My Gluttonous Night: Eating My Way Through Central Park and DB Bistro Moderne’s Anniversary [NEW YORK]
Posted by thizzfacedisco on December 11, 2011
I pride myself on being counterintuitive, so when New York’s first heat wave arrived with Memorial Day, while everyone else was obsessing about beach bodies and the Hamptons, I decided to leave the east end, drive to the city in a 98-degree fry fest, and strap on a major feed bag.
I started with Taste of Summer, in a massive tent erected near Central Park’s Naumburg Bandshell, which benefited the Central Park Conservancy. After sampling fare from the better half of the 40 participating restaurants, I raced downtown, bloated, sweaty, but yearning with excitement, to the 10th anniversary celebration with Daniel Boulud for his DB Bistro Moderne and the requisite six-course meal.
Somebody has to taste all this food and give you ideas about what to serve besides grilled chicken this summer, don’t they?
I love the Central Park Conservancy. I covered their ladies’ hat luncheon last year and was amazed at how huge and successful it had become since I had last attended. But what is really amazing is to learn that this auxiliary ladies’ lunch group, founded by women who were protesting the decay and neglect of the park’s features, now generates revenues that cover nearly 20 percent of the park’s annual .4 million budget.
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