Food in today's NY Times
Feb. 23rd, 2005 08:28 amThe Tire Man Eats New York
By FLORENCE FABRICANT
"NEW YORK restaurants, already on constant lookout for the critics, both professional and amateur, now have to contend with another group of reviewers: Michelin inspectors."
Southern France Makes Pizza Its Own
By DANIEL YOUNG
NICE, France
"FRANCIS CRESCI'S decision to ban mozzarella at the pizzeria he opened here in 1956 was less a matter of taste than conviction. It echoed the insistence of his grandfather, an immigrant from Umbria in Italy, that nary a word of Italian be heard in the family's new home in Nice. The young Mr. Cresci thought his pizzas should speak either French or, like his grandfather, Nissart, a dialect with Italian and old Provençal influences."
THE POUR
Best Supporting Grape
By ERIC ASIMOV
Buellton, Calif.
"AS the manager of Sanford Winery's rustic tasting room in the Santa Rita Hills just west of this crossroads town, Chris Burroughs usually greets visitors and pours wine. But since the film "Sideways" opened last fall, he has added a few duties: posing for photos with tourists, autographing their wine bottles and sharing his film-set memories."
FOOD STUFF
Indian Fare From a Tiny Space
By FLORENCE FABRICANT
By FLORENCE FABRICANT
"NEW YORK restaurants, already on constant lookout for the critics, both professional and amateur, now have to contend with another group of reviewers: Michelin inspectors."
Southern France Makes Pizza Its Own
By DANIEL YOUNG
NICE, France
"FRANCIS CRESCI'S decision to ban mozzarella at the pizzeria he opened here in 1956 was less a matter of taste than conviction. It echoed the insistence of his grandfather, an immigrant from Umbria in Italy, that nary a word of Italian be heard in the family's new home in Nice. The young Mr. Cresci thought his pizzas should speak either French or, like his grandfather, Nissart, a dialect with Italian and old Provençal influences."
THE POUR
Best Supporting Grape
By ERIC ASIMOV
Buellton, Calif.
"AS the manager of Sanford Winery's rustic tasting room in the Santa Rita Hills just west of this crossroads town, Chris Burroughs usually greets visitors and pours wine. But since the film "Sideways" opened last fall, he has added a few duties: posing for photos with tourists, autographing their wine bottles and sharing his film-set memories."
FOOD STUFF
Indian Fare From a Tiny Space
By FLORENCE FABRICANT