April Bloomfield, the woman who gave the middle finger to the high brow/low brow food divide and brought gastropubs to New York, gives us a peek into the culinary empire -- the Spotted Pig, the Breslin, and the John Dory Oyster Bar -- that she and partner Ken Friedman are building. Bloomfield, equal parts badass and secret softie, takes us to her favorite haunts and lays down her philosophy on cooking and life (AKA: don’t be a wuss), wrapping the night with a beautiful blur of pickelbacks and pong at the Breslin.
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