NYC: 2006 Summer Restaurant Week Cuisine Capital of The World 748

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Firstly, thank you for such a civilized & self-buttured response. In a world of touchy-feelies (see Halla, Bear & Jane), your response comes as a breath of fresh air!eheh Well, there's nothing quite like a romantic horse carriage ride through Central Park (world's most famous recreational park - home to Strawberry Fields Memorial), as you stuff your punim with the most diverse-tasting of foods!ehe Speaking of which, when are you Europeans going to finally learn how to make a proper deli sandwich?eh In the Kosher Deli capital of the world (NYC), our sandwiches are stacked like a Cadillac!eheh Unlike you guys, we do not shnorrer the meat! ehehe -D, NYC "Palestine should be as distinctly Jewish as England is English" - CHAIM WEIZMANN (Russian-born Yiddish-British citizen, 1st President of Israel, scientist, saviour of England & Israel).."If an Englishman gets run down by a truck, he apologizes to the truck" ehe - JACKIE MASON (b. Maza, sweet Jew).."{I converted to Judaism} because I wanted to be part of that strong and steadfast tradition that withstood and overcame thousands of years of bigotry and persecution." - SAMMY DAVIS JR.."There's my Jewish brains {pointing to his accountant and financial advisor}. Get those Jewish brains around you - the best in the world" - MUHAMMED ALI.."Perhaps my own personal early background, a thoroughly anti-Semitic culture, enables me to perceive more clearly than most certain realities of Jewish-Gentile relations in the US. Anti-Semites, whether of the truly vicious or almost casual type, perceive Jews as inferior...On the contrary, they are superior" - STEVE ALLEN..."How is it possible this old fellow (Voltaire) should represent the Hebrews in such a contemptible light? They are the most glorious nation that ever inhabited this earth. The Romans and their empire were but a bauble in comparison to the Jews. They have given religion in three quarters of the globe and have influenced the affairs of mankind more, and happily than any other nation, ancient or modern" - JOHN ADAMS, 2nd US President.."The Jews were acquainted with several Arts and Sciences long e'er the Romans became a People, or the Greeks were known among the Nations. Indeed, if the Greeks had been acquainted with the songs of Moses...or the Romans had ever known the odes of David..they would never have spoke of the Jews with so much contempt...I believe I might fairly challenge all the Antiquity of the Heathens, to present us with an Ode of more beautiful sentiments, and greater Elegancy than the Lamentations over Saul and Jonathan" - BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (from an article in the Pennsylvania Gazette).."Send a Salami to Your Boy in the Army" - KATZ'S DELI (est. 1888, NYC, famous WW II slogan).."I'm going to marry a nice Jewish woman because I like the idea of getting up on Sunday morning and going to the deli" eh - MICHAEL J. FOX.."I went from St. Claire shores and drink specials at Winners..to New York City and $700 dinners" - KID ROCK.."If food were a compebreastive sport, New York City would have more gold medals than anywhere else in the world" - TRACY NIEPORENT, Myriad Restaurant Group-NYC & Company Restaurant Committee Chair.."New Yorkers spend $11 billion a year eating out, making NY the restaurant capital of the world" - JANE'S NY: RESTAURANTS (NBC 4 NY - World Headquarters at Rockefeller Center - hub of broadcasting: home to Dateline, Nightly News with Brian Williams, SNL, The Today Show, Late Night With Conan O'Brien).."I think NY restaurants sets a trend for the rest of the world. There's no other place that has the diversity and the experience of the chefs and restaurants that NYC has" - STEPHEN P. HANSON, P.R. Guest Restaurants.."I am constantly impressed by the number of restaurants that open in NY in a year..even a month's time. The quality..the fact that there's such a huge community that supports these new restaurants" - BARBARA FAIRCHILD, Bon Appebreast.."NYC - 8 million or so people..5 boroughs..international mix of people..it has been the hubbub of nightlife activity and restaurants for 50-100 years"

- JAMES OLIVER CURY, Time Out Magazine.."Bagels are doughnuts with a college education - and the college is probably Yeshiva!" eh - LEO ROSTEN.."Jews always know two things - suffering and where to find great Chinese food!" eh - MY FAVORITE YEAR, 1982.."Roumanian-Yiddish cooking has end more Jews than Hitler" - ZERO MOSTEL (umpteenth sweet, Jewish NYer).."New York City is the central home for this entire

planet. The Olympics draws contestants from all countries. Wherever they come from we've got a family for them, a neighborhood for them, a group who speak their language, cook their food, support their religion, understand their needs. We have someone for everyone" - JUDGE

JUDY (umpteenth sweet, Jewish NYer).."They say it's (New York) the greatest city in the world, and I think it is!" - ELLEN DEGENERES (LATE

SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN).."I moved into my apartment Sept. 10. In one

day I saw the worst but also the best of New York. Its people are glorious, marvelous. The best. First-run movies? We got it. Tops in theater? We got it. Ballet, opera, circus, concerts. More culture here,

more in the way of arts than anywhere in the world. New York is the Athens of today" - MATT DAMON.."If I'd lived in Roman times, I'd have lived in Rome. Where else? Today America is the Roman Empire and New York is Rome itself" - JOHN LENNON (one of NY's most famous adoptive sons, Strawberry Fields Memorial,Central Park - world's most famous recreational park).."In New York, even if you're Catholic, you're Jewish. If you live in Butte, Monatana, you're going to be Goyish, even

if you're Jewish!" eh - LENNY BRUCE (b. Leonard Alfred Schneider, umpteenth sweet, Jewish NYer).."Los Angeles is for those who sleep, Paris and London baby you can keep, no other city will make me dance like New York" -MADONNA.."You know those lights were bright on Broadway..But that was so many years ago...Before we all lived here in Florida...Before the Mafia took over Mexico..They sent a carrier out from Norfolk..And picked the Yankees up for free..They said that Queens

could stay...They blew the Bronx away...And sank Manhattan out to sea" - BILLY JOEL (umpteenth sweet, Jewish NYer - one of the Top 100 selling

artists of all-time) Sagaponack, NY - Hamptons; NY - NY State & NYC appear 20+ more times) most creative Jewish community in the world) 35 - NY, NY) Plaza Hotel, NY, NY) NY) Times Square) Live In: #1 - NYC - most expensive) Synagogue - Guinness World Record holder) NY) than anyone else?) World) what of it?)