Email Author Pamela Robin Brandt

2001 Stories by Pamela Robin Brandt

• Sushi Transformed

  published December 13, 2001

  To judge by sheer number of outlets, sushi has long been South Beach's favorite food (and I do mean outlets -- one day on the beach, years ago, I... More >>

• Prime Cut for Doggy Bags

  published December 6, 2001

  It wasn't long after chefs Jan Jorgensen and Soren Bredahl (from long-established Two Chefs restaurant) took over Scotty's gourmet market a year... More >>

• Seasoning of Saigon

  published November 29, 2001

  Of the nine countries normally referred to as Southeast Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, Laos, Indonesia, and,... More >>

• Mon, That's Mixed

  published November 22, 2001

  With a name like Jacky Chan's Superbowl, what diners would expect is ramen. And in fact Jacky turns out quite a super bowl of this soup; unlike... More >>

• What? No Cigar?

  published November 15, 2001

  Since September 11 diners have been holing up at home instead of going out to eat. Not that this survivalist homing instinct has necessarily... More >>

• Sandwiched Between

  published November 8, 2001

  Its proper name may be the 1909 Café but everybody calls it the 1909 Sandwich Shop, for good reason -- several, actually. One is that... More >>

• No Boos Here

  published November 1, 2001

  If Nobuyuki Matsuhisa's name is less known nationally than Wolfgang Puck's, it is only because the latter is easier to spell. And also because... More >>

• Hot Diggity

  published October 25, 2001

  All over New Jersey this time of year, people brave parking-lot-type traffic jams to drive west to the Poconos to see the fall foliage. This is... More >>

• Good, for Starters

  published October 18, 2001

  Would you compare Norman's to Piola Pizza? Well, neither would I. Each is great at what it is. In fact the only fair way to judge restaurants is... More >>

• Comfort 'Cue

  published October 4, 2001

  There's been much mention in recent weeks, by food writers, of comfort food. What there hasn't been much of is scientific evidence that any such... More >>

• Wish Upon a Star

  published September 27, 2001

  It was mere weeks, not the usual months or years, after becoming Wish's executive chef in 1999 that Andrea Curto began garnering national awards... More >>

• Deli Done Good

  published September 20, 2001

  "Astonish me!" the impresario Diaghilev commanded then-nobody writer Jean Paul Sartre on a Paris street corner back in the Thirties. And... More >>

• Tricolore Beach

  published September 13, 2001

  From virtually my first stroll down Ocean Drive in the early Nineties, it was apparent that one of the main foreign languages being spoken was... More >>

• Serious Series Food

  published September 6, 2001

  An authentic version of chau mien as they do it in Canton would be reason enough to patronize any Chinese restaurant. And Gourmet Gourmet's... More >>

• Features from the Back Lagoon

  published August 30, 2001

  As someone who has earned a living in two pretty damned privileged fields -- writing about food and playing rock music -- I've always felt as if I... More >>

• The King and Stir-Fry

  published August 23, 2001

  The version of Thai food one encounters at the King and I restaurant is about as real as the vision of Thai culture one encounters in the Rogers &... More >>

• Bacalao Rules

  published August 16, 2001

  Before even a short vacation in any foreign country, I always try to learn about the food of the place, in the language of the place -- nothing... More >>

• Subcontinent Kulcha

  published August 2, 2001

  There is nothing like a week in London, home to more than 1500 Indian restaurants, most specializing in dishes never heard of in South Florida, to... More >>

• Some Yum Fry

  published July 19, 2001

  The first change you notice about the place is its name -- part Chinese, part gay, all cute and commercial, as owner Chong Li (a former... More >>

• Gilled to Perfection

  published July 12, 2001

  There's no way anyone who lives in Miami doesn't know this rustic whitewashed wooden fish house with the knotty-pine-paneled interior. It's... More >>

• Tapas All Nippon

  published July 5, 2001

  Even a few words into this review you might already be thinking, "Geez, she sounds a whole lot less moronic this week." And if the strange symbols... More >>

• The Good Sicilian

  published June 28, 2001

  Located two blocks north of Miracle Mile, informal Italian deli La Gastronomia is easily overlooked. This is not because the food is forgettable... More >>

• Sweet Danish

  published June 21, 2001

  To most Americans Danish cuisine means three things: herring, lots more herring, and Tuborg beer. And of the three, only the last really has... More >>

• Classic Indian/Italian Cuisine

  published June 14, 2001

  Until recently when one person in a couple wanted Indian food and the other wanted to grab a sub sandwich, the only solution was divorce. For the... More >>

• New Italian Eatery, Take Twenty

  published June 7, 2001

  There is no such thing as authentic Italian cuisine, at least not in Italy. That's because until about 150 years ago, there was no such thing as... More >>