Tag Archives: Aldea

My Top 25 Restaurant Meals of 2011

Posted on January 2, 2012 by John Sconzo in Bistronomic, Chicago, Fine Dining, Food and Drink, Germany, Italy, Montreal, New England, New Jersey, New York City, Regional, Restaurants, Slow Food, Spain, Switzerland, Top Restaurant Meals, Traditional Ethnic, Travel

I will say right at the top that I have never had a more incredible and deep year of dining than I had in 2011. With visits to a number of Europe’s very best temples of Gastronomy, including many of [...]

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Lunch at Aldea with Michael Talalaev

Posted on March 26, 2011 by John Sconzo in Culinary Blogs, Food and Drink, Michael Talalaev, New York City, Restaurants, Top Restaurant Meals

I had lunch the other day at Aldea, the first time I had been back in a little while – at least just to eat from the regular Aldea menu. Reports from my earlier meals can be read here and [...]

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My Top Five Restaurant Pasta Dishes of 2010

Posted on December 19, 2010 by John Sconzo in Cooking, Food and Drink, Food Events, New Orleans, New York City, Slow Food, Top Restaurant Meals, Top Tastes, Washington, D.C.

It's in my blood that I love pasta. To me, pasta is one of the most satisfying dishes that I can have. I cook it a lot and I eat it a lot in restaurants. I had plenty of outstanding [...]

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Pastry Chefs Cook Savory at Aldea

Posted on October 6, 2010 by John Sconzo in Cooking, Culinary Personalities, Food and Drink, Food Events, New York City, Restaurants, Top Restaurant Meals, Wine

Johnny Iuzzini, Alex Stupak, George Mendes, Brooks Headley & Michael Laiskonis
Aldea is a special restaurant to me in so many ways. I love George Mendes' cooking. I love George Mendes – in addition to being a superb chef, he [...]

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noma Now…and Then – A Look Back During Lunch

Posted on September 20, 2010 by John Sconzo in Culinary Personalities, Food and Drink, Restaurants, Scandinavia, Slow Food, Top Restaurant Meals, Top Tastes, Travel

In a sense, as modern diners, we have a restaurant in which can have our cake and can eat it too. We have a very sophisticated restaurant that comfortably allows us to deeply respond to deep primal culinary instincts.
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Sam Mason’s Greatest Hits at Aldea

Posted on April 21, 2010 by John Sconzo in Culinary Personalities, Food and Drink, New York City, Restaurants, Top Restaurant Meals, Top Tastes

Sam Mason first came to my attention when he opened WD-50 with Wylie Dufresne. At the time Sam was the pastry chef and was combining savory elements into his desserts in amazing ways, blurring the lines between them, [...]

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My Top 25 Restaurant Meals of 2009

Posted on December 31, 2009 by John Sconzo in Food and Drink, Restaurants, Top Restaurant Meals

So much for 2009 being a culinary waste land. With the Recession in
full swing and even very good restaurants seemingly dropping like
flies, the year was supposed to be a total disaster on the food-scape.
Instead, this may have been the greatest [...]

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George Mendes Cooks Cuttlefish – A Docsconz Video

Posted on November 10, 2009 by John Sconzo in Cooking, Culinary Personalities, Food and Drink, New York City, Restaurants, Video

After my most recent dinner at Aldea, described here, I asked Chef Mendes if he would cook a dish for me on camera. He kindly accepted and proceeded to cook one of my favorites from the night before, Baby Cuttlefish [...]

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Aldea Delights Again

Posted on November 7, 2009 by John Sconzo in Food and Drink, New York City, Restaurants, Top Restaurant Meals

My first visit to Aldea was right around its opening this past May. The food was great then. When I returned to NYC this past September, I wanted to see how George Mendes and the restaurant have fared over the [...]

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Top Three Restaurant Meals – September 2009

Posted on October 1, 2009 by John Sconzo in Food and Drink, New York City, Restaurants, Top Restaurant Meals

With a bit more than a full week in NYC and at a Chefs congress, no less, how could I not have eaten very well. My favorite meals were at two places at which I had also previously had outstanding [...]

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