November 4, 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Pike Place Market

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Here, Gary explores the variety of goods for sale at Seattle’s Pike Place Market.

Shortly after touching down in Seattle and dropping all my stuff off at the hotel, I made a beeline for the Pike Place Market since it was already late in the afternoon and I wanted to see everything it had to offer. One of the places, Hill Valley Chicken, you’ve already seen in my previous post about Seattle’s food stands but this post is devoted to the grocers and fish mongers scattered throughout the vast marketplace here. Seafood, produce, pasta, and chocolate – this post has a little bit of everything that’s edible around these parts. Enjoy! [...]

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October 17, 2010 ~ 0 Comments

2010 NYCWFF Grand Tasting Day 2

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Here, Gary eats his way through a second session of the 2010 New York City Wine & Food Festival’s Grand Tasting.

As luck would have it, my duties on my second day of Eater Lounge coverage were done by noon so my editor asked if I wanted another go at the Grand Tasting. Um, hell yeah! My first go the previous day was an abbreviated one – I arrived over two hours into a three event so I didn’t really get a chance at some of the goodies. This time around, I got there close to the beginning and really did a bang-up job getting through as much as food as I could. [...]

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