Skip to content

Rob Roy

The Rob Roy cocktail was said to be invented at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York City, named after a Scottish outlaw in the 1700s, who later became a folk hero. The drink named for him is the drier cousin to the Manhattan, using blended Scotch whisky in place of the rye or bourbon. Unlike single-malt scotch, blended scotch is made from barley as…

193 Shares

Continue reading...

Dirty Lemon

It’s been quite a year for businesses in Paris. From the gilets jaunes movement, to the longest transit strike in French history, then a pandemic, they’ve had to tough a lot of things out. One of the troopers has been Dirty Lemon. After a major remodel of a space that formerly held a LED-lit sushi restaurant, I had a night out with friends – Jennifer,…

81 Shares

Continue reading...

New York Restaurants and Bakeries

  Here’s a round-up of places I visited recently in New York City. One happy change (which is also happening in cities elsewhere) is the proliferation of excellent bakeries making top-quality artisan bread, as well as bakeries with a global focus. While Americans don’t buy bread daily, as the French do, you can get terrific bread and pastries if you know where to look. Restaurants…

389 Shares

Continue reading...

La Newyorkina Mexican Ice Cream

Update: La Newyorkina closed in January, 2021. You can still get La Newyorkina products online and at selected outlets. More on their website. Before my first trip to Mexico a number ofย years ago, I didn’t know Mexico was a countryย known for itsย ice cream (helado), let alone an array of other delicious sweets. I wandered through panaderias (bakeries) with the metal tray and tongs they gave…

492 Shares

Continue reading...

Rosemary Gimlet

Some say, “You eat with your eyes.” I don’t know about you, but until my eyes start sporting incisors, I’ll continue to use my mouth. Especially when drinking cocktails. I was recently at a bar that specialized in herbal concoctions and ordered a Rosemary Gimlet. I’ve been focusing a little more on gin these days, favoringย an ice-cold martini over my usual whiskey or rye-based drinks….

5K Shares

Continue reading...

Ice & Vice

[Update: Due to the coronavirus, sadly Ice & Vice is shutting their doors November 2020.] One of the bestย parts of summer in the U.S.ย is heading out for ice cream on a warm evening. Even if you’re someone like me, that always has a freezerful of ice cream, it’s funย to head out somewhere and join others who are cooling down, lapping up cones on the streets…

9 Shares

Continue reading...

Mile End Deli

One of the few English words that my French other-half has mastered is โ€œpastrami.โ€ Which in his defense, is just fine because most Americans that speak little, if any French, can easily say baguette, croissant, tarte au citron, and macaron before they head to France. Seems like both cultures knows where their priorities lie! So when I hear โ€œDaveed, je veux du pastrami,โ€ I look…

10 Shares

Continue reading...

New York City and Brooklyn Dining

Just got back from a covert trip to New York. It was so top-secret that even I didnโ€™t know about it. The trip happened in a flash and I barely got to see anyone. It was work, work, work. But a guy has to eat, right? And I think it says somewhere in the constitution of the United States that we all have the right…

47 Shares

Continue reading...

Dining Around New York

The French have their paradoxes and so do Americans. Which was something I discovered over and over again while I was exploring New York with an especially inquisitive Frenchman in tow. There were lots of questions, like when watching television, it’s tricky to explain why there’s a commercial for people stuffing their faces from all-you-can-eat buffet for $6.99 suddenly followed by an ad pushing low-calorie…

2 Shares

Continue reading...

A

Get David's newsletter sent right to your Inbox!

15987

Sign up for my newsletter and get my FREE guidebook to the best bakeries and pastry shops in Paris...