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...says upon returning from a trip to New Orleans for Mardi Gras, she sat looking at all the Bacchus-labeled paraphernalia before her and came up with the name. (The “King” part was later added at the insistence of her mother who wanted to keep the tradition of having names beginning with “K” in the family...
...Paris and through Latin America. Many dishes are served on a block of translucent glass that looks like ice. One is tuna accompanied by horseradish sorbet, colder and more crystalline than the traditional horseradish in cream. Among our other favorites were a soup of sea urchin, seared foie gras and watermelon; and hot smoked arctic char with octopus, mushroom, buckwheat ragout and duck consomme...
...does schmaltzy standards like no other. While his jazzy stylings may not be suited for Broadway (“Thou Shalt Not,” his collaborative effort with Tony-award winning director Susan Stroman, is currently being pummeled by the critics), his heritage infuses a lively Mardi Gras flavor to his newest two albums. The first of these simultaneously released albums is Songs I Heard, a heartfelt celebration of the movies that influenced him as a child. Whether simply singing or playing solo on the piano, he innovatively covers childhood favorites from The Sound of Music, Mary Poppins, Annie...
...frock-coated waiters who lower engraved silver flatware to your left. Oxfordesque high-table dining has been usurped by gangly groups grappling for their barbeque sauce and tater tots. Ms. FManners stands behind the beauty of a first-courseplatters of baked brie, fine caviar piled high and foie gras sliced with utmost care. But dining halls that were once symbols of refinement are now filled with vagabonds who nightly make a mockery of their first course. While frequenting salad bars for their leafy greens and balsalmic, diners oft-times leave their trays unattended in search of far-away items...
...because he has the luxury of charging a bucketful, he solves the problem of your palate's becoming bored after two or three bites by serving five to 10 mini-courses of just a few gobbles each. The only big hunks he puts on the plate are of foie gras and truffles, which he loves and feels most people only get teased...