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Fri. 02 Apr '10

Dining

Kinski brings Austrian coffeehouse cuisine to the LES. Those on a caloric budget should walk right past Kinski, the little Austrian coffee shop that opened on the Lower... more
Fri. 28 Aug '09

Cooking

BabyCakes's vegan doughnuts have us deliciously fooled. Who said it's impossible to make a healthy doughnut that tastes as good as the real (fried) thing? We did--and... more
Tue. 09 Dec '08

Drinks

The city’s best hot chocolate comes from the freezer.. Symbiosis is a remarkable thing: Bees have flowers, Tom has Katie, and the Roasting Plant has Il Laboratorio... more
Fri. 11 Dec '09

Cooking

Russ & Daughters' latkes take flight. It’s fun to get down and dirty with some schmaltz and a cast-iron skillet, but sometimes you need a hot latke right now, and... more
Wed. 16 Sep '09

Cooking

Cafe Pedlar (and its awesome pastries) take Manhattan. After mastering the art of understated Italian dining in Brooklyn and Manhattan, the duo behind Frankies... more
Fri. 26 Sep '08

Wine

Pair The Ten Bells’s $1.25 oysters with a crisp Muscadet. With the “r”-less months (May-August) behind us, oysters are now in season. Our favorite new... more
Mon. 26 Apr '10

Cooking

First Prize Pies: from bake-off to business. We were only one bite into a slice of s'mores pie when the name of Allison Kave's burgeoning enterprise, First Prize Pies,... more
Wed. 07 Apr '10

Cooking

Pain d'Avignon is the belle of the breadbasket. Though the LES has no dearth of baked goods, the options have been primarily the carbs of the Old World: matzo, knishes... more
Tue. 16 Mar '10

Cooking

Try this hot new import . Ihsan Gurdal is famous for introducing America to some of the world's great ingredients via his Formaggio Kitchen stores in Massachusetts and in... more
Mon. 15 Mar '10

Dining

Baohaus plays nice with neighbors . Takeout is fast, cheap and (usually) delicious, but it can leave the conscientious consumer wondering: Where do all those ingredients... more
Tue. 09 Mar '10

Dining

A simple staple gets its due. While the general trend of the moment has seen restaurants looking forward into their neighborhoods' futures, the recently opened Meatball... more
Tue. 13 Oct '09

Dining

Lulu and Mooky's makes better ice cream through science. Using liquid nitrogen is a favorite trick among Top Chef contestants and practitioners of molecular gastronomy,... more
Tue. 10 Mar '09

Cooking

Make Cafe Katja's addicting liptauer at home. There are many reasons why Café Katja has become one of our weekly haunts. This 25-seat Austrian restaurant excels at... 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
Mon. 15 Dec '08

Cooking

Stop by Formaggio Essex for one-of-a-kind gifts (and a discount!). Our favorite source for last-minute, one-of-a-kind edible gifts is tucked way in the back of the Essex... more
Tue. 03 Aug '10

Cooking

Thirty percent off hands-on classes at Pizza a Casa. What began as an informal series of pizza-making parties in Mark Bello's tiny Chinatown apartment has grown into... more
Wed. 27 Jan '10

Dining

Straight-from-the-tank fish at Sushi Uo . At 23 years old, chef David Bouhadana may seem too young to be an ambassador for traditional Japanese sushi. But don't let his... more
Wed. 31 Mar '10

Dining

What we'll take with us into April. This time of year, the streets are charged with the anticipatory energy of spring. And this year we've had a cavalcade of delicious... more
Mon. 21 Sep '09

Wine

Italian blends match the durable with the delicate. Penn and Teller, Laurel and Hardy, Axl and Slash: Some of the best duos pair a boisterous front man with a subdued... more
Wed. 06 May '09

Drinks

Midnight is the new 5 p.m. at these late-night happy hours . Happy hour can be both alluring and irritating: Securing cheap drinks is often a race against the clock, as... more
Wed. 11 Mar '09

People

Youthful picks from a budding wine expert. Sarah Krathen may be one of the city's youngest restaurateurs, but she's no greenhorn. She secured her first restaurant job at... more
Tue. 02 Dec '08

Drinks

Three shops where you can booze while you browse for holiday gifts. Elsa Between drinking martinis or microbrews poured through an antique sewing machine, you can be... more
Fri. 28 Nov '08

People

Mark Bello demonstrates how to make restaurant-quality pizza at home. If you think you need a wood-burning oven to make restaurant-quality pizza at home, then Mark Bello... more
Mon. 19 Oct '09

Dining

Explore a world of flavors--on bread . With all the commotion about banh mi lately, you'd think these Vietnamese stuffed baguettes are the only wickedly good... 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
Wed. 28 Jan '09

Wine

The world's best sherry sommelier is right here in NYC. It's official: The best place to drink sherry in NYC is wherever Roger Kugler happens to be. The sommelier at Suba... 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