#restaurant-culture

#restaurant-culture

Sam Smith has entered their food influencer era. This week, what appears to have once been their secret Instagram food account went rather public. The account, SamServed, has posts that date back to November of last year, in which Smith waxes poetic about a Copenhagen restaurant called Kebabistan. Now, the account is quickly gaining followers.

This story starts with mass migration. In the late 19th century, economic conditions in Southern Italy had deteriorated and millions of Italians set sail for America in search of opportunity and the gold-paved streets of which they'd been told. Many settled in the northeastern United States, sometimes strictly segregated by region. In New York's Little Italy, Sicilians lived on Elizabeth Street, Calabrians on Mott. The newly settled immigrants did their best to cook familiar foods with the ingredients available in this unfamiliar country. Their children did the same, and then their grandchildren. Dish by dish, Italian American cuisine was born, a hybrid culinary tradition that has become inextricably woven into our country's foodways.

They're tough to swallow as siblings, even if their odd-sock pairing is part of the point: Jake (Law) is a hustler perpetually at the edge of his means, living in a rented penthouse with loaned art on the walls; Vince (Bateman) is a recovering-he prefers "former"-addict who's always running some kind of scam, digging himself into holes for the thrill of getting back out.

MacManus earned a master's degree in medieval Spanish at UCLA before landing at Occidental, where generations of students enjoyed her classes for her humor and insights.

Simon’s signature style emerged from classical French training combined with Midwestern sensibilities. At Las Vegas venues like Simon Kitchen & Bar at Hard Rock Hotel and later Carson Kitchen, he transformed comfort classics into sophisticated dishes without sacrificing their emotional appeal.

The allure of "bottomless fries" at Red Robin not only speaks to our desire for indulgence but cleverly plays into the mindset of value while dining.