The Feedbag’s Farewell
I’m aware that these valedictory posts are becoming a little much. How many farewells to the troops can one general make? And yet, you deserve an explanation, having spent over a year listening to the bon mots of Mr. Snitch, the cloudy pronouncements of Gastrodamus, and of course my own brand of daily food writing and reporting. Now, as I prepare to pull the plug on the Feedbag, it’s only right to

“Surely I Come Quickly….”
Yes, the end is nigh for The Feedbag. And, hewing as I do my promise, an announcement is on the way on my future plans. But in the meantime, many good things are happening! For example, I’m still doing my radio show on the Heritage Radio Network. This week’s episode, featuring New York Times $25-and-under critic Oliver Strand, who is also one of the city’s leading meat writers. Oliver and I spoke about hunting, the greatness of Roberta’s, and the changing face of food writing in a world where print is going the way of Beef Wellington. The third segment is the best one, if you can only listen to one.

Last Meal: Pork Chop, Fried Rillette, Papardelle at Bar Blanc Bistro
I realize that I am getting the memo late, but the young chef at Bar Blanc Bistro, Sebastian Zijp, is really talented. I had put off going there because they served Piedmontese beef, and in fast, as I expected, the hamburger is awful; but the so-called bistro menu — really, high-level restaurant food — is refined and punchy and at its best, encouraging to anybody who is w

Last Meal: More With Ben Leventhal on The Mr. Cutlets Show
My Heritage Radio Network radio show is up, and has been since Sunday — a fact I somehow neglected to mention while fending off the attacks of James Beard Award winners and trying to keep

Alan Richman Whaps Me A Good One, But I Don’t Mind
In his GQ column, Alan Richman knocks me and my fellow bloggers around pretty good today, taking us to task for eating burgers at Bill’s and writing about them before they opened. The writers who attended press events for Bill’s were ecstatic about the burgers. Allow me to issue a warning: Judging a restaurant