What's that horn? My own? You don't say! All the way to Strasbourg comes a clipping from the latest Seattle Magazine naming Best Restaurants as well as Best Food Blogs.
So here's the first entry, by Matthew Amster-Burton:
Cornichon (cornichon.org)
Ronald Holden is a PR agent by day and Belltown's boulevardier by night; he never misses a grand opening and never holds back with his opinion. (Full disclosure: Holden once called me a "normally reliable freelance foodie," which I'm pretty sure is a compliment.) He's also serious about wine, a topic few other local food bloggers broach, and has reported live from France and Italy.
True, Mamster (as he calls himself) and Cornichon have had disagreements, but over the long haul it's more of a mutual admiration society. In addition to restaurant writing for the Seattle Times, he ran the Northwest Forum for egullet.com and kept a terrific blog called Grubshack, which he retired when his daughter, Iris, was born. His latest blog, no less terrific, is called Roots And Grubs. Class act.
"Belltown's boulevardier"...has nice ring to it, don't you think? The last boulevardier we knew was Maurice Chevalier.
Posted by Ronald Holden at March 29, 2007 12:07 AMI saw that, congrats...well deserved!
Posted by: peabody at March 30, 2007 1:29 PMSo, Maurice, when are you going to put your great experiences in a book?
Posted by: Dave L. at March 30, 2007 8:44 AMWay to go Ron! That's fantastic! Cheers, Lisa
Posted by: Lisa Hilderbrand at March 29, 2007 11:43 AMRonald: My Websters defines boulevardier as "a person who frequents the most fashionable Parisian locales." Hmmm, Belltown or Paris, I guess than fits you.
Give us the lowdown on Seattle's Best Restaurants.
Congrats, Ron, you deserve it.
Betty
Posted by: Betty Frost at March 29, 2007 6:09 AM