New York's Rebel Anti-Caterer, From Stoner Food to Vagina Monologues

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New York's Rebel Anti-Caterer, From Stoner Food to Vagina Monologues

Chef Rossi, of the renowned Raging Skillet, is a master storyteller, and this episode doesn't disappoint. She is not your ordinary chef. She credits her success to everything from "kishka and grits" to marijuana munchies to the Hasidim in Crown Heights to foul-mouthed bar tending. Her stories are phenomenal, worthy of a Moth competition. Oh, and don't take my word for it: her cookbook (!)/memoir is being turned into a play and screenplay!

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New York's "Mr. Moo," the Hip-Hopping Rock Star Ambassador of Cheese

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New York's "Mr. Moo," the Hip-Hopping Rock Star Ambassador of Cheese

Politico calls him "The Prince of Cheese." The Wall Street Journal and the New Yorker love his story. He has become synonymous with artisan cheese and cheesemongering--the art of purveying cheese--which has, ahem, come of age in the 21st century. And despite his cheese royalty lineage--his grandfather was the importer for Dean and DeLuca and Zabar's--the embrace of "maker-to-monger" came after a long and twisty entrepreneurial journey.

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Life Is Too Short for Miller Lite

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Life Is Too Short for Miller Lite

When I was 13 years old, I celebrated my birthday with my family at Hard Rock Cafe. My father handed me a bottle of Rolling Rock and said, "You're going to be a Bar Mitzvah in a few weeks--that means you will be seen in the Jewish community as a man. I think you're old enough to try a beer." I tried it and washed it down with a full glass of water. It was disgusting to me. I didn't try another beer until my sophomore year of college.

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You're Opening A Restaurant In NY and Need to Talk to a Lawyer...

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You're Opening A Restaurant In NY and Need to Talk to a Lawyer...

So you want to start up a restaurant--you have a place picked out, but you are also wise.  You know you can't go it alone. You have decided to hire an attorney to guide you through all of the potential pitfalls of restaurant management in New York.  What should you discuss with a lawyer?

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