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What a day for an orange daydream 2008-04-14 10:30:16 Though Spring is still playing peekaboo with the Northeast, a recent warm day seemed like a splendid occasion to try Reben Luncheonette’s Morir Soñando. After all, last year Saveur listed it as one of only two Gotham food highlights. Furthermore,...
Greece is the way we are feeling 2008-04-12 14:44:31 The Hermes Expo held a Greek food and wine tasting at the Park Lane this past Thursday to kick off this weekend’s Greek-and-American Business Exhibition at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City. Here are some of the highlights from... Read more:Greece
The Little Bistro Marchés on 2008-04-07 21:01:21 The recent Dine In Brooklyn week afforded me the perfect occasion to try Le Petit March
é, a relative newcomer to North Brooklyn Heights—an area where only the strong survive. Nearly a year-and-a half old, this little Gallic bistro is the... Read more:Bistro
Water that Rose to the occasion 2008-04-06 18:05:18 My first visit to Rose Water came several years ago, shortly after it opened. Union Street had been torn up, and thus encumbered both vehicular and pedestrian traffic. Dust, noise, and other unpleasant side effects of construction seemed to foster...
Getting Your Fixe 2008-04-03 09:37:42 The recently concluded Dine In Brooklyn event reminded me just how much I enjoy Restaurant “Weeks.” Fortunately, by featuring affordable prix fixe menus, eateries can extend the idea year-round. This allows restaurants to showcase certain dishes at a bargain price...
Eating, drinking, and (dubious) taste 2008-04-02 14:36:22 I’ve been consuming comestibles for some time now, but have seldom written about it—a longtime eater, first-time blogger, you might say. The prospect of sharing my ruminations worldwide undoubtedly exceeds the boundaries of good taste
and common decency and is... Read more:dubious
Where does your food come from? 2008-03-31 11:53:03 Where to begin? I’ve given much consideration to the subject of my first post. Should it be a fairly new restaurant in my neighborhood about which nothing has yet been blogged? (Soon, maybe, but not first.) Or perhaps a well-known...
Loire What You Drink 2008-04-18 15:41:01 The folks at the Loire Valley Wine Bureau knew what they were doing when they scheduled their road show and tastings for this month. As the weather becomes warmer, thoughts turn to birds, bees, and booze, er, springtime quaffs. What... Read more:Drink
The Beef in Bensonhurst and Bay Ridge 2008-04-30 15:27:50 “It is what it is.” Nowhere is that sentiment more apropos, perhaps, than at John’s Famous Deli in Brooklyn. And no other place epitomizes Bensonhurst more than does the self-proclaimed “hero king,” who rules within the shadow of the elevated...
The Icemen Coneth 2008-05-02 11:18:41 Opened roughly a decade ago by two brothers from Buenos Aires, Cones dishes up excellent handmade Argentine-style ice cream. Raul and Oscar D’Aloisio’s frozen wares have the consistency of gelato and come in some two dozen flavors including creamy zabaglione,...
Here Comes the Grom 2008-05-02 08:51:56 Grom founders Guido Martinetti and namesake Federico Grom started their first gelato venture five years ago in Torino (Turin). Since then, they’ve added more than a dozen stores in northern Italy. Last year, they opened the first Grom outside Italy...
Spanish Sole Food 2008-05-05 09:49:45 The dining room and bar haven’t changed much since my first visit to El Charro Español more than a decade ago. The décor in this West Village Spaniard looks as though it hasn’t undergone significant modification over the last half-century... Read more:Spanish
BX Hits the Spot 2008-05-09 12:07:40 I found one of my favorite sandwiches at a little Vietnamese shop on the northern fringes of Brooklyn’s Asian community in Sunset Park. Ba Xuyên’s bánh mì (bun-MEE) convinced me that east had conspired with west to produce a superb...
Finis Coronat Opus (One) 2008-05-18 19:38:30 Here’s to the man who changed how the world regards (and drinks) Californian wines. Robert Mondavi died at his home in Yountville, California this past Friday at the age of 94. James Laube’s article in Wine Spectator affords a thorough...
A Week to Pickle Your Fancy 2008-05-23 16:17:22 If you're in a somewhat sour mood, this is your week. That's right, it’s International Pickle
Week! Were you aware that the cucumber was the first vegetable ever pickled? Or that Americans consume more than five million pounds of pickles... Read more:Fancy
Set Your Wallet Back to 1978 2008-05-22 19:42:11 When was the last time you had a beef burger for $1.20 or a tuna sandwich for just 50 cents more? How about a cup of tea or coffee for 35 cents? Was it 30 years ago? To celebrate their...
The Downtown Food Chase 2008-05-24 21:33:56 Last Wednesday at Chase Plaza, the Downtown
Alliance held its tenth annual Dine Around Downtown™, a gathering of 50 eateries from Lower Manhattan. These ranged from the old standbys like bar food from Jim Brady’s to extravagant venues such as...
Feed Your Memories 2008-05-26 16:10:52 Memorial Day allows us to devote a little extra time to reflect upon the loved ones who are no longer with us. So many memories can be triggered by sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and touches. Each of us has different...
Carrying Coals to Morris Park 2008-06-02 13:01:12 As a child, I took for granted that pizza was baked in an oven. Since then, however, pizza preparation has become far more varied. On a recent visit with my family in the Bronx, I had occasion to try a... Read more:Morris
Sanctuary’s Quite the Teas 2008-06-05 22:04:54 How about some refreshing iced tea on a hot day? If you’re in SoHo, consider stopping by Sanctuary
T to celebrate their first annual Iced Tea Festival. From now through 10 June, you can sample up to five of their...
Marco Polo Turns 25 2008-06-07 13:52:09 Last Tuesday marked the silver anniversary of Marco
Polo Ristorante. To celebrate, the famed Italian eatery is offering a three-course, prix fixe menu: $19.83 for lunch and $25 for dinner (to commemorate their inaugural year and their years in business,... Read more:Marco Polo
Keeping Apace with the Tempo of Park Slope 2008-06-14 09:22:47 Gastronomically speaking, there wasn’t much to recommend this part of Park Slope
less than a decade ago. Pioneers like Cucina, Al di Là, and the erstwhile Vaux changed all that and paved the way for what has become a restaurant...
Have a Swede Solstice 2008-06-17 08:44:09 Scandinavians know a thing or two about celebrating the summer solstice. This Friday, 20 June, you can join the celebration of this year’s longest day at the annual Swedish Midsummer Festival in Lower Manhattan's Battery Park City from 5 to... Read more:Solstice
These Boots are Made for Eatin' 2008-06-28 11:05:00 Edible boots? Yes, in a way, if you're talking about geographical shapes. With a menu influenced by dishes from Louisiana and Italy, Two Boots
Brooklyn is aptly named. Of course, the name could also imply a neighborhood place in which...
Lowly Mole 2008-06-26 10:47:06 My travels often take me up the Merritt Parkway, through Connecticut. For various reasons, High Ridge Road (Exit 35) in Stamford is a convenient stopover for me. Olé Molé, a little Mexican place not far from the off-ramp, had been...
Countdown to Red Hook Food Vendors 2008-07-12 11:25:29 The wait is almost over. The unofficial start date of the 2008 season for the Red Hook food vendors is Saturday, 19 July. The much-publicized delays have been due to compliance issues with the Department of Health. Let's hope there...
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, Vendors
Storm These Bastille Day Events 2008-07-11 08:29:18 Liberté, Égalité, and Fraternité will be celebrated slightly early in Gotham this year. Manhattan On Sunday, 13 July, from 12 noon till 6pm, everyone is invited to celebrate Bastille Day on 60th Street, New York's "street fair with French flair."...
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The Arabian Days 2008-07-09 22:43:24 Today marks the beginning of Arab-American Heritage Week. What better time to celebrate the heritage and sample the food of this rich culture? On Saturday, 12 July, from 10am till 7pm, the 6th Annual Arab-American and 10th Annual North-African Cultural...
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Comestevents for July 4, 2008 2008-07-03 18:39:42 If a cookout or picnic is not on your schedule for this Independence Day, you may wish to try one of the following big food events: The Great July 4th Festival This annual street fair features various ethnic foods as...
A Visit to Lake Wobegon in the Berkshires 2008-06-29 22:42:48 Owing to a tight schedule yesterday, we hadn’t time for Café Bœuf or even the Chatterbox Café. Instead, we picked up some Powdermilk biscuits, catchup, and Beboparebop Rhubarb Pie at Ralph’s Pretty Good Grocery, and enjoyed them under the Koussevitzky...
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