330801 Mon Oct 02 21:58:53 -0700 2006 8 33 Food Media and News 0 1917416 Not sure if this is on the right board, but I just re-read this book and was curious, once again, as to the places this guy worked at here in NYC. He mentions several but does not name most of them (WPA in Soho is one exeption, as I recall)...does anyone know his background as a chef? Just curious...thanks... Mon Oct 02 21:58:53 -0700 2006 12618 erica 1 1917422 I thought he mentioned half a dozen of them. In any case, the cover shows him standing in front of Les Halles. Mon Oct 02 22:01:25 -0700 2006 1917416 12873 OCAnn 1 1917810 I know about Les Halles...but there are several places he discuses in NYC that he does not mention by name...way before he went to Les Halles.. Tue Oct 03 00:21:37 -0700 2006 1917416 12618 erica 1 1918269 I think in many cases the names were omitted to protect... the guilty! (Or the publisher -- no one likes a libel lawsuit. ;-) Tue Oct 03 04:27:18 -0700 2006 1917416 17958 Jefferson 1 1925155 Doesn't he mention the Waldorf, or Top of the 6s? Thu Oct 05 17:01:12 -0700 2006 1917416 14330 nickdanger 1 1925454 Don't forget The Rainbow Room. Thu Oct 05 18:36:58 -0700 2006 1917416 11634 saeyedoc 1 1926650 I'm pretty sure he mentions the rainbow room by name in the book. I may have to re-read it, but I thought that was the place that he talked about sunday brunch, and how you should never eat sunday brunch because it was a restaurant's attempt to get rid of all the crap they didn't sell on friday or saturday. Also -- there was mention of the dangers of hollandaise and bacteria...if I remember correctly. Fri Oct 06 02:42:53 -0700 2006 1917416 16927 DanielleM 2 1927126 That put me off eating hollandaise in restaurants right there! Well, that and the part about straining the melted table butter to get the cigarette butts out! TT Fri Oct 06 13:08:35 -0700 2006 1926650 19247 TexasToast 2 1927279 He does mention the Rainbow Room. But he also discusses a few places downtown..I think oone was big on steaks and I was thinking it might have been Knickerbocker. This was way before Les Halles. Fri Oct 06 14:33:18 -0700 2006 1926650 12618 erica