Marja Samsom steps into her elegiac element by recalling the life of her beloved restaurant The Kitchen Club, resurrecting for one final, spirited breath the singular space which, since its closure on its twentieth anniversary, has left an irreparable lacuna in New York's underground and experimental food scene. She discusses the allure of European-Japanese fusion food, white tablecloths and beer and wine licenses to the inhabitants of the just-burgeoning, recently rechristened NoLIta. A poignant tribute to the much-missed New York institution and an invigorating affirmation of the resilience of the mind behind it. But fear not, listeners: Samsom, as always, has been fast on to bigger, better, smaller, wider, odder and more curious things (9 minutes).
