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Le Bernardin

After asking if Le Bernardin could squeeze me in for lunch on Monday, I was in turn asked if I wouldn’t mind sitting on a plush striped sofa and waiting.  I didn’t mind, so I sat, only to be directed to a table moments later.  When I arrived, it was clear why I was made [read more ...]

J’adore L’adour

I’ve eaten at L’Adour before. It’s undeniably one of Syracuse’s best restaurants – or at the very least, one of its most prestigious ones. I’ve had the odd dinner there, celebrating one thing or another, but I had yet to try the lunch menu, and I’d certainly never visited alone.

So then, on [read more ...]

Alone in the Kitchen with an Anchovy

I’ve been house-sitting this week. Taking care of a kitty and two dogs, actually – one of which is literally pummeling my thighs and whining as I type. (He does the funniest little move, popping up on an invisible trampoline, hitting me once with his front paws, and attempting to do so again [read more ...]