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Blanca: Counter Indicated
Costata: Any Way You Slice It
Melibea Cruising
Cherry Fizz
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Feeding the Folks: Where to Go
Where can I take my 13-year-old to sample New York’s best food without breaking the bank?
A place to celebrate “just married” for two wine professionals who’ve eaten everywhere.
Where should we eat before or after the theater?
Where can my artist friend take his new gallery director for breakfast in the West 50s?
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Big City Almond
10 Downing At Last
I Did It My Vai
Compass Gyrations
The Most Important Restaurants in Forty Years
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Fabulous Desserts By My Friends
10-minute Hot Weather Recipes: Tricks of Great Chefs
A Collection of My Twitters
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Inn at Little Washington
Hamptons: Eating Well Is the Guest’s Revenge
How to Speak Sushi: Hot Tokyo Addresses
Sri Lanka: Stalking the Big Blue
Tuscany Without Brakes
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BITE: My Journal
June 17, 2013
Blanca: Counter Indicated
I was in a major sulk all day. Who eats dinner at 6...
June 10, 2013
Costata: Any Way You Slice It
It did occur to me that maybe Michael White’s new showcase...
June 3, 2013
Melibea Cruising
“A Study in Tomato.” A smart-ass dish...
May 27, 2013
Cherry Fizz
There’s nothing subtle about Cherry, the newish subterranean...
May 20, 2013
In the Nabes
I think I’m properly sensitive to the lament of friends...
Insatiable, The Book
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February 1, 2011 | Short Order
Shelly Fireman opens Brooklyn Diner in Dubai
Will strawberry cheese cake and pastrami have legs in Middle East?
January 6, 2011 | Short Order
Shun Lee to do Nixon’s actual 1972 dinner to mark Met Opera’s “Nixon in China” in February.
Michael Tong did Nixon banquet menu 40 years ago and wasn’t totally thrilled...
December 11, 2010 | Short Order
Our Reporter Explores Popbar’s Latest Shtick
Downsized Popbars for carryout only by Alissa Merksamer
December 1, 2010 | Short Order
Fairway Manager/Urban Thoreau reflects on grocery wars.
Anatomy of Fairway Café Protest as seen from the floor...
November 29, 2010 | Short Order
Shea Gallante’s new Ciano channels the spirits with rosemary
Chef Cesare Casella once ruled Beppe with a rosemary sprig in his pocket.
November 26, 2010 | Short Order
Michael “Bao” Huynh signs on as partner to cook Vietnamese-French at Covet in midtown
Miami Clubman Eric Milon hopes Huynh will be a draw on East 55th Street.
November 23, 2010 | Short Order
Mahjong dim sum opens Saturday in old Cascabel Taqueria space
Will dumpling parlor next door cramp venerable Pig Heaven’s style?
November 23, 2010 | Short Order
For sale: vintage folk art, collectibles, early New York magazines
An Insatiable Collector runs out of Display space...
November 22, 2010 | Short Order
Waste Not Cranberry Sauce Sorbet by Rozanne Gold
The author of Radically Simple can’t resist leftovers.
November 22, 2010 | Short Order
Grandma’s Skillet Cornbread by Suvir Saran
Frozen corn kernels will work in winter.
November 11, 2010 | Short Order
Tabla “Goats” Out with a Bang
A Long and Delicious Goodbye from Floyd Cardoz
October 26, 2010 | Short Order
Is Michael Huynh desperate or brilliant? Taste his quesadilla.
The mini-mogul from Saigon does mole chicken wings and bimbibao taco.
October 25, 2010 | Short Order
Postcard from Vicki Polon in Puerto Rico: Hidden Treasure
You need a friend to alert you to Jose Enrique’s vibrant eats...
October 19, 2010 | Short Order
“American Cookery” by James Beard evokes memories
In the beginning there was Beard.
October 18, 2010 | Short Order
Dan Dorfman rages when Sapori D’Ischia won’t serve water
Truffles are $80 an ounce but Queens restaurant refuses to serve tap water.
October 15, 2010 | Short Order
Oren Simon backs out on buying lease for Ed Brown’s failed Eightyone
Deadline ends Brown’s chance to recoup losses. Landlord claims Brown’s kitchen gear.
October 4, 2010 | Short Order
Judith Zabar paints pears and and mangoes
Discovering the other life of Judith Zabar.
September 27, 2010 | Short Order
Half launched FoodParc is a gourmandlich retreat for techies
Pastrami egg roll and cheddar-apple-bacon on Eli’s croissant tempt grazers.
September 25, 2010 | Short Order
Mad. Sq. Mark't offers organic pretzels, cannoli and grilled lamb sandwiches
Neighboring restaurants go Al Fresco to lure Park grazers.
September 13, 2010 | Short Order
Family ties call Ed Brown back to Restaurant Associates Wednesday
Loss of Restaurant 81 sends Brown back to RA as Senior VP of all Food and Beverage.
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