Stringer, Markowitz in Kosher Duel at Barney Greengrass Centennial

Plus, Markowitz cracks and trash-talks Brooklyn!

Posted 06/19/08 in Grub Street : NewsFeed

Tags: barney greengrass, jewish food, marty markowitz, newsfeed, scott stringer

Mario Batali, Food Network Split; Vermin at Da Silvano and Peter Luger

The Food Network dumps Mario Batali, and he dumps Iron Chef America in return. [NYP] Da Silvano‘s media connections won’t keep rat spottings out of the news as Inside Edition will air footage of the vermin tonight alongside similarly damning video of both Peter Luger and Blue Ribbon. [Eater] "Nobody at the Bryant Park tents has to starve, sleep or stay sober" during fashion week thanks to sponsorships including Eleni’s cookies, Nespresso, and most importantly the entire Spanish wine region of Rioja. [NYDN]

Posted 09/05/07 in Grub Street : Mediavore

Tags: alain ducasse, alex urena, blue ribbon, da silvano, daniel boulud, fashion week, jewish food, lucy latin kitchen, mario batali, mediavore, pamplona, peter luger

Art Films! About Gefilte Fish! At the Jewish Museum!

Food is at the heart of New York Jewish culture, and if you don’t believe us, check out the Jewish Museum’s exhibit of short films on the subject. “Food for Thought: A Video Art Sampler,” whose title you’ll have to endure until February 27 when the whole shebang ends, includes two shorts from the seventies and two more from the aughts. In artist Martha Rosler’s famous Semiotics of the Kitchen (1975), an angry woman parodies a cooking show in which all the tools are weapons (nothing explicitly Jewish here, though Rosler is a member of the tribe); in Jessica Shokrian’s mini-commentary on displaced people Ameh Jhan (2001), an elderly Iranian-Jewish woman makes meatballs in contemporary Los Angeles. The other films make an excellent pair: In Laura Kronenberg (Cavestani)’s Abbie Making Gefilte Fish (1973), Abbie Hoffman prepares the dish on Christmas Eve in the Chelsea Hotel; Boaz Arad’s Gefilte Fish (2005) shows an artist exploring the food and his mother’s preparation of it through the use of a puppet, parrot, and other bizarro approaches. We don’t understand why this hasn’t been proclaimed the event of the season. “Food for Thought: A Video Art Sampler,” Jewish Museum, 1109 Fifth Ave., at 92nd St.; 212-423-3200.

Posted 01/25/07 in Grub Street : Foodievents

Tags: foodievents, jewish food