Category Archives: Food and Drink

It’s Time! Bocuse d’Or World Finals 2015!

Posted on January 26, 2015 by docsconz

While the northeastern United States will be busy digging out from a monster snow storm, a storm of a different sort is about to descend upon the Eurexpo Pavilion and the SIRHA show in Lyon, France – the world finals of the […]

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Clear Ice With Eamon Rockey

Posted on January 20, 2015 by docsconz

If you follow my Instagram feed it should be apparent that as much as I enjoy drinking a nice cocktail every now and again, I also enjoy making them. While I have managed to put together a pretty versatile and quality […]

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Sowing Seeds of Creativity at Semilla

Posted on January 16, 2015 by docsconz

Other than its very trendy, u-shaped kitchen counter dining area (a trend that I happen to like very much), Semilla, the small, sophisticated new restaurant in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, is unlike any other I have been to. The work of the […]

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Laurel – A Labor of Love

Posted on January 12, 2015 by docsconz

The ideas of restaurants and romance revolve around each other like two dancers on a ballroom floor. There are few locations more conducive to consummating a couple’s conjoining than a quiet corner of a carefully chosen room. When the eating is […]

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A Conversation With Katie Button & Felix Meana of Curaté & Nightbell

Posted on January 6, 2015 by docsconz

They come with what may be the greatest pedigree in the modern cooking world. Chef Katie Button and her husband, Felix Meana met while they were both working at the legendary elBulli in Roses, Catalunya, Spain. Katie was a stagiere […]

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The Docsconz 15 Most Transcendent Restaurant Dishes of 2014

Posted on January 2, 2015 by docsconz

This is an extremely difficult list to put together. I’ve had so many wonderful dishes over the past year, I hate to exclude the many outstanding dishes that I enjoyed. Many a meal had more than one or even a […]

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The Docsconz Top 25 Restaurant Meals of 2014

Posted on December 31, 2014 by docsconz

This list is entirely subjective as they always are. Food is certainly the biggest single factor in my rankings, but ultimately the rankings are determined by the entire experience from food to service to ambiance to the mood that I […]

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My Most Memorable Meal of 2014

Posted on December 29, 2014 by docsconz

It didn’t take place at a restaurant, so it didn’t make my Top 25 List, but it was pure magic nevertheless. Perhaps it was all the more sweet because it took place at my home, but I suspect a meal […]

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The Docsconz 2015 Wish List

Posted on December 26, 2014 by docsconz

2014 was another superb year of dining for me, although it wasn’t because I was particularly successful in hitting up my wish list. Compared to 2013, I did a very poor job of that, only making it to one of […]

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I Found Fabulous Fare in Fun Philadelphia

Posted on December 17, 2014 by docsconz

I like alliteration. That is probably fairly obvious to anyone who reads this blog with any regularity. Indeed, I couldn’t resist the appropriate alliteration of the title above. Thankfully, though I thought about it and was tempted, I resisted the […]

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