In 1981, Mimi Sheraton, the New York Times restaurant critic at the time, was fed up with tasting menus. Nouvelle cuisine was all the rage, and this new trend, tasting menus (aka the “menu de ...
The tasting menu, the staple format of fine dining, is almost begging you to roll your eyes at it. I’m guessing you’re picturing too many forks in prim rooms with overdesigned bites of food that still ...
Behind the the rise of the sub-$100 tasting menu. In 1981, Mimi Sheraton, the New York Times restaurant critic at the time, was fed up with tasting menus. Nouvelle cuisine was all the rage, and this ...