What did you eat last night for dinner?

[SField]



i think this is actually a good topic for discussion. i would put myself in that category, but i do find myself questioning why i'll spend $300 to $400 for a nice dinner, but buy my suits and jackets on ebay or B&S. i mean, the first lasts a couple of hours, while clothes will last a couple of years. doesn't make sense, but that's how i am.

Just different priorities, and you value the pleasure of food and company, and the memories that come with them more than the clothes you wear. It's perfectly understandable.

 

[foodguy]



Just different priorities, and you value the pleasure of food and company, and the memories that come with them more than the clothes you wear. It's perfectly understandable.

thanks sfield! you make my bad wardrobe seem almost heartwarming.

 

[itsstillmatt]

FWIW in the last couple of weeks I've watched three of the "Inventing Cuisine" videos that feature some top chefs. The films have all been interesting, some more than others, and I've learned a few things. Of the three subjects, Passard, Bras, and Gagnaire, Gagnaire was a distant third. Passard and Bras were both very thoughtful, completely immersed in coming up with and executing their dishes, and they seemed like intelligent, and reasonable, if also quirky geniuses. Gagnaire on the other hand was a bit over the top; very much playing the French tyrant, messy, bossy, flamboyantly touching and tasting and running his fingers through his long hair...Gagnaire Paris was high on my list of places to try, but it slipped a bit lower because of the video. Will be going back to Arpege and then Bras before I go to Gagnaire...

link?

The guy from l'Astrance and Passard were the best.

 

[SField]



thanks sfield! you make my bad wardrobe seem almost heartwarming.

Most of my mentors and the people whose wisdom and advice I most seek dress abominably by this forum's standards. Most of the rest of them have enough money to have someone dress them impeccably, with little input on their own part.

 

[moddey]



link?

I don't see them available online, only some excerpts on youtube. If you have netflix, search for "inventing cuisine." If not, they are available from amazon, I think.

 

[mgm9128]



And a lot of people that spend a lot on dinner dress like total ****. Some of the best customers were university profs who had the taste and love for great food but not the kind of cash that would permit a wardrobe that matches many other clients.

Funny you should mention this. I was at a wine tasting for the "Summer of Riesling" at Daniel on Tuesday. I sat next to an older gentleman, in his late fifties, who was an adjunct professor at a University in New Jersey. His suit was ill fitting, and he certainly wasn't the most put together man in the room, but none of that really mattered. His knowledge of wines, and of restaurants in Manhattan--and even Paris--was unsurpassed. Of the ten different Rieslings we tasted, he told me something interesting about nine of them.

He also told me to go to Picholine; he said it's his favorite place to eat in the city. He mentioned I go this Fall for the Scottish game bird tasting menu. Gave me his card and told me to tell them he sent me, and that I'd get an extra course...nice guy.

 

[gomestar]

did you ask if any of his colleagues are single?

 

[Piobaire]



Funny you should mention this. I was at a wine tasting for the "Summer of Riesling" at Daniel on Tuesday. I sat next to an older gentleman, in his late fifties, who was an adjunct professor at a University in New Jersey. His suit was ill fitting, and he certainly wasn't the most put together man in the room, but none of that really mattered. His knowledge of wines, and of restaurants in Manhattan--and even Paris--was unsurpassed. Of the ten different Rieslings we tasted, he told me something interesting about nine of them.

He also told me to go to Picholine; he said it's his favorite place to eat in the city. He mentioned I go this Fall for the Scottish game bird tasting menu. Gave me his card and told me to tell them he sent me, and that I'd get an extra course...nice guy.

I wonder how a part time prof from New Jersey can afford all that?

 

[indesertum]



I wonder how a part time prof from New Jersey can afford all that?

i dunno man. if i can go to momofuku ko and kwilk can go to alinea i think a part time prof could do a lot of things

 

[Piobaire]



i dunno man. if i can go to momofuku ko and kwilk can go to alinea i think a part time prof could do a lot of things

Yes, but neither one of you have unsurpassed knowledge of restaurants in Manhattan and Paris.

 

[randallr]



Yes, but neither one of you have unsurpassed knowledge of restaurants in Manhattan and Paris.

If you were single I think there are a ton of things you could do on an adjunct's salary.

 

[Rambo]

God forbid Max would be telling the truth

 

[Piobaire]



If you were single I think there are a ton of things you could do on an adjunct's salary.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjunct_professor#Adjunct_professor

Adjunct pay in state and community colleges, including some private institutions on the East Coast hovers around $3,000-4,000 for a 3-credit hour course. To make a living wage, adjunct professors have to teach six or more classes a semester...

Maybe he married into money?

 

[gomestar]

or maybe he wrote a book. One of my professors in college wrote a text book and close to half a million copies had been sold to date. Even if she received like a meager $3 per book (from the $80 retail), that's still some pretty serious income for a prof.

if the college in NJ is Princeton, it's certainly possible.

 

[jobro]

Perhaps he only teaches on the side or has already made his money.