Frank Bruni

"[T]he born-this-way approach carries an unintended implication that the behavior of gays and lesbians needs biological grounding to evade condemnation. Why should it? Our laws safeguard religious freedom, and that’s not because there’s a Presbyterian, Buddhist or Mormon gene. There’s only a tradition and theology that you elect or decline to follow. But this country has deemed worshiping in a way that feels consonant with who you are to be essential to a person’s humanity. So it’s protected...Read Full Story

Who says food in Seattle doesn’t stack up to the Big Apple?  Tune in next week to celebrate a big-time, Emerald City shout-out from the former restaurant critic of the New York Times.   Frank Bruni is a major fan of Revel’s Rice Bowls and is telling the world about them on Monday, September 26, at 9 p.m. on the Food Network’s popular show, The Best Thing I Ever Ate , ‘Messy’ episode. These deep bowls of rice, soy-cured egg yolk and a seasonally rotating selection of meat, fish and tofu...Read Full Story

Openly gay New York Times op-Ed columnist Frank Bruni writes about what he believes is one of the biggest reasons marriage equality finally made it's way to New York state: those who once opposed same-sex marriage had their minds changed by the gays and lesbians in their lives. "Why such widespread backing, from such surprising quarters? One major reason is that the wish and push to be married cast gay men and lesbians in the most benign, conservative light imaginable, not as enemies of...Read Full Story

Former New York Times food critic Frank Bruni picked Revel’s Asparagus Rice Bowl for his segment of Food Network’s show “The Best Thing I Ever Ate.” An example of Revel's delectable rice bowls - photo by Jackie Baisa All of Revel’s rice bowls come with a luscious soy-cured egg yolk, and a variety of other delicious ingredients and flavor combinations including short ribs, with sambal daikon and mustard greens; Albacore tuna, fennel kimchi and escarole; and asparagus with pistachio olive...Read Full Story

A few weeks ago, former New York Times restaurant critic Frank Bruni popped into Revel for lunch during his visit to Seattle. As it turns out, Bruni was working on a story about Seattle’s dining scene (“Seattle, A Tasting Menu”), which was published in the Times this week. Here’s a little snippet on Revel: “During lunch at Revel , a new contemporary Korean restaurant that is like a sleeker, sexier and slightly less accomplished Momofuku Ssam Bar, to use a Manhattan analogy, I had an...Read Full Story