Archives: July 2008

Rolling the Lunch Dice in Vegas

Posted by: Michael Orey on July 30, Categories:

David Kiley, a Detroit-based correspondent for BusinessWeek, was recently in Las Vegas on business. He provided this report to Working Lunch. One thing of which there is no shortage in...

White Gazpacho

Posted by: Michael Orey on July 29, Categories:

Cold soup at my desk today -- purposefully cold. While it sounds like something Aryan Nations might serve at its summer outing, white gazpacho, like its red cousin, has...

We Just Call it "Pret"

Posted by: Michael Orey on July 28, Categories:

Another sandwich today. This time, a colleague and I went to Pret A Manger, a British chain with a French name that invaded Manhattan eight years ago and now has...

Which 'Wich?

Posted by: Michael Orey on July 25, Categories:

Whoa! I was trying to decide whether to go to Cosi or ’wichcraft for a sandwich today, but the decision was made for me by New York City’s Dept....

Duck Soup

Posted by: Michael Orey on July 24, Categories:

It was a pleasant 73 degrees when I stepped out for lunch today, and what a relief. We’ve endured a lengthy heat wave here in New York, which suppresses my...

When Life Gives You Eggs . . .

Posted by: Michael Orey on July 23, Categories:

I love soft-boiled eggs, don't you? Warm, runny, with that wonderful . . . eggy taste. I usually cut up bits of buttered whole-grain bread and mix them in...

Local Heroes

Posted by: Michael Orey on July 22, Categories:

My weekly trip to the farmers market yielded the makings of today’s meal: *Mozzarella, basil and tomato on focaccia bread *Yellow squash sautéed in olive oil and garlic (lots!),...

Food, what food?

Posted by: Michael Orey on July 21, Categories:

“It’s not easy to do what these women are doing, to walk around and be ogled, even if you have a great body.” So observed my BusinessWeek colleague Mara...

Salad Days

Posted by: Michael Orey on July 18, Categories:

It’s hot out. Oppressively hot. That puts me in the mood for lighter, cooler fare. Not a salad, but a salad bar. There are certainly plenty of those around,...

Seoul Food

Posted by: Michael Orey on July 17, Categories:

There are about 4,000 food carts in New York – that’s the maximum the city will license, and there is a long waiting list in case you’re thinking of...

Haute Tacos

Posted by: Michael Orey on July 16, Categories:

Sometimes being opportunistic is the key to a good lunch, partly because it has the virtue of offering you something unexpected. I had a lunch destination in mind today, but...

Take Your Lunch to Work Day

Posted by: Michael Orey on July 15, Categories:

I decided to brown bag it today, and good thing, too. The baseball All-Star parade is currently proceeding up 6th Avenue, right outside my office, so trying to run out...

Hungry? An introduction to WorkingLunch

Posted by: Michael Orey on July 14, Categories:

As surely as the sun rises in the East and sets in the West, lunch happens sometime in between. While we have no say about the trajectory the sun...