(Thou. Shalt. Not. Manscape.) Thou shall have no other gods before me Ya gotta love Christian theology: they put the big one up front. Don’t even think of listening to anyone but me! I am the oracle. The master. The Obi–Wan/Yoda to your Luke Skywalker. No matter what the rest of them say, they’re wrong […]

Being John Curtas

07.12.2024

Major Awards 2024 — Being John Curtas

It’s award season, and true to yearly form, our wits are sharpened, appetite is keen, and patience at an end. So buckle up, pilgrim… Best Restaurant That’s Closest to My House: Le Thai 2 Best Restaurant That No One Goes To: Jamon Jamon Woodfired Best Restaurant That’s So Crowded No One Goes There Anymore: […]

Being John Curtas

18.01.2025

Dining Old School in the New London — Being John Curtas

The food in London is getting better, the British are always declaring. “Yeah,” a cynical friend texted us as we boarded our non-stop to Heathrow, “but people have been saying that for thirty years.” Both statements are true. Londoners haven’t been hidebound by pub grub, bad mutton and boiled beef since the Seventies, but no […]

Being John Curtas

25.08.2025

The List - Where We're Eating and Why — Being John Curtas

(If people could read my mind…I’d get punched in the face a lot) It’s been a minute, hasn’t it? Seven months to be precise. Lots of travel (Scotland, Rome, London, Venice, Milan, Vancouver, Nantucket, Connecticut – just to name a few stops) since last we posted something, but we haven’t been idle, even if we […]

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The 10 Commandments of Dining...and then some — Being John Curtas

Major Awards 2024 — Being John Curtas

Dining Old School in the New London — Being John Curtas

The List - Where We're Eating and Why — Being John Curtas

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