http://demianrepucci.com content Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:16:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I finally made it to Di Fara Pizza on Friday.  After hearing about it for so many years.  I finally felt pious enough to make the pilgrimage.  Actually, the boss was taking the day off so instead of her hanging around the apartment all day playing games with the mini boss ... http://demianrepucci.com/2010/03/17/restaurant-review-di-fara-pizza/ The 2010 installment of The Armory Show has come and gone.  Hundreds of galleries from around the world all packed tightly together for a few days on the piers jutting out over the Hudson.  A fitting location as it felt like a sort-of sardine cannery for art.  I walked the entirety ... http://demianrepucci.com/2010/03/14/the-armory-show-2010-safe-bet/ I just watched Federico Fellini's 'La Dolce Vita' for the first time.  At the end I was left a little confused.  Why is this movie so revered?  It seemed at first a series of tenuously related vignettes centered around a handsome but vapid guy, Marcello, and his fickle obsession with ... http://demianrepucci.com/2010/03/11/fellini-la-dolce-vita-moral-vacancy/ We recently met some friends at Braeburn for an enjoyable birthday brunch.  It was a sunny day, there was a table big enough for all of us, we weren't being hurried, the conversation was good.  A very nice time.  I wish I could say that I loved the food. The vibe I ... http://demianrepucci.com/2010/03/10/restaurant-review-braeburn-casual-brunch/ I moved into the neighborhood early last year.  It was then not long before I found Sal & Carmine's pizza.  Tucked away in a nondescript storefront on the West side of Broadway between 101st and 102nd Streets, and no more than ten feet wide, it is easy to miss.  And miss ... http://demianrepucci.com/2010/03/05/restaurant-review-sal-carmines-pizza/ The inspiration for chicken pot pie came about because I had one extra pie crust that had to be used up.  After all was said and done I actually had to go out and buy more pie crusts.  Such is the typical way these 'inspirations' go.  Anyway... Butcher a whole chicken.  ... http://demianrepucci.com/2010/03/04/recipe-sketchbook-chicken-pot-pie/