Welcome to this episode of À la Carte for The Layman Chef Podcast! I’m back behind the microphone discussing summer recipes to beat the heat (there’s Duke’s mayo involved), $40 cocktails in crystal goblets, the return of Hotel Chelsea, and couple of air conditioned gallery shows to check out between cocktails.

Discussed in this Episode:

Ina Garten’s Shrimp Salad

James Beard Award winning writer Rick Bragg makes me long for the food of the South in My Southern Journey.

Hotel Chelsea returns!

Baccarat Bar

Barbara Kruger at David Zwirner Gallery

The Empire Diner

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