There is no better place to spend the holidays than New York City. The holiday spirit abounds. So much to do and see, much of it free, such as the decorations at stores like Saks Fifth Avenue and Henri Bendel, the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree and the tree inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the toys at FAO...
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I’ve moved, all of two blocks! I’ve also changed my email address. Here’s the new contact info: Sam Gugino Contributing Editor, Wine Spectator Editor, SamCooks Newsletter 126 W. Gravers Lane Philadelphia, PA 19118 Phone, 215-242-4349 Fax, 212-202-3527 sam@samgugino.com Later this fall I’ll have an idea of what stories I’ll...
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After 9/11 we were all told to have a disaster plan that included several escape routes, flashlights, batteries, blankets, and lots of food. What kinds of food and how much are questions my wife and I answered a long time ago, when we survived the Loma Prieta earthquake in Northern California in 1989. After the quake, I stocked a...
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As many out of towners (even from New York!) have found out, Philadelphia, the city where I live, is a great food town. And I’m not just talking cheesesteaks, hoagies and soft pretzels. One of the foremost additions to the restaurant scene in City of Brotherly Love has been Jose Garces, who you may have seen on Iron Chef America...
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It’s no secret that airline travel is no fun these days. Charges for baggage, no food (as opposed to lousy food), and pillows and blankets a seeming luxury. We can’t even get peanuts anymore because airlines say they are worried about peanut allergies. Just how cheesy (the Velveeta kind, not the Camembert kind) things have...
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As a food writer who tests recipes and products all the time, as well as a person who likes to eat, I do a lot of shopping. And I’m a very good shopper. In fact, I give a class on shopping. One of my supermarket pet peeves is packaged or canned food (actually any product, though food is more important) that doesn’t contain a...
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