By Drew Grant 5/15/12 3:36pm

Food Industry

Fun times at the cheese show

World’s Best Cheeses Food Show: Artisanal Munchies Hit Midtown

This morning, staffers of The New York Observer were treated to a lactose surprise: as we entered our building on 321 West 44th St., a sad woman in the lobby sat next to a giant billboard advertising something called World’s Best Cheeses. The logo on the sign was a mouse with a crown flying a small airplane into a moon of cheese. Color us interested; we took it upon ourselves to investigate the people behind the Mouse King and his trip to the orbiting cheese satellite. Through some Pulitzer-caliber journalism–we asked the sad lady what she was promoting– we found out that The World’s Best Cheeses Show had come to town…and was taking place in our building, no less! Read More

By Rex Reed 9/21/11 12:21am

movies

Carter and Highmore.

Toast Offers Food for Thought

Describing a movie, the word “sweet” is the kiss of death, but I can’t think of a better adjective for Toast, a funny and charming biopic about the popular British television personality and flamboyant chef Nigel Slater. He may not be a household name on this side of the pond, but nobody who has ever seen his cooking show on British telly can easily forget him. Picture a gay Bobby Flay. You get the picture.

Toast is his story. Read More