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Tue. 27 Oct '09

People

Mark your calendar for a concentration of culinary talent. Food events are a dime a dozen, and it's no easy task discerning which ones are worth your time. But here's... more
Tue. 27 Oct '09

People

Mark your calendar for a concentration of culinary talent. Food events are a dime a dozen, and it's no easy task discerning which ones are worth your time. But here's... more
Tue. 27 Oct '09

People

Mark your calendar for a concentration of culinary talent. Food events are a dime a dozen, and it's no easy task discerning which ones are worth your time. But here's... more
Wed. 09 Sep '09

Dining

A dining deal celebrates 400 years of Dutch heritage in NYC. A requisite part of living in New York is having a keen eye for good deals. Manhattan itself was once a... more
Fri. 26 Jun '09

Cooking

The city's freshest (and most authentic?) lobster roll. Every summer, a familiar debate runs down the East Coast: What's the proper way to make a lobster roll? Plenty of... more
Fri. 06 Nov '09

People

Enrich your weekend with a special New York Times subscription. When it comes to staying informed, you have the best of intentions. But during the workweek, who has the... more
Fri. 06 Nov '09

People

Enrich your weekend with a special New York Times subscription. When it comes to staying informed, you have the best of intentions. But during the workweek, who has the... more
Thu. 19 Nov '09

Dining

The humble vegetable joins the pastry party. Most home cooks reserve the parsnip for roasting, mashing and blending into soups. But pastry chefs know better: This humble,... more
Tue. 20 Oct '09

Cooking

Brooklyn Brine bends the rules. It's hard to stand out in the city's competitive parade of pickles, but Brooklyn Brine's new whiskey sour is already a principal... more
Fri. 04 Sep '09

Drinks

Don't miss the Manhattan Cocktail Classic preview . While NYC has long been the epicenter of American cocktail culture, we've never had a blowout drinks symposium to call... more
Mon. 09 Mar '09

People

Daniel Humm discovers a new secret weapon. Even the country's best chefs--like Daniel Humm of New York's Eleven Madison Park--are always on the lookout for new ways to... more
Fri. 14 Nov '08

People

The Mast brothers are leading New York's bean-to-bar charge. The status of high-end microbatch chocolate is quickly catching up to its cult coffee counterparts: Mass... more
Tue. 09 Jun '09

Dining

New York's top tables for celebrating another candle on the cake. The best tonic for becoming another year older is celebrating with your group at the perfect party spot.... more
Wed. 21 Oct '09

Dining

Motorino amps up the New York Fold. As New Yorkers, we pride ourselves on a particular way of doing things, and when it comes to pizza we know there's only one method... more
Thu. 01 Oct '09

Cooking

Get your hands dirty at these bucolic farm stays . As our concern about the provenance of our food grows, so does our curiosity about visiting those farms and fields. Get... more
Thu. 17 Sep '09

Dining

Innovative chefs are breathing new life into a tired salad. There's a fragile line between rampant popularity of a worthy dish and its collapse into culinary... more
Thu. 21 May '09

Dining

Let local insiders (and your appetite) be your guide on these culinary field trips. Scratch that Sex in the City bus tour or Duck Boat jaunt off your itinerary: This... more
Wed. 15 Apr '09

Dining

Top chefs moonlight with high-end sandwich shops. The recent spate of spin-off sandwich shops from great chefs proves that everyone can be charmed by the joys of a... more
Wed. 08 Apr '09

People

An online pizza fanatic turns his hobby into a restaurant. When Jeff Varasano moved from New York to Atlanta a decade ago, the hardest part of adjusting was getting used... more
Thu. 26 Feb '09

Dining

A new wine-country restaurant with New York DNA. It's 2,925 miles from western Sonoma County to Manhattan's East Village, but recent transplants Ginevra Iverson and Eric... more
Fri. 06 Nov '09

People

The Gray Lady goes West . It's fun to put a group of San Franciscans and New Yorkers in a room together and watch them battle over coastal supremacy based on the finer... more
Fri. 23 Oct '09

Cooking

A definitive guide to throwing big parties in tiny kitchens. Zora O'Neill and Tamara Reynolds don't place much stock in fancy linens and seating charts. Their idea of a... more
Thu. 10 Sep '09

Dining

This Canadian diner staple is popping up all over . It's official: America has been poutine-ized--and poutine has been Americanized. This Canadian comfort food--a... more
Fri. 21 Aug '09

Drinks

Japan's power citrus is a welcome cocktail alternative. Good bartenders know that the perfect cocktail is all about balance: Nothing makes a drink like the right... more
Mon. 17 Aug '09

Dining

The best of NYC and Paris team up for the ultimate picnic . Food + Feeling = Le Fooding. In the decade since French journalist Alexandre Cammas penned this curious... more
Tue. 04 Aug '09

Dining

Chefs reinvent a decadent bar snack . What could possibly turn the Scotch egg--a cooked egg wrapped in sausage and bread crumbs, then deep-fried--into an even more... more
Mon. 01 Jun '09

Drinks

A new gin blends two British favorites. Is there a more quintessentially British drink than a gin and tonic? Perhaps not at the bar, but afternoon tea is as English as... more
Fri. 15 May '09

Dining

Food truck stars head back into the restaurant . Call it a reverse culinary migration: Across the country, food-truck chefs are curbing their nomadic lifestyles and... more
Tue. 05 May '09

Cooking

Master meat at the grill with Adam Perry Lang. Anyone who thought barbecue books couldn't get any meatier hasn't met Adam Perry Lang. The chef-owner of Daisy May's BBQ in... more
Fri. 27 Mar '09

Drinks

The sweetly sour world of Flemish red ales. Flemish red. Flanders red. Belgian red. The distinctive sweet-and-sour ales of Belgium's West Flanders region go by many... more
Mon. 16 Mar '09

Cooking

Alternative CSAs bring meat, dairy and more to your doorstep. Nothing says springtime in New York like community-supported agriculture. But before you re-up your regular... more
Wed. 14 Jan '09

Cooking

Inside New York's first nose-to-tail meat shop. The new Marlow & Daughters in Williamsburg isn't just the city's most hotly anticipated new butcher shop... more
Tue. 28 Oct '08

Drinks

Dale DeGroff’s new cocktail book updates the classics. Like a poorly crafted drink, most cocktail books are either too watered-down (1001 Pitcher Drinks!) or arcane... more
Mon. 27 Oct '08

Cooking

New York's best Greek market is a one-stop party shop . We expected to find New York's best Greek supermarket in Astoria, but we were truly surprised to discover just how... more
Mon. 20 Oct '08

People

Sake sommelier Chris Johnson picks his favorite rice-wine bars. Chris Johnson is New York's best defense against the sake bomb. Since the early days of the sushi craze,... more
Mon. 15 Sep '08

People

Meet Sebastian Beckwith, top-shelf tea importer and cocktail aficionado . Tastemaker: Sebastian Beckwith, 43, founder of In Pursuit of Tea, a Brooklyn-based tea... more
Fri. 05 Sep '08

People

New York's ice cream wunderkind is no Mister Softee. New York went food-truck crazy this summer (really, one Belgian waffle truck franchise wasn't enough?). And when it... more
Tue. 13 Oct '09

Dining

Fresh sardines are back--and they're good for you. Fresh sardines, once threatened by population decline, are experiencing a rebirth--in large part thanks to their... more
Fri. 09 Oct '09

Drinks

Legendary DEWAR's blended Scotch whisky event comes to Chicago. Blending Scotch whisky is a complex process. Thankfully DEWAR's has had over 160 years of practice. And... more
Fri. 02 Oct '09

Drinks

Learn the art of craft distilling at Tuthilltown Spirits. Nestled in the Hudson Valley, Tuthilltown Spirits--maker of those short, stocky bottles of whiskey--is the first... more
Mon. 14 Sep '09

Cooking

A new apple might outshine the Honeycrisp. Those of us who grew up with Red Delicious apples tucked inside our lunchboxes eventually realized that those glossy,... more
Wed. 09 Sep '09

People

Celebrate the September harvest with a special in-season menu . For us, September is the best time of year to spotlight eating locally. We begin the month savoring the... more
Wed. 19 Aug '09

Cooking

A new book finds the world's holiest food and drink. Bourbon country isn't exactly the Holy Land (unless you worship whiskey), but there, the Abbey of Gethsemani produces... more
Mon. 15 Jun '09

Cooking

Delicious condiments and dressings for a good cause. Everyone loves the thrill of a secret recipe. So when a friend bequeathed Patsy Smith the confidential formula for... more
Tue. 19 May '09

Cooking

Black garlic has chefs going to the dark side. If you didn't know better, you'd assume black garlic spent too much time in the oven. But this little-known ingredient... more
Thu. 14 May '09

Wine

Riesling Week 2009 is here. Why should you love Riesling? Because it smells like summer--like flowers, peaches and limes. Because it's dry. And sweet. And everything in... more
Tue. 12 May '09

Cooking

The Japanese Culinary Center opens its doors--and far-flung offerings. Need a three-foot-wide wooden bowl for cooling sushi rice? How about white-rubber fishmonger boots?... more
Wed. 22 Apr '09

Cooking

Move over maple: There's a new syrup in town. You've poured maple syrup--maybe even molasses--on your pancakes, but few of us Yankees have experienced the wonders of... more
Tue. 14 Apr '09

Drinks

Classic beer brands are reborn with their original formulas. If you visited a Wisconsin beer store last summer, you would have spotted an extinct species. On the shelf,... more
Tue. 24 Mar '09

Drinks

Crop to Cup goes beyond fair trade. Maybe you've bucked the supermarket for the farmers' market, cultivated your own plot of herbs and hopped aboard the fair-trade... more
Tue. 10 Feb '09

Dining

Announcing Tasting Table's Everywhere edition. Dear Tasting Table Subscriber: It's time to branch out. For a few months, we've been your daily source for the best eats... more
Fri. 05 Dec '08

Drinks

At Braeburn, apple cider earns its place next to wine. Although a mug of warm apple cider is the perfect late-autumn warm-me-up, it's not the best pairing for dinner.... more
Wed. 23 Sep '09

Dining

Chefs give Hellenic cuisine its fine-dining due. It happened to Mexican and Indian food. Now Greek cuisine is shaking off its middling associations, thanks to a handful... more
Mon. 06 Jul '09

Wine

Four spots that focus on hands-off wines. Until recently, natural-wine lovers pretty much had to catch a red-eye to Paris to enjoy a glass of manipulation-free Chenin... more
Mon. 04 May '09

Wine

These wine lists proudly fly the American flag . Step into any restaurant in Paris and chances are the wine list will be culled from a 300-mile radius--max. But in New... more
Fri. 20 Nov '09

Dining

This soba and sushi pioneer is still stylish. Restaurant Nippon is beyond classic: Back in 1987, New York Times critic Bryan Miller called it "the granddaddy of Manhattan... more
Wed. 18 Nov '09

Dining

Things are looking up at Hollywood's Osteria La Buca. Good, home-style Italian cooking doesn't always have to come from Mama. And now, with Alberto Lazzarino in the... more
Tue. 10 Nov '09

Cooking

CSKs take farm-fresh delivery to the next level. Now that we've mastered the ABCs of the CSA, get ready to embrace a new acronym in the local food movement: CSK, or... more
Tue. 03 Nov '09

Cooking

Venerated West Coast kimchi comes east. Lauryn Chun thinks her mother makes the best kimchi in the world. She's not the only one: Chun's mother, Young Ja, is the... more
Wed. 28 Oct '09

Dining

Paul Kahan's first restaurant is still breaking ground . Chicago dining has changed so much in the last decade that it's easy to forget how revolutionary Blackbird was... more
Wed. 21 Oct '09

Drinks

Beers that get better with age. Put a bottle of Heineken in your cellar and months later all you'll have is stale beer. But squirrel away a bottle-conditioned beer and... more
Tue. 20 Oct '09

People

Send a better get-well basket . At this point in the season, we all know someone who's down with a cold or the flu, and we want to help him or her feel better--even if... more
Tue. 20 Oct '09

Cooking

A Georgian flatbread specialty changes up the game. When it comes to pizza in this town, there's usually a debate among Californian vs. Chicago deep-dish vs. New York... more
Thu. 01 Oct '09

Wine

Two versatile French wines make their debut in the States. For people like Stéphane Erésué or Thierry Capdemourlin, whose families have owned... more
Tue. 29 Sep '09

Dining

This month's top flavors are out in full force. September's descent upon New York is quick and abrupt. As "out of office" messages appear less frequently and the United... more
Tue. 22 Sep '09

Cooking

A farm-fresh bounty awaits--in Queens. Fall is upon us: The leaves are turning, the air is brisk and apples are ready for picking. But here in the concrete jungle,... more
Tue. 22 Sep '09

Drinks

When it comes to brewing great beer, size doesn't matter. While beer conglomerates like Anheuser-Busch InBev grow bigger every day, microbreweries are shrinking. This... more
Fri. 18 Sep '09

Drinks

Mercadito's cocktail list lets tequila strut its stuff . For years, a great tequila cocktail in Chicago meant a margarita at Frontera Grill. But there's a new list in... more
Tue. 08 Sep '09

Dining

Before the Bowery was trendy, there was this shining star. It's hard to imagine a time when you could walk within 100 yards of a restaurant without tripping over the... more
Tue. 01 Sep '09

Dining

Fonda opens on the sly in Park Slope. It's unclear why New York's Mexican food scene lags behind that of other cities. But Los Angeles can have its legendary taco... more
Thu. 27 Aug '09

Dining

Canada's latest seafood export hits all the right notes. New! Sustainable! Rare! Chefs love to tout these buzzwords on their menus, which is why they've taken to the... more
Tue. 25 Aug '09

Dining

After 50 years, this old-school spot still has its charms . Most people go to Chez Jay for stiff drinks and a basket of roasted peanuts. But what many don't know is that... more
Mon. 24 Aug '09

People

In Brooklyn, backyards go agrarian. We live in the era of the urban homestead, when butchers have groupies and amateur beekeepers make honey on their roofs. But with... more
Wed. 19 Aug '09

Drinks

Patience and fortitude reward this new Red Hook spot. It's not easy to get a liquor license these days. But naming his cocktail-centric café after a fort that... more
Tue. 18 Aug '09

People

Kesté's Roberto Caporuscio has no secrets. Pizzaiolo Roberto Caporuscio grew up near Rome and spent years as a dairy farmer before moving to Naples to work with... more
Fri. 14 Aug '09

Cooking

This new club combines our favorite things: cookbooks and wine. When it comes to book clubs, only one woman's picks have ever mattered. Others tried to capture readers'... more
Tue. 11 Aug '09

Dining

Kajitsu brings Buddhist temple cooking to the East Village. The East Village is already home to one unconventional vegetarian restaurant. And now, just a few doors down,... more
Tue. 28 Jul '09

People

A vintage bar-book collector reprints the classics. In this classic-cocktail renaissance, it's only fair that we honor those early bartenders who paved the way for Corpse... more
Tue. 21 Jul '09

Dining

Korean cuisine's biggest wrap stars . The hullabaloo about Kogi's hybrid Korean-Mexican tacos (pictured), served from roaming trucks across Los Angeles, has reached a... more
Mon. 20 Jul '09

People

Kee's handmade chocolate truffles rule. Truffles, no matter how fancy, aren't really worth eating unless they are made that day. That's one reason why Kee Ling Tong... more
Mon. 20 Jul '09

Drinks

Soda cultists seek out "hecho en Mexico". Since 1985, when the Coca-Cola Company swapped out cane sugar for high-fructose corn syrup in its secret recipe, so-called... more
Wed. 15 Jul '09

People

A Chicago-born Italian makes the city's sweetest lobster roll . Culinary school can provide a valuable education, but going door-to-door in Sicily, begging elderly bakers... more
Mon. 06 Jul '09

Cooking

People's Pops has summer's freshest frozen treats licked. Last summer, Nathalie Jordi and her partners, David Carrell and Joel Horowitz, launched People's Pops under... more
Thu. 02 Jul '09

Dining

Eat, drink (and sleep) like a rock star in Austin. Food generally plays second fiddle at upmarket rock 'n' roll hotels like L.A.'s Chateau Marmont and New York's Chelsea.... more
Mon. 29 Jun '09

Dining

For great pizza, head to Grimaldi's...then keep walking. Grimaldi's, Lucali, Franny's: We adore you. But getting a coveted seat at your illustrious pizza joints has... more
Wed. 24 Jun '09

Dining

Gelato + brioche = the perfect portable snack. Few foods kick-start the day like an eggy brioche--except when the mercury rises. The solution: Shove some gelato... more
Tue. 23 Jun '09

Drinks

Join timeless food and drink disputes at the Patrón Social Club. When it comes to great eating and drinking, we all have opinions. But instead of randomly sounding... more
Wed. 17 Jun '09

Cooking

An ode to the endangered American regional foods. Summer travelers, beware! Road food is endangered--or so say driving denizens Jane and Michael Stern. Known for their... more
Fri. 29 May '09

Dining

Spanish art (and food) at the National Gallery of Art. New York art museums can't rival those in Washington, D.C. in terms of quantity and price (free). But they... more
Wed. 27 May '09

People

Master Sommelier Laura Maniec wants more people to join her ranks. Becoming a Master Sommelier takes the discipline of a professional athlete. Just ask Laura Maniec: The... more
Tue. 19 May '09

Dining

Table 8's pomp can be enjoyed for a pittance. Table 8 has not been starved for attention since it opened in the swank new Cooper Square Hotel earlier this month. But... more
Mon. 11 May '09

Drinks

Danny Meyer picks his favorite cocktails. Danny Meyer's restaurants--Gramercy Tavern, The Modern and Tabla, among others--are so lauded for their food that we often... more
Tue. 28 Apr '09

Dining

Jimmy Bradley's all-occasion favorite celebrates a decade in West Chelsea. "Follow the art." That's what Jimmy Bradley's gut instructed him in 1999, when he chose barren... more
Tue. 21 Apr '09

Wine

The best wine deals are now found at top restaurants--if you know where to look. There's never been a better time to be a wine geek in New York. In this crummy economy,... more
Tue. 21 Apr '09

Cooking

Cook and consume consciously with treats from these eco purveyors. We'll use any excuse to turn a holiday into a food-focused event, especially when it aligns with our... more
Mon. 20 Apr '09

Drinks

Bye-bye, backwoods: Moonshine has gone legit. Moonshine is leaving the holler for the cocktail bar. Once a backcountry black market, the illicit elixir no longer warrants... more
Fri. 17 Apr '09

Cooking

Where to find spring's stinkiest vegetable. April is the cruelest month: We just had to pay taxes and warm weather continues to flirt. But the saving grace is knowing... more
Thu. 16 Apr '09

Dining

Where to eat (and stay) when visiting the Valley of the Sun. Tarbell's Before buzzwords like locavore become common, there were guys like Mark Tarbell, who were already... more
Mon. 13 Apr '09

Dining

Track your favorite food trucks with Twitter. Forget immersion circulators or dehydrators: The latest technology to explode upon the food world is Twitter. Chefs and food... more
Fri. 10 Apr '09

Cooking

If you're claiming locavore status, make sure your flour fits the bill. We're quick to congratulate ourselves for adopting a locavore lifestyle. We buy in-season produce... more
Wed. 01 Apr '09

Drinks

Dolin vermouth will make you rethink your next drink. When's the last time you thought about vermouth? For most people, buying these aromatized wines is a mindless task:... more
Wed. 18 Mar '09

Dining

New York's first (and finest) haute Indian restaurant turns 10. So much has changed in the past decade that it's easy to forget the trail chef Floyd Cardoz blazed when he... more
Mon. 16 Mar '09

People

A new book on oysters is no shell game. Few foods offer as much ground for debate as the oyster: Some say they're good for the libido; others say that's hogwash. You... more
Mon. 02 Mar '09

People

Hudson Valley Fresh does our bodies good. Anyone who's ever spent time on a farm can tell you there's nothing like ultrafresh milk--not straight from the cow, of course,... more
Tue. 24 Feb '09

Drinks

A new book elevates the most essential beverage. We applauded ourselves when we switched from canned soda to flavored water, but then we read that these colorful elixirs... more
Tue. 27 Jan '09

Drinks

Kick off Super Bowl Sunday with the latest canned craft beers . Before you stock up for The Big Game, consider this: While you've been sipping bottled microbrews, craft... more
Fri. 23 Jan '09

Cooking

A sweet-and-savory love affair for Valentine's Day. When it comes to cheese and Valentine's Day, we tend to think of stuffed animals and sappy cards. But cheesemonger... more
Tue. 13 Jan '09

Dining

A new hot spot for after-hours dining. Even in nonstop New York, late-night dining often boils down to a wilted slice of pizza. But in less than a year, The Redhead has... more
Fri. 09 Jan '09

Wine

Discover Beaujolais's serious side. New York wine shops are still awash with leftover Beaujolais Nouveau, the light, fruity wines released en masse in November and meant... more
Fri. 12 Dec '08

People

Jake Dickson brings locally raised protein to your door. Jake Dickson wants to be New York's go-to meat curator. The 29-year-old scours the state's family farms for the... more
Tue. 25 Nov '08

Drinks

Drink what the Pilgrims drank at their Thanksgiving feast: beer. The thought of beer on Thanksgiving might conjure images of your uncle, Budweiser in hand, nodding off as... more
Thu. 09 Oct '08

Wine

A Procrastinator’s Guide to the NYC Wine & Food Festival. This weekend, the New York City Wine & Food Festival invades the Meatpacking District with countless... more
Tue. 07 Oct '08

Drinks

Clover Club gives vintage bowls a new purpose. Once the king of mixed drinks, punch has been relegated to baby-shower status for too long. But now that New York's classic... more
Thu. 18 Sep '08

Dining

Cask beer tasting, oyster bonanza, and a brunch debut. Friday, 9/19-Sunday, 9/21 (noon to midnight)Old-Fashioned Beer TastingNew York′s first Craft Beer Week wraps... more
Tue. 16 Sep '08

Dining

Esca is still a catch for upscale seafood. The soft-spoken sleeper of the Mario Batali-Joe Bastianich empire, Esca is often passed over for its flashier downtown... more
Fri. 12 Sep '08

Dining

Try the East Village's other tiny, chef-driven restaurant. It's a bold move to serve pork buns just steps away from Momofuku. But Jehangir Mehta, a former Jean-Georges... more
Tue. 01 Sep '09

Dining

Young guns shake things up in the Big Easy. New Orleans is full of reliable institutions, but right now, the city's most exciting meals are being cooked in upstart... more
Wed. 05 Aug '09

Drinks

A.M. meets P.M. in these coffee-flavored beers. As we enter a golden age of Grade A coffee and beer (and peak iced-coffee season), it's a no-brainer that brewers are... more
Mon. 13 Jul '09

Dining

Italian-style sushi stages a comeback. Remember Bar Tonno? When Scarpetta chef Scott Conant opened this crudo-centric restaurant in 2004, he wasn't sure if New Yorkers... more
Fri. 27 Mar '09

Cooking

Make Egg's famous buttermilk biscuits at home. It seems as though every restaurant now serves some variety of Southern-style biscuits, but we saw the first signs of New... more
Fri. 06 Mar '09

Drinks

Brewers are rolling out the barrels for high-end beer . In their constant quest for better-tasting beer, more and more brewers are stealing a page from the spirits... more
Wed. 21 Jan '09

People

Jim Lahey reveals his recipe for no-knead pizza dough . Everything about Jim Lahey's new Chelsea restaurant, Co. (short for "company"), is meant to challenge your notion... more
Sat. 06 Sep '08

Drinks

Give the green fairy another chance: Authentic absinthe is back. Since the U.S. lifted its ban on absinthe last year, a blitz of new, authentic liqueur has hit New York.... more
Wed. 24 Sep '08

People

A new sandwich shop and cookbook from chef Sara Jenkins. This fall is shaping up to be a good one for Sara Jenkins: First, her excellent new cookbook, Olives &... more