Jeffrey Steingarten

Jeffrey Steingarten
Jeffrey L. Steingartenis a leading food writer in the United States. He has been the food critic at Vogue magazine since 1989...
chief life modern problem work
The chief problem with modern life is not work in itself,
ben efforts food good
admits he prefers Haagen-Dazs to Ben & Jerry's. Even so, he salutes Carbone's efforts to be different. ''There is something good and enlivening and even ennobling about food that makes you laugh, that makes you curious, makes you wonder.
considered difficult expensive impress today
The ingredients today don't impress us, but back then they were much more expensive and difficult to find. The Caesar, when it was first introduced, was considered exotic.
sums
Yes, that pretty much sums it up. On this we can all agree.
chocolate enjoyable
The only thing more enjoyable than chocolate, is bacon.
evolution irrelevant
Maybe evolution is irrelevant at dinnertime.
two airports dinner
Whenever I travel to the South, the first thing I do is visit the best barbecue place between the airport and my hotel. An hour or two later I visit the best barbecue place between my hotel and dinner.
giving-up addiction remember
What’s so bad about addiction? I can’t remember. Isn’t it something about giving up your freedom? Isn’t freedom an illusion?