PETA Wants Frankenmeat; Ramsay Loves Fast Food

PETA is offering $1 million for an in vitro meat solution, Gordon Ramsay eats too many hamburgers, and 'Playboy' is searching for some sexy Olive Garden servers.

Posted 04/21/08 in Grub Street : Mediavore

Tags: gordon ramsay, grilling, in-n-out burger, mamouns, mediavore, olive garden, peta, playboy, top chef

Albert Hammond Jr. of the Strokes Keeps It in the East Village

Is Albert Hammond Jr. — the Strokes guitarist who'll perform songs off his solo album, Yours to Keep, at Maxwell's on Saturday — truly a creature of the East Village? When we talked to him, he was on his way to a rare business lunch at Second Avenue institution Frank. He clued us into some other neighborhood favorites when he recounted everything he ate during the past week.

Posted 11/10/06 in Grub Street : The New York Diet

Tags: albert hammond jr., brown, esashi, frank, hasaki, in-n-out burger, jewel bako, la esquina, lavagna, lil' frankie's, maxwell's, the new york diet, the strokes