(Eater)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nOur nephews celebrate birthdays relatively close together, so we’re taking them to Black Tap for lunch tomorrow. Next week is already looking good.\u00a0I’m off to check out CLAW\u00a0with the Bookers, and then over to the newly launched Mami Umami\u00a0at the Renaissance on Wednesday night.\u00a0 Given its former identity as\u00a0Morimoto (which, for the record, was always going to be\u00a0too big to succeed), I’m super curious to\u00a0see what’s changed.\u00a0 I’ll also be on the radio with Helen on Tuesday afternoon, broadcasting from one of my favorites, Tresind.\u00a0I hope you’ll tune in.<\/p>\n
Finally, keep an eye out for\u00a0Cuisinero,\u00a0Taste The Philippines, an upcoming cookbook that I wrote the foreword for. It will be available from August 15th (I’ll provide a link next week).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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