Holiday Partying

Last night I went to the Chronicle's Food and Wine sections holiday party. I finally got to meet the infamous food critic Michael Bauer. I didn't get to talk to him much, but I got a good first impression. In between the Christmas carol singing and goose force-feeding, I pulled him aside to tell him I thought the engraved 24-karat gold personal utensil set that he wears on a chain around his neck looked really good with his shark fin jacket. He just laughed and wiped the turtle soup off his chin while hanging another ornament on the menorah. I think he was distracted because they were bringing the cow into the living room for the veal carving demonstration.

Anyway, I could really get in trouble for this but I know that nobody reads this blog. Restaurant staff are always wondering what he looks like, so I snapped this candid photo of Michael Bauer at the party. Shh!