Manhattan is a narrow island off the coast of New Jersey devoted to the pursuit of lunch.

- Raymond Sokolov

Arthur Rimbaud was a disreputable, mean, ruthless, perverse, hateful wretch. He was also one of the greatest poets who ever lived.

- Raymond Sokolov

Sichuan food would not be Sichuanese without the hot chilies that arrived before 1700 from South America.

- Raymond Sokolov

Only the river is free, always changing but always the same.

- Raymond Sokolov

To the chefs who pioneered the nouvelle cuisine in France, the ancienne cuisine they were rebelling against looked timeless, primordial, old as the h…

- Raymond Sokolov

The noncook is in a helpless position, much like that of the car owner who can’t change a tire and has to depend on mechanics to keep his automobile …

- Raymond Sokolov

Reservations and cloth napkins are really minor pinnacles in the high sierra of the New York lunch. The zenith, the Mount Whitney of lunches, the noo…

- Raymond Sokolov

The Bar Room has a corner table placed strategically at a point diagonally across from the entrance. the table of tables in the setting of settings i…

- Raymond Sokolov