Who Knew?

Who knew?

When Maralyn and I wrote our first foodie book together, who knew that some of the chefs and restaurants we featured would become even more famous?

We were delighted to read the April edition of Saveur’s special issue, Dining in America.

The two places we chose to write about in New York City received accolades.

Saveur called Patsy’s, one of Maralyn, Norm’s and Frank Sinatra’s favorites, “an American classic”

Gramercy Tavern was named one of the top 12 restaurants in the country that matter.
” A Manhattan restaurant that changed big city dining forever. The chef was then a relatively unknown cook named Tom Colicchio. He has since moved on to set his set of benchmarks in New York City, on television and elsewhere.”

I still remember how kind Tom was to me, an unknown writer, when I called to interview him at his New York City restaurant on 9/l0/01. Yes, the night before 9/11, who knew?