[Show as slideshow] The next time someone tells you what great pasta some Eye-talian restaurant has, we suggest you dial up this website, show them these pictures, and then ask if what they’re raving about is even in the same league as the noodles put forth every night by B & B Ristorante . With only a few exceptions: Valentino , Fiamma , NOVE , Sirio …they won’t be. Our recent meal there (courtesy of our favorite ‘cuz... 

[Show as slideshow] In what is the last big foodie event of the season, Emeril Lagasse’s Carnivale du Vin kicked off last night at Lagasse Stadium at The Palazzo with a panoply of epicurean professionals hobnobbing amongst themselves whilst a few friends and fortunate media (like ELV and his staff ) mixed amongst them like kids in a kandy store. And it’s one thing to get Joachim Splichal , Nancy Silverton , Mario Batali , Sam Choy...