Sonoma. But which chef has his hand in the most pots around the globe? To decide, we narrowed the field to men and women who operate restaurants in the U.S. and then compiled a list of all their traditional food projects (restaurants, cookbooks), self-promotional activities (TV shows), and offbeat activities (recipes for online-dating sites, flavor sprays). Since we consider operating restaurants to be more important to a chef's empire than his ancillary product deals, we assigned each of these activities a point value and weighed them according to significance. Restaurants got four points; leading TV roles, three; cookbooks, two; and everything else counted as a single point. The top twenty high-scorers are listed below with highlights from their careers. Actual totals appear in the first four columns, while the overall score according to point value is tallied at the end. Who's the king of all chefs, and who's a merchandiser? Decide for yourself in the comments.
With both the most restaurants and starring roles on TV, it’s not surprising that Gordon Ramsay has gobbled the most points. Overextension has its limits: To stave off bankruptcy this summer, he cut costs by slashing staff by 15 percent and rescinding ownership of hotel restaurants in L.A. and Paris.
Ducasse’s global empire includes a professional culinary school, a cooking school for amateurs, a chain of hotels and châteaus, four country hotel-estates (with restaurants), and a publishing house to churn out the most cookbooks of the group.
Certainly not the only chef with a “Shop” section on his website, he shills salad spinners, coffee, cooking spray, soup stock, and a food-sealing system.
All that fawning on Top Chef Vegas, and no tchotchkes to sell for it; Robuchon concentrates on nineteen fine and casual restaurants from Paris to Macao and has authored sixteen cookbooks.
Matsuhisa is credited with three acting roles on IMDb, for Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), Casino (1995), and Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002), in which he played Mr. Roboto. If he opens another Nobu in the U.S., New York City will consider the restaurant a chain and will require posted calorie counts.
On the cusp of a major jump in the rankings, JGV plans to open as many as 50 restaurants over the next five years in partnership with Starwood Hotels.
Bam! That’s a lot of junk for one chef to sell: Emeril JAZZ BAM drumsticks, ties, golf towels, hats, chef coats, cooking spray, clogs, oven mitts, golf shirts, coffee blends, and mugs. But is it his fault? In 2008, Martha Stewart paid $45 million cash plus $5 mil in stocks for the rights to Emeril’s cookbooks, TV shows, and kitchen products. All that’s left for him are the restaurants.
Fanta Pants partners with a company called Magic, Martinis, and Mario to put on events for Fortune 500 companies. And then there are the watches, Crocs, lunch sacks, brick ovens, wind-up toys, and shredded deli cheeses for sale. But Batali is also one of several chefs with an eponymous foundation; his aims to feed and educate kids.
Tourondel’s BLT empire extends across the globe, dominated by nine BLT Steak locations, with three more forthcoming.
This brooding Boston-based chef partnered with online-dating site Lavalife this year to provide recipes for those who are “single and lovin’ it.”
Palmer consults for Seaborne Cruises, owns Next Vintage Wine Shops and Hotel Healdsburg in Sonoma, and has an eponymous hotel “under development” in Las Vegas. If you like the chairs in the dining room at his Aureole restaurant in New York, you can buy them at the Lime Stone home-décor shop he runs with his wife in Sonoma.
Mina boasts seventeen restaurants, including two in Detroit, and Charlie Palmer–endorsed RN74 in San Francisco. Mina diversifies with a single cookbook, and he tweets regularly.
Beyond his Food Network gigs, Flay has his own line of Mesa Grill seasonings and a cookware and appliance partnership with Kohl's for all your grilling needs.
In addition to regular appearances on Top Chef, Boulud has his own show, After Hours With Daniel Boulud, on Mojo TV. You can also buy caviar, Champagne, and smoked Scottish salmon at his online store.
Samuelsson owns Townhouse Restaurant Group, a management and consulting company, with Aquavit partner Håkan Swahn, and sells branded aquavit in liquor stores. The chef calls on his Ethopian background for his spice line, Afrikya Foods, and the album Afrikya, Vol. 1: A Musical Journey Through Africa. His BET show Urban Cuisine explores Harlem food, he’s an ambassador for UNICEF, and he’s made some side money backing coffee blends and cakes for Starbucks.
PBS’s mother of Italian cooking shills tableware, rice, gift baskets, napkins, olive oils, and condiments, but she also has a foundation, hosts cruises to benefit the James Beard Association, and is a founder of the advocacy group Women Chefs & Restaurateurs.
One of Trotter’s fifteen cookbooks is Gourmet Cooking for Dummies.
Colicchio’s not as omnipresent as TV commercials suggest; he’s a star of Top Chef, producer for Top Chef Masters, and has a bunch of restaurants, including Craft and his highbrow sandwich chain, ’wichcraft.
The Team USA mentor for the Bocuse d’Or didn’t get a win this year, but he’s Hollywood’s favorite chef, consulting for Pixar’s Ratatouille and Spanglish, which featured his sandwich-making skills on the DVD. His new Bouchon outpost is slated to open in Beverly Hills in November.
Burke’s name is attached to products like the Flavor Spray Diet (“After eliminating toppings, gravies, dressings, and sauces, Flavor Spray replaces the flavor that diets forbid”), gourmet lollipops, and pastrami salmon. He also consulted for the Hooters-like Hawaiian Tropic Zone and was subsequently mentioned in a sexual-harassment lawsuit. Graphics by Marisa Woocher By: Alexandra Vallis Reveived green card todayThanks sooooooooooooooo verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry muccccccccccccccccccccch to my people.
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The CEO Dream Team - Walton, Schwab, Marcus And Blankby Andrew Beattie (Contact Author | Biography) Good ideas are a dime a dozen. The magic that turns a person's vision into a profitable enterprise lies in the execution of those ideas. The great entrepreneurs, the ones that took their vision and built exceptional businesses from the bottom up, needed managerial skills and financial acumen – not just creativity and imagination.Sam Walton By 1950, the fates had seemingly stymied Sam Walton's attempts at building a retailing empire. His turnaround operation at a Ben Franklin store in Arkansas was lost over a lease. The landlord, seeing that Walton had turned the store into the leading one in the region by consistently pricing lower than nearby competition, refused to renew so he could give the store to his own son. Walton moved to a new location and insisted on a 99-year lease this time. He continued to consistently beat his competitor's price and was soon running 16 variety stores, but Walton saw trouble on the horizon. Large discount stores like Kmart were emerging to push out small-scale variety stores. After unsuccessfully pleading with Ben Franklin to change their strategy and open large discount outlets, Walton decided to go it alone. (Find out more about starting your own business in Starting A Small Business In Tough Economic Times and Start Your Own Small Business.) Walton knew he couldn't go head to head with the larger stores because he had less capital to work with. Instead, he focused on rural locations that his bigger competitors ignored in favor of dense population centers. The rural focus posed challenges in both warehousing and shipping, so Walton built huge warehouses in areas between several stores. Walton's shipments to the warehouse were much larger than they would have been to any single store, allowing him to save on shipping costs through volume discounts from suppliers. From the warehouse, the newly-christened Wal-Mart stores kept a constant inventory flow, reducing storage costs and keeping an accurate tally of demand via new electronic scanners. The stores then passed these cost savings on to customers, making a very small profit on each sale but making up for it with a huge volume of sales. Walton took the company public in 1970, and was ready to go head to head with other discounters in larger cities. Wal-Marts weren't opened in the expensive malls or leasing areas of city centers, but on the outskirts where land could either be purchased outright or leased affordably. Then, Walton depended on his consistently low prices to attract customers to his store. Cost consciousness, a commitment to increasing efficiency and the ability to negotiate volume discounts with suppliers gave Wal-Mart a pricing edge that few retailers have yet to match. Charles Schwab In much the same way as Sam Walton started off in the sticks of retailing, Charles Schwab made his name in a largely ignored segment of investing – the individual investor. Using money borrowed from relatives, Schwab was running a small brokerage firm, Charles Schwab & Co. These were lean years for small firms that couldn't land institutional clients willing to part with large fees. It all changed on May Day, however, when the SEC moved away from fixed-rate commissions. While most brokerages lowered fees to lure in more institutional clients, they were either maintaining or increasing the pound of flesh they took from small investors. Schwab saw his chance to go the other way and took it. (Find out how to go it alone in Start Your Own Financial Planning Firm.) Charles Schwab & Co. began offering discount brokerage services to any investor who wanted to buy or sell a stock. Schwab changed the structure of his company to streamline costs to justify the discounted rate. Gone were the research, advice and bonuses. In their place was a salaried staff executing orders via an automated computer system. Again, the volume of orders made up for the lower profit realized on each fee. Schwab used the profits to make his brokerage more attractive to individual investors with 24-hour service, cash management accounts, insurance, more branch offices and a commitment to educating potential investors until they felt confident in investing for themselves. Schwab's vision was much larger than his available capital, so he sold his company to the Bank of America, in hopes of reaching individual investors everywhere. Unfortunately, Schwab found Bank of America too cost-heavy, and he bought his own company back in 1987 – it turned out to be one of the most successful LBOs of the era. In 1990, Schwab embraced emerging technology once again to become a leader in internet trading. Schwab democratized investing, making it as easy and affordable for individual investors to make and lose money in the market as it is for the large institutions. (Read Full-Service Brokerage or DIY? to learn more about the difference between these two types of brokerages.) Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank The rise of Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank offers a synthesis of what made Walton and Schwab successful entrepreneurs. Marcus and Blank were part of the management at Handy Dan, a hardware retailer. In the 1970s, the two began applying discounting principles at their outlets, noticing the same increase in overall profits on which Walton built Wal-Mart. Unfortunately, Marcus and Blank abruptly found themselves out of a job when a raider bought up their parent company and fired the management. Raising cash from investors, Marcus and Blank decided to start their own hardware chain. They wanted to combine discounting on a wide array of products with superior customer service. Their niche, as they saw it, was in supplying their customers with both the supplies and the knowledge needed to carry out home improvements by themselves. Although the low prices were important, it was the staff that turned out to be the clincher for most customers hesitant about the move from calling professionals to do-it-yourself. Home Depot held educational sessions about every aspect of home improvement. Soon, terms like "tongue-in-groove," "caulking" and "plumbing trap" were no longer the exclusive vocabulary of professionals. Home Depot kept on the leading edge of consumer education, publishing guide after guide and making, "You Can Do It. We Can Help" the company mantra. Loyal repeat customers provided a solid base for Home Depot to expand rapidly, going public in 1981. It became the world's largest hardware retailer and used its position at the top to pass on lower prices to its customers. Marcus and Blank are no longer involved in the day-to-day management, but the corporate culture they created has kept Home Depot at the top of a very competitive industry. Conclusion: Working For The Customer The tie that binds these three stories is the idea of working for the customer. Walton, Schwab, and Marcus and Blank were successful because they were constantly looking for ways to attract and retain customers. This manifested in diverse ways (cost-conscious strategies, negotiating with distributors, commitments to client education), but the same principle was at the heart. Although strong management skills and vision are important, it's the relentless drive to bring the customer what they want at the best price that helped these entrepreneurs and their firms succeed. This same drive has powered the careers of entrepreneurs from Henry Ford to Michael Dell. Sam Walton said it best, "There is only one boss: the customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else." (Find out if you have what it takes in our article: Are You An Entrepreneur?) by Andrew Beattie, (Contact Author | Biography) Happy Birthday Mr. President: Here's Your Astrological Forecast! President Barack Obama turns 48 on August 4, and we could think of no better gift -- for him and for us -- than a glimpse into the future. So, we turned to Astrology.com for a special reading just for the First Leo, taking into account the biggest days on his calendar in the coming year. Will the stresses of the job have an impact on his seemingly storybook marriage? Will the State of the Union remain strong -- or are we heading for turmoil at home and abroad? Here's what the heavenly bodies have in store for President Obama in 2009-'10: Tuesday, Aug 4, 2009: Barack Obama's 48th Birthday With "a friendly, cooperative, harmonious tone to your interactions today," it's shaping up to be a lovely birthday for the leader of the free world. And as with any birthday, "social activities and being touch with friends are high on your list." A bit of birthday advice? Take a day for yourself, Mr. President. "Avoid heavy discussions and try not to focus on dry, practical matters. Simply sharing a pleasant time with someone you love is more in tune with your feelings today." Saturday, Oct 3, 2009: Barack & Michelle's 17th Wedding Anniversary Are rocky times ahead for the First Couple on the eve of their anniversary? "Your usual routine is likely to be disrupted now, either by 'freak' accidents beyond your control or by your own impatience with the status quo. Sudden unexpected events, and breaking free of confining situations and relationships, are very likely." Say it ain't so, O! Sunday, Jan 17, 2010: Michelle's 46th Birthday Will the potential for drama at home mount around the time of the First Lady's next birthday? "Sudden intuitions and dreams grip you with an urgency now that can be very disorienting and confusing," reads Obama's forecast. "During this time period, you will periodically feel the need to escape from your daily routine and immerse yourself in a more magical, awe-inspiring world." Clearly the president needs a break! Perhaps a vacation would be the ideal gift for both the president and his bride; it would certainly be far preferable to other avenues of escape. "You are driven more by your fantasies than you realize," warns our astrologist, "and you are prone to make sudden, impulsive decisions that you can regret later because they are neither practical nor feasible." Tuesday, Jan 26, 2010: State of the Union Address (official date to be announced) Putting aside those pesky domestic distractions from the week before, the president will need to focus on more serious affairs of state. "It becomes clear to you around this time that certain pursuits are leading to a dead end and therefore must be abandoned. You feel clear about what your goals are, but there are lots of questions right now about how to get there." Could this mean that health care reform is in jeopardy? Is there an impending stalemate between the House and Senate? What's a president to do? "You may also form an alliance with an older or more experienced individual whose experience can aid you as well," suggests our astrologist. Paging Bill Clinton... Thursday, June 10, 2010: Sasha's 9th Birthday Summer is shaping up to be a happier time of year for the Daddy-in-Chief, especially at the dawn of his baby's 10th year: "Friendships and love relationships are favored as you are openly affectionate, warm, and also quite responsive to loving gestures from others. It's not enough for you to simply feel loving toward another -- at this time you really want to express it and show it physically." Sunday, July 4, 2010: Malia's 12th Birthday Daddy's First Daughter shares a birthday with the country itself! "Friendship and cooperative endeavors flourish now. You achieve a harmonious balance of giving and receiving, of talking and listening, and any social or joint activity will benefit." Also: fireworks! Thursday, July 8, 2010 - July 10, 2010: G8 Summit (official dates to be announced) As heads of state from the Group of Eight powerhouse nations convene in Canada, the eyes of the world will be on Obama. Fortunately for him, and us, "at this time you are able to be very clear and aboveboard with other people, bringing out your desires and differences between yourself and others in a way that is unlikely to offend or stir up hostility. Because you appear confident, others are inclined to follow your lead now." Suggestions: A state-of-the-art watch, oil paints, champagne, fine clothing, a leather briefcase, season tickets to the opera or theater, a piece of tasteful art, wine-tasting classes, a gift certificate for a gourmet restaurant, fancy cuff-links. What would you get for Obama? And remember, keep it classy. The man's a Leo! Shen Wei Dance Art @Alice Tully HallWent to Alice Tully Hall tonight for Re- (I, II, III) by Shen Wei Dance Art. Liked the performance a whole whole lot~~ Aisle by Aisle: Buying Healthy Bread
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Photo: Getty Images JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon has been chafing under the Troubled Asset Relief Program. It's almost like the $25 billion injection the government gave JP Morgan has given him an actual rash, and the only thing that will relieve the burning and stinging and itching is if the government just takes back the money and lets him cleanse his house of the whole putrid affair. Until then, all he can do is scratch. Which is what he did earlier this week when he read aloud from a mock letter to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner at a conference at NYU: “Dear Timmy, we are happy to be able to pay back the $25 billion you lent us,” he said. “We hope you enjoyed the experience as much as we did. Love, Jamie." It's not the first time Dimon has publicly taken a dig at the TARP and the other rules the administration has put on financial institutions. For instance: • There was the time when, at the White House, he handed Geithner an Ed McMahon–style fake check for $25 billion. That was fun! • So was the time he called the TARP “a scarlet letter” and “the TARP baby.” • But jokes aside, he was salty about all of the "vilification" of bankers. “I would ask a lot of our folks in government to stop doing it because I think it’s hurting our country.” • Participating in TARP "became a little more of a painful experience" than he'd expected initially, he told shareholders a couple of weeks ago, because some people in the federal government are slippery bastards. The program had kind of "'morphed into something different' since the bank first received the funds," he said. • Furthermore, the administration's new rules against hiring foreigners are a "complete and utter disgrace." • Overall, "We learned our lesson" about borrowing from government, he said. • And they're about sick of the government's shit. “We believe we’ve met all the terms to get out of TARP,” he said on a conference call Monday. “If we don’t get out of TARP, we’d be very surprised. We don’t think we should be surprised.” Breaking Views is concerned: They suggest Dimon might want to zip his (full, pillowy-soft) lip lest he lose his favored status with the administration. We totally disagree; everyone knows that to get what you want you have to badger, and we think next time he has the opportunity Dimon should probably publicly headlock Tim Geithner and give him the noogie he so richly deserves. Do it for America, Jamie. Do it for the world. Jamie Dimon's Fighting Words [Breaking Views/CNN] CourageBelieve it or not, I lost my courage. And I don't have the courage to get my courge back.
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Dan Zhou's Highlights from yesterday's ISI - CEBM China Research"*October PMI showed an extensive slowdown in China's manufacturing sectors. This is consistent with recent news reports regarding production cuts and factory closures. The CFLP China MFG PMI dropped significantly to 44.6%, with the new export orders index at 41.4%. The employment index fell to 47.0%, the lowest level since the start of the series. Only the healthcare sector saw improvements, while the employment index in other sectors stood at or below 50%. This confirms the continued weakening of China's manufacturing sector. Exports and retails sales were among the positive spots the past several months. However, with the US recession and the deterioration in domestic employment, these areas will likely weaken in 4Q. The drop in economic activity suggests that China is now on the verge of a hard landing. This suggests the government will have to act more aggressively to avoid this fate."
Lunch at Momofuku Ko, Dish by Dish9:39 AM / August 27, 2008
/ Posted by Andrew Knowlton Filed Under: This past weekend I was fortunate enough to preview Momofuku Ko's new 16-course lunch tasting menu. As reported elsewhere (here and here) David Chang and Co.'s East Village 12-seater will begin serving lunch Friday-Sunday after Labor Day. There's only one seating per service and the menu will run you $150 per person. My lunch ran well over three hours; I wouldn't be surprised if they end up cutting a few courses in the future. What follows are my recollections of each dish (in other words, I'm almost certain I got a few ingredients wrong here and there). Judging by the seasonality of the menu (lots of tomatoes, corn, baby veg, etc.), most of these dishes won't be around for long. The amuse as well as courses #2, #6, #8, #9, #13, and the pork and miso sausage in #11 were the most memorable, and with a few ingredient tweaks should be available well into fall and winter.Amuse Pomme souffle with creme fraiche and hackleback caviar Corn tuile with tomato jam, pork rillette, and grilled corn Course #1 Island Creek Oyster (Duxbury, MA) with lime segment and hackleback caviar #2 Kampachi (raw) with grapefruit miso sauce and daikon radish sprouts #3 Long Island fluke (raw) with gochujang (Korean fermented chili paste) #4 Diver scallops (raw, cut in strips) tossed with various citrus juices, shiso, watermelon radish, roasted white peppers, and kaffir lime zest (Courses 1-4 will be served in a custom-designed bamboo box filled with shaved ice; haven't arrived yet) #5 Lobster salad with mini melon balls, tomato water, basil oil, and pickled cucumbers (and mildly sweet gelee of some sorts which I missed) #6 Painted Hills beef carpaccio with grilled baby leek, horseradish creme fraiche, grated horseradish, and baby sorrel served with a "Butter Bomb," a mini roll stuffed then baked with butter #7 Fresh yuba with heirloom cherry tomato salad (one tomato was frozen) and toasted black rice #8 Bacon dashi with bacon fat poached shrimp, fava, raw chanterelles, and tonburi #9 Deep fried egg with cherry gastrique, cherry peppers, and baby kale #10 Steamed striped bass atop an egg drop soup dumpling with raw, shaved lobster mushrooms, bok choy, and toasted kasha #11 Buckwheat tortellini stuffed with eggplant puree, grilled baby eggplant, Korean black garlic, long beans, house made pork and miso sausage #12 Shaved foie with pine nut brittle and lychee-Riesling gelee #13 Elysian Fields Farm rack of lamb with watermelon, feta cheese puree, and black olive #14 Cheese Course: Blackberry Farm's Singing Brook sheep's milk cheese with sweet and sour shallots and Humboldt Fog with smoked cantaloupe, served with pork fat brioche #15 White Peach ice cream with milk crumbs and cinnamon streusel #16 Corn parfait with chocolate, sour cream ice cream, and dehydrated corn kernels Eventually Got Ko Reservation...PLEASE PRINT OUT THIS EMAIL AND BRING IT WITH YOU. THANKS. if you cancel this reservation less than 24 hours in advance of your seating time or do not attend this reservation, you will be charged $150.00 per person. if you are going to be late call 212 500 0831 and leave a message unfortunately if you are going to be more than 15 minutes late we will have to give up your spot out of respect for the guest arriving after you If you would like to cancel your reservation please click on the following link:click here to cancel your reservation please note that you will need to login in order to cancel your reservation! please note we will do our best to accommodate special needs and food allergies however because our menu changes from day to day we will sometimes be unable to significantly alter your meal Where We Are Going?
看医生今天终于又去看了医生。
Tylenol, 每六小时两粒。
Azithromycin，每天一粒三天。
Loratadine， 每天一粒，好为止。
Brometane，每四小时两茶匙。
神呢，保佑我快点好吧……
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AKC Registration Number: RN16787801 Breed: West Highland White Terrier Variety: N/A Gender: Male Color: White Markings: N/A Elizabeth Showers Private Sample Sale @Gilt又花了好多钱……
不过，有钱不花，赔了白搭……
      Anybody who is interested in this sale, just click the link below to join for free... btw, don't grab the stuff too fast, stay cool gals :P
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The 2010 Bay Area edition of the annual Zagat Survey was released this morning, complete with the seemingly-arbitrary numbers that everyone has come to know and love. After getting the boot from the top spot 
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