Last year I wrote about meeting competitive eater Eric "Badlands" Booker at Coney Island.  Badlands once held the matzo ball eating record, gobbling 30 matzo balls in 5 1/2 minutes.  That's pretty badass, and fairly disturbing, considering how matzo balls ...Read More

Matzo Ball Soup

I talked myself into going to Epstein's Kosher Deli yesterday. Well, that's not quite accurate -- makes it sound like I put up a fight. Here's what led up to a no-brainer of a decision: 8:30 am:  Met Team in Training ...Read More

Epstein’s Deli, Lunch of Champions

It's the end of December, and you know what that means -- newspapers and magazines are breaking out their "Top Ten" lists: top movies, books, news stories, etc.  So like a writing lemming following the editorial M.O., I'm going to ...Read More

My Top Ten Food Moments of 2008

Elaine: "I met this lawyer, we went out to dinner, I had the lobster bisque, we went back to my place, yada yada yada, I never heard from him again." Jerry: "But you yada yada'd over the best part." Elaine: ...Read More

In Search of Soup