A Slice of Humble Pie

By Noël Tracy

John DeLucie serves up a PG-13 look into the grueling and cut-throat New York City restaurant scene in his roller coaster, fairy tale memoir The Hunger: A Story of Food, Desire, and Ambition (Ecco), which was recently released. The adventurous account tracks DeLucie as he cuts, chops and butchers his way from the basement of Dean & DeLuca, through the kitchens of Nick & Toni’s in the Hamptons, the Tribeca Grand Hotel, and La Bottega before finally stumbling into Manhattan’s hottest, celebrity driven restaurant, the Waverly Inn.

Culinary High TV

By Frances Grace

What’s next, a show about the adventures of high school students and their dreams of becoming chefs? Yes, that’s exactly right. Only don’t look for this show on your big screen TV just yet, because it’s airs on your computer – a webisode, and you can watch it 24/7.

Great Food, Great Wine

By Paige Donahoo

There is something exciting about being in a restaurant on a Monday night and having it packed feeling more like a Saturday night. In this economy Rao’s restaurant has nothing to worry about; after all it has been in business for over 100 years.

A Food & Wine Pairing through Queens…an eater’s paradise

By Brad Haskel

According to U.S. Census numbers that were updated in 2005, the overall population of Queens increased from 1.95 million to over 2.21 million between 1990 and 2005. The amazing number is 46% are foreign born. When it comes to great authentic ethnic foods, and cheap eats: Queens has it all. No other borough in the city of New York can brag of the ethnic diversity found in Queens.