Press

2010, Jun 15

Great Wedding Food: Tips from a Newly Married Critic

published in Time

Gluttony tends to be a solo pursuit, which is one reason food writers tend to have more knowledge than friends. No memorable high school drives down to the lake, no going on tour with the Dead, no trips to the All-Valley Karate Final — just an uninterrupted series of shameful and solitary feedings.

2010, May 21

Bread-Obsessed Chef Jim Lahey Prefers Not to Refrigerate His Butter

published in New York Magazine

"I think what's happening now with food is that we're working to find standards," says Jim Lahey, proprietor of Sullivan Street Bakery and chief pizzaiolo at his restaurant Co.

2010, May 5

Entry Level: Forging a Career in Carbohydrates

published in New York Times

"Gemma Matsuyama, 20, a baker at Sullivan Street Bakery, may have been culturally, if not genetically, predestined to end up in the culinary world."

2010, Mar 25

A Guide to the Best Doughnuts in New York

published in Serious Eats

"Over at Sullivan Street Bakery in Hell's Kitchen, the bomboloni, are filled with either vanilla pastry cream or raspberry jam, but are of an entirely different breed."

"...we simply can't get enough of the pure vanilla flavor and luxurious mouthfeel of the bean-speckled filling."

2010, Mar 1

I’m a no knead bread convert

published in austin360.com

"Last year, I waxed on about how much I love baking bread for its long and tedious process, at the heart of which is kneading the dough."

"But the truth is, even though I love the bread-making process, I rarely find time for it outside the occasional weekend baking fest."

2009, Feb 9

Pop: The Question

published in New York Magazine

Jim Lahey on Governor Paterson's recently proposed 18% "obesity tax" on non-diet soft drinks:

"Sex is a great calorie burner; how about tax incentives to have more sex?"

2009, Jan 29