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Fantastic Mr. Fox is a top-tier Wes Anderson movie and the best Thanksgiving movie of all time open.substack.com/pub/critic…
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Some thoughts on Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown Prime Cuts, plus a roundup of food news, on my (free) Substack; open.substack.com/pub/critic…

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In this week’s (free) Critical Sandwich newsletter: - Bobby Flay gives Brooke Williamson a promise ring -Thomas Keller loves Lululuemon - A review of Olivia Colman’s chef character in The Roses … and more! open.substack.com/pub/critic…
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The new documentary from @MrEddieHuang about Vice Media is so good. Wrote about it in my new (free) Substack: open.substack.com/pub/critic…
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I watched House of Guinness so you don’t have to. Check out my review, plus a roundup of the week’s food media news, on my new (free) Substack, Critical Sandwich: substack.com/@criticalsandwi…

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I'm over here now, btw: bsky.app/profile/morabito.bs…

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At the Netflix restaurant, I wonder if you can share food with friends and family, or if that will cost extra ...
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As a general rule, if you can tell that a restaurant was once a Taco Bell or Pizza Hut in a former life ... it's probably going to be pretty good
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I used to make fun of Guy Fieri for using so many squirt bottles, but now I have three in active use in my kitchen at all times. Life comes at you fast
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The Top Chef producers clearly don't understand that the best part of Restaurant Wars is watching a chef play maitre d' at a hastily designed pop-up that is spinning out of control
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I know that 1980 is the agreed-upon Gen X/Millennial line, but I think a more accurate metric is what you call this guy. Is he Karl from Succession? Or is he Sledgehammer?
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The best Top Chef challenges are when the judges say something like “just make a sandwich,” and no one can do it
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Did you know that the Cronut is also a nepo baby? Parents are two VERY famous pastries…
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I might just keep starting all emails with “I hope you had a nice Thanksgiving,” you know, as a bit
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I would love Steve Kornacki to help me order at a small plates restaurant. Run some scenarios, crunch those numbers.
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RIP Gael. Always loved her writing, always loved seeing her out at the latest hot spot. A true NYC icon.
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Would watch a competition show where amateur cooks try to make breakfast for James Corden and his wife.
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These red carpet interviewers should ask celebrities what they think about the stories at the top of recipes
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Tonight is the Oscars, or “the James Beard Awards of the movie world,” for those unfamiliar
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As someone who covered the Brooklyn restaurant scene in the early 2010s, the Edison bulb episode of The Gilded Age hit me pretty hard
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