hotsnack: paul & drew - is true! and maison boulud

I just got my March issue of Vogue. This month, resident food writer Jeffrey Steingarten hires Paul Liebrandt to spend two weeks cooking at chez Steingarten to see what it's like to have a private chef. Amidst the stories of cleaning out the kitchen and impromptu dinner parties, he writes..."Paul's new restaurant is more definite than had I imagined; his partner is famed Manhattan restarateur Drew Nieporent." Meaning - Montrachet [via eater].

Further details on Daniel Boulud's Beijing spot. Working title: "Maison Boulud." The Legation Quarter is both the neighborhood, where the 120-seat (with private party rooms) white table cloth French restaurant will reside, and the name of the development partner. If they do open late 2007, that will be trois new spots this year for DB. Do I hear quatre?