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BITE: My Journal
May 13, 2013
ABC Cocina
We can debate whether or not a gringo has the right...
May 6, 2013
Gung-ho Astoria: MP Taverna
Now Michael Psilakis dares to bring his riff on Greek...
April 29, 2013
Lafayette Anew
No way a box office star like Andrew Carmellini could...
April 22, 2013
Lamb at Lao Dong Bei
All of us in our restless sixsome of hot-head eaters...
April 15, 2013
The Greenwich Project
My cab stops in the middle of what used to be cheap-shoe-and-drug-deal...






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BITE: My JournalMay 13, 2013
Our three foodies love these crispy shrimp with nutty bits of garlic and chili oil.
Our three foodies love these crispy shrimp with nutty bits of garlic and chili oil.

We can debate whether or not a gringo has the right to rethink the empanada on this menu, mostly Latinoish, somewhat Mexican, tamely Spanishesque.... more...


Ask GaelJanuary 5, 2013
Crispy, sweet and peppery Manchurian cauliflower at Tulsi.
Crispy, sweet and peppery Manchurian cauliflower at Tulsi.

HE'S KOSHER. SHE'S VEGETARIAN. WHERE CAN I MAKE BOTH OF THEM HAPPY? Ask for a table veiled with white curtains at Tulsi and explore the vegetarian menu of Hemant Mathur who made his name with Suvir Saran at Devi. Chickpea cake with tart tomato chutney and tangy pineapple relish. Sweet, torrid, garlicky Manchurian cauliflower... more...


FavoritesJanuary 5, 2013

We gather to worship spit-roasted short ribs – a giant slab of blackened ends, fatty fissures and juicy tendrils of meat, gift wrapped with green olives, onion petals, walnuts and horseradish, a tangle of bitter and sharp and sweet… more...