{"id":20341,"date":"2015-08-14T22:35:30","date_gmt":"2015-08-15T02:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/?p=20341"},"modified":"2015-08-14T22:38:03","modified_gmt":"2015-08-15T02:38:03","slug":"celebrating-volts-7th-anniversary-with-a-maryland-style-backyard-bbq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2015\/08\/14\/celebrating-volts-7th-anniversary-with-a-maryland-style-backyard-bbq\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Volt&#8217;s 7th anniversary with a Maryland Style Backyard BBQ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Irene and I first visited Volt, the restaurant that began Bryan Voltaggio&#8217;s culinary empire, to celebrate the  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/2012\/06\/27\/our-7-course-38th-anniversary-meal-at-volt\/\">38th anniversary of the day we met<\/a>, and since then have returned <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/2013\/09\/30\/dining-with-a-top-chef-master\/\">many times<\/a>, including to check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/2014\/11\/01\/we-finally-make-it-to-table-21\/\">the tasting menu at Table 21<\/a>. But that&#8217;s not the only Voltaggio restaurant we&#8217;ve experienced. I&#8217;ve been to  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/2012\/09\/29\/i-visit-lunchbox-and-complete-the-bryan-voltaggio-trifecta\/\">Lunchbox<\/a>, and we were both present at or near the beginning of both <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/2012\/07\/21\/family-meal\/\">Family Meal<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/2012\/12\/16\/our-pre-opening-preview-night-dinner-at-bryan-voltaggios-range\/\">Range<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Volt381-e1340761640532.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Volt381-e1340761640532-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Volt381\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Volt381-e1340761640532-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Volt381-e1340761640532-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So when I got an email recently announcing that there was going to be a &#8220;Maryland Style Backyard BBQ&#8221; to celebrate Volt&#8217;s 7th anniversary. I immediately knew&#8212;I was in.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the <a href=\"http:\/\/us4.campaign-archive2.com\/?u=116c1f2c06987a035fd3cef42&#038;id=f12aec1263\">menu<\/a> that was promised &#8230; <!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Slowly Smoked Beef Brisket<br \/>\nJamision Farm Lamb Shoulders<br \/>\nCoffee Rubbed BBQ Pork<br \/>\nBeer Can Open Book Farm Chicken<br \/>\nAll served with complimenting traditonal BBQ sides and<br \/>\nproduce from Big White Barn <\/p>\n<p>Steamed Maryland Blue Crabs piled high<br \/>\nEastern Shore Sweet Corn<br \/>\nCrisp Hushpuppies<br \/>\nSteamed Spiced Shrimp<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You wouldn&#8217;t have passed it up either, right?<\/p>\n<p>I alerted various local friends, and so on Wednesday night, we ended up being joined by Karen and Charlie Newton, their daughter and daughter-in-law &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thScottEdelmanNewtons.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thScottEdelmanNewtons-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Volt7thScottEdelmanNewtons\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thScottEdelmanNewtons-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thScottEdelmanNewtons-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thScottEdelmanNewtons-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; as well as a <em>lot<\/em> of other foodies.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version=\"4\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:8px;\">\n<div style=\" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;\">\n<div style=\" background:url(data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf\/\/42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB\/lQPb79drWOyJVa\/DAvg9B\/rLB4cC+Nqgdz\/TvBbBnr6GBReqn\/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I\/fZou\/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/6TTpQNHIv7\/\" style=\" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;\" target=\"_top\">Party on at Volt&#39;s 7th anniversary BBQ celebration!<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A video posted by Scott Edelman (@scottedelman) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2015-08-12T23:25:06+00:00\">Aug 12, 2015 at 4:25pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I started the night with a spicy sausage and baked beans &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thSausage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thSausage-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Volt7thSausage\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thSausage-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thSausage-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thSausage-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; but was soon seduced, as I so often am, by the sight of a brisket being carved.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thCuttingBrisket.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thCuttingBrisket-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Volt7thCuttingBrisket\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thCuttingBrisket-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thCuttingBrisket-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thCuttingBrisket-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And good brisket it was, accompanied by  fried pickles (nice and cripsy), and white bread. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thBrisket.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thBrisket-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Volt7thBrisket\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thBrisket-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thBrisket-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thBrisket-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thBrisket.jpg 1637w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One station over were the ribs, served with potato salad.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thRibs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thRibs-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Volt7thRibs\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thRibs-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thRibs-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thRibs-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thRibs.jpg 1952w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Starting to feel like a barbecue, right? <\/p>\n<p>But wait (as they say in the commercials), there&#8217;s more!  As we sat at a table in what&#8217;s usually Volt&#8217;s parking lot, a server came by delivered us this tray&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thCrabs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thCrabs-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Volt7thCrabs\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thCrabs-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thCrabs-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thCrabs-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thCrabs.jpg 2008w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Look closely and you&#8217;ll see steamed Maryland blue crabs and spiced shrimp, Eastern Shore sweet corn, and hush puppies. Plus a wooden mallet, or course. And once we devoured it all &#8230; along came a second tray!<\/p>\n<p>Even so,  the corn was so good, we needed a little more &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thCorn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thCorn-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Volt7thCorn\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thCorn-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thCorn-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thCorn-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After that, I was off to hit the final three stations, first to grab some Chicken with masa, mole, and crema &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thChicken.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thChicken-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Volt7thChicken\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thChicken-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thChicken-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thChicken-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; followed by a taco with salsa and curtido.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thTaco.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thTaco-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Volt7thTaco\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thTaco-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thTaco-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thTaco-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thTaco.jpg 1319w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I never did snap a picture of the biscuit sliders stuffed with lamb, so those you&#8217;ll just have to imagine. And they were <em>gooooood<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>After all that, the desserts started coming out, beginning with my favorite from Family Meal&#8212;the banana butterscotch parfait.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thParfait.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thParfait-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Volt7thParfait\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thParfait-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thParfait-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thParfait-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next came two kinds of ice cream cookie sandwiches. First up, raspberry ice cream with oatmeal raisin cookies &#8230; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thOatmeal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thOatmeal-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Volt7thOatmeal\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thOatmeal-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thOatmeal-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thOatmeal-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thOatmeal.jpg 1692w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; followed by vanilla ice cream  within chocolate chip cookies. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thChocolateChip.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thChocolateChip-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Volt7thChocolateChip\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thChocolateChip-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thChocolateChip-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thChocolateChip-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thChocolateChip.jpg 2032w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And as the celebration wound down, out came one final bite&#8212;a s&#8217;mores pop which my wife and I nibbled at dusk <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thIreneVartanoffScottEdelman.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thIreneVartanoffScottEdelman-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Volt7thIreneVartanoffScottEdelman\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thIreneVartanoffScottEdelman-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thIreneVartanoffScottEdelman-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Volt7thIreneVartanoffScottEdelman.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Does Bryan Voltaggio know how to throw a party or what?<\/p>\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t just  the food that made the party, but the joy as well. Do you know how many restaurants fail in their first year? As I tried to remember the number while talking with chefs Graeme Ritchie and Scott Muns (50%? 60%?), Ritchie gave the brutally honest answer&#8212;most of them. <\/p>\n<p>Which is why not just the guests, but the entire staff as well, seemed so happy. To have lasted seven years in this business is monumental.<\/p>\n<p>And it turned out there was a coda to our evening, because the following morning, as I skimmed the latest issue of <em>Esquire<\/em>, I found <em>this<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/EsquireBryanVoltaggio-e1439589103280.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/EsquireBryanVoltaggio-e1439589103280-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"EsquireBryanVoltaggio\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/EsquireBryanVoltaggio-e1439589103280-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/EsquireBryanVoltaggio-e1439589103280-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/EsquireBryanVoltaggio-e1439589103280-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Which, I guess, was the universe&#8217;s way of telling me that you can never have too much Bryan Voltaggio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Irene and I first visited Volt, the restaurant that began Bryan Voltaggio&#8217;s culinary empire, to celebrate the 38th anniversary of the day we met, and since then have returned many times, including to check out the tasting menu at Table 21. But that&#8217;s not the only Voltaggio restaurant we&#8217;ve experienced. I&#8217;ve been to Lunchbox, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[221,337],"class_list":["post-20341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bryan-voltaggio","tag-volt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20341"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20375,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20341\/revisions\/20375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}