Not bad for a guy whose first movie, the 1987 gorefest "Bad Taste," featured a cast of cheesily costumed aliens and a scene involving an exploding sheep.
Dominating the output of older mavericks, Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master, hypnotic or tedious according to taste, featured Joaquin Phoenix as a troubled war veteran in the 1950s sucked into a dubious religious cult.
Even GBBO itself took a few years to warm up in the ratings, and viewers had little appetite for Channel 4's The Taste, featuring Nigella Lawson, which slipped quietly off the menu last year despite it being a success in the US.
The tasting featured nine French wine experts, and included reputable French vintages like the 1970 Haut-Brion, the 1970 Mouton Rothschild and the 1973 Domaine Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet Les Pucelles.
The walkaround tasting featured offerings from some of the biggest names in the restaurant world today -- New York heavy hitters including Marcus Samuelsson, Missy Robbins, Sara Jenkins, David Pasternack, Daniel Boulud and Marc Forgione all participated in the event, handing out their dishes and prepping alongside their sous-chefs in the blazing July heat.
Sandwiches and salads representing Delta's international destinations, as well as offerings from Michelle Bernstein, Delta's consulting chef, will be sold for $4 from noon to 2 p.m. Tastings Grand Gourmet, a tasting featuring more than 30 of Midtown's best restaurants, takes place from 7 to 9 30 p.m. Thursday at Vanderbilt Hall in Grand Central, 87 East 42nd Street in Midtown East.
A cooking class and olive oil tasting featuring foods recommended for cancer patients and survivors will be Friday from 6 to 8 p.m.
A lecture, cooking demonstration and tasting featuring corn, by Zarela Martinez, is scheduled for Sept. 23 at 6 p.m. at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, 1 Bowling Green (Broadway); free with reservations.
Brooklyn Sets the Table Brooklyn Uncorked, a tasting featuring Long Island wines with food from Brooklyn restaurants, will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. May 13 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, 30 Lafayette Avenue Ashland Placee).
The Saturday program began with a three-hour walk-around tasting featuring the wines of the A Team French winemakers, including Romanee-Conti, the domaines Arlot, Bonneau de Martray, Champy, Chandon de Briailles, Comtes Lafon, Rene Engel, Henri Gouges, Lambrays, Roulot and Roumier.
Moreover, the International Quilt Invitational is curated to global tastes, featuring a collection of quilts that bring to mind a tally of attractions inside a traveler's guidebook.
