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Tue. 15 Sep '09

Cooking

Food52 puts your recipes in the spotlight--and in a cookbook. They say that “two cooks in the kitchen will spoil the broth,” but that’s not necessarily... more
Wed. 12 Aug '09

Cooking

Learn to make your favorite restaurant recipes at home. You've pulled apart the fluffy, buttery monkey bread at The Bristol. You've swooned over the way Schwa's quail egg... more
Wed. 11 Nov '09

Cooking

Let McCormick Gourmet Spices enliven your meal. In the budding stages of the holiday season, it's a time when home cooks dig out their sauce-stained, dog-eared recipe... more
Tue. 25 Aug '09

Cooking

Grandma's recipes (and oven) live on in Williamsburg . Recently, pizzas have been all the rage in Brooklyn, from Bushwick to Bed-Stuy, but let's not forget the other kind... more
Wed. 27 May '09

Cooking

A new book lets you stock your larder with homespun staples . The DIY movement has been taking over the country one hand-knitted scarf at a time. It was inevitable that a... more
Wed. 10 Dec '08

Cooking

Visit Bonnie Slotnick for rare and vintage cookbooks. With Black Friday past and only a couple of weeks left to shop, it's a challenge to find unique, inexpensive gifts... more
Wed. 14 Oct '09

Cooking

A DIY guide to your favorite candies, sweets and confections. Had our early experiences not been marred by giant, tooth-shattering popcorn balls, we would have begun... more
Wed. 11 Nov '09

Cooking

A new book helps you cook for guests on special diets . The scene is familiar: You invite a crowd over for dinner, only to learn that their diverse dietary restrictions... more
Wed. 30 Sep '09

Cooking

A cookbook legend tackles dinners for one. It's fun to cook for a crowd. But when Americans eat at home alone, many of us--the folks at Tasting Table included--tend to... 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
Thu. 13 Aug '09

Cooking

The definitive guide to Asia's favorite finger food . In her first book, Into the Vietnamese Kitchen, author Andrea Nguyen demystified authentic Vietnamese cuisine. With... more
Tue. 04 Aug '09

People

Ani Phyo slips superfoods into dessert. If someone said eating more dessert would be good for you, would you believe them? In her third cookbook, Ani's Raw Food Desserts,... more
Tue. 17 Nov '09

Cooking

Barbara Lynch gets a smart soapbox. There are many reasons to genuflect in Barbara Lynch's direction. The accomplished chef has introduced Boston to modern fine dining... more
Wed. 28 Oct '09

People

Inside the Momofuku book, plus a bonus recipe. Given the hype, David Chang and Peter Meehan's Momofuku is slimmer than you'd expect it to be. It's not one of those... more
Thu. 22 Oct '09

People

Jamie Oliver: Teach a man to (cook) fish. Most TV chefs have failed--miserably--when it comes to using their celebrity status to help Americans eat more... 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

Cooking

Recipes from San Marino's favorite neighborhood bistro. When new restaurateurs need a recipe for success, they need look no further than neighborhood mainstays like San... 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. 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
Tue. 03 Mar '09

Cooking

A new cookbook for low-tech bakers. In these strapped-for-cash times, even noncooks are heading into the kitchen to test their culinary skills. It's a state of affairs... more
Wed. 04 Nov '09

Dining

The Redhead does brunch. At some point, The Redhead may have been your neighborhood secret, but that's no longer the case. One dish alone--fried chicken--pulled chef Meg... more
Mon. 26 Oct '09

Drinks

A new guide to mixing organic, eco-friendly cocktails . You don't want pesticides in your meat or vegetables--why shouldn't you set the same standard for your martinis... 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
Wed. 16 Sep '09

Cooking

Can't score a reservation at Schwa? We'll help you bring the restaurant home. . With loud music, frenetic chef-servers and fine-dining-worthy food, Schwa ranks among the... more
Wed. 10 Jun '09

Drinks

At Raines Law Room, the party's in the back. When this post-modern speakeasy thing fades (possibly sooner than expected, thanks to the Gray Lady), we expect its... 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
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. 22 Apr '09

Cooking

A New Orleans chef keeps regional dishes alive. In Cajun country, a standard breakfast is cheesy eggs and spicy boudin sausage, chased with dark chicory coffee. Good luck... 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
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
Mon. 16 Nov '09

People

Red Truck Bakery is worth a detour. For years, Brian Noyes dealt in fonts and pixels as the art director of high-end glossies like House and Garden and Smithsonian... more
Fri. 06 Nov '09

Drinks

Leopold Bros. restores the cranberry's cocktail cred . When it comes to cocktails, cranberries have had a tough go of it. Last decade's Cosmopolitan craze has left most... more
Tue. 29 Sep '09

Dining

Hot tastes for cooler nights. Summer, sadly, is over. But September brought us a whole new set of delicious things to do. Here are a few extra helpings to start the new... more
Wed. 09 Sep '09

Drinks

Fever-Tree's new ginger beer adds a wallop of flavor to drinks. Now that bucks, mules and the ever-popular Dark and Stormy have become cocktail menu fixtures, the demand... 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
Thu. 20 Aug '09

Cooking

Let Julie & Julia inspire you. A great food film makes its audience want to immediately run home and cook something. But none have made viewers want to cook something in... 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
Fri. 31 Jul '09

Dining

We've been keeping these treats cool for you. Summer's the time for ice cream, tomatoes, the lake, cocktails and cold beer. Sound good? Here's how to make it all happen... more
Wed. 01 Jul '09

People

A homemade ketchup that bests store-bought brands. When Maria Hines (pictured) couldn't find a reliable organic ketchup to serve at her highly seasonal Seattle restaurant... more
Fri. 05 Jun '09

Cooking

Despaña gives takeout a Spanish accent . Soho's Despaña is without a doubt the city's best resource for anyone trying to cook the best of Spain at home.... more
Fri. 01 May '09

Cooking

Culture your own curds with this easy home recipe. If the apocalypse should come, Brooklyn could sustain itself deliciously: The borough already produces chocolate, beer,... more
Fri. 24 Apr '09

Cooking

Cooking soft-shell crabs doesn't have to be hard work . Every delicacy has its flaw: chocolate is fattening; truffles are outrageously priced; and crabs are a hell of a... more
Wed. 29 Oct '08

Cooking

Sukhadia’s offers an exotic alternative to tired Halloween treats . This Halloween, your seasonal sweet tooth deserves something tastier and more unexpected than... more
Wed. 22 Oct '08

Drinks

The Chestnut Bar proudly puts a mistake on its menu. Few bartenders will admit it, but accidents and happenstance create just as many cocktails as patient trial and... more
Mon. 16 Nov '09

Cooking

Tasting Table's guide to a triumphant Thanksgiving . We cherish the entire Thanksgiving experience: the flurry of preparation, the familiar smells, the good company and,... more
Mon. 02 Mar '09

People

Chris Cosentino turns his nose-to-tail wisdom to seafood. San Francisco chef Chris Cosentino is known for using every last vestige of the animals he cooks at his Italian... more
Wed. 18 Nov '09

Drinks

Cocktails take the stage in Prospect Heights . Nightlife in Prospect Heights may be thriving at spots like cocktail haunt Weather Up and the burger-slinging Soda Bar... more
Wed. 11 Nov '09

Cooking

Move over, cranberry sauce. For second-generation pickle maker Greg Kruegermann, the perfect Thanksgiving condiment is tangy-sweet and spiced with buttery chunks of... more
Wed. 11 Nov '09

Cooking

Make Bin 36's classic wine-friendly dish at home. Some consider pairing wine with food a work of art. Others simplify, e.g.: red with meat; white with fish; "grows... more
Fri. 30 Oct '09

Dining

Spastic weather aside, October has been a delectable month. The leaves have since changed, but these October bites are just as good as they were the first time around.... more
Mon. 26 Oct '09

Drinks

A new book spotlights the craft-beer explosion. The streets are flowing with artisanal beer these days, so it's about time we understood what we're drinking. Thankfully,... 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
Fri. 23 Oct '09

People

A West Coast cocktail whiz lands in Manhattan. Any bartender in the city would jump at the chance to work with Daniel Boulud. But when it came time to pick the bartender... more
Fri. 23 Oct '09

Cooking

Seasonal homemade preserves from your local French café. When you walk into Little Next Door on West Third Street, a wall full of gorgeous jarred jams greets you.... more
Wed. 14 Oct '09

People

Katy Noochla-or's roots run deep in the L.A. dining scene. Growing up in her parents' Thai restaurant on Fairfax Avenue--Chao Krung, open since 1976--it's not surprising... more
Mon. 12 Oct '09

Cooking

A new cookbook celebrates Campanile's family-night menus . If you've been to Campanile for fried chicken or beef bourguignonne on Monday nights, you know just how good a... more
Thu. 08 Oct '09

Cooking

The star chef chronicles a new era in NOLA dining. Chef John Besh's new (and hefty) cookbook, My New Orleans, isn't what you'd call linear: Its 16 chapters jump from... more
Tue. 29 Sep '09

Dining

Eat and drink through the shoulder season. September is always a blur. The month marks the end of summer, with a swift return to school, work and routine--and then all of... more
Tue. 22 Sep '09

Cooking

A local urban garden shares its bounty. Silver Lake Farms started selling beautiful, organic flowers from its urban garden in 2004, but when owner Tara Kolla learned it... more
Mon. 21 Sep '09

People

Paul Virant stores the season in a mason jar. There are no skeletons in Paul Virant's closet--just mason jars. Nearly 5,000 of them, in fact. Virant is known for the... 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
Mon. 14 Sep '09

People

Missy Robbins brings her peerless pasta to the UWS . Missy Robbins has never been one to shy away from a challenge. When she was asked to move here last fall from... more
Fri. 11 Sep '09

Cooking

Ground cherries are the season's best-tasting identity crisis . Today's market-goers are versed in grape varietals, wild strawberries and alternative salad greens... more
Tue. 01 Sep '09

Cooking

Find seasoning inspiration at SoCal's newest Penzeys Spices. You can drive all over town to the different ethnic markets for unique spices and seasonings, or you can get... more
Fri. 28 Aug '09

Drinks

A Swedish potato vodka is converting the skeptics. Vodka is the Coldplay of the spirits world: Cocktail experts like to decry it as overhyped, overplayed and... more
Wed. 26 Aug '09

Dining

Joseph Leonard turns a holiday favorite into a year-round fixture. Every holiday season we look forward to one thing more than all the gingersnaps and snowballs in the... 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
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
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
Fri. 07 Aug '09

Cooking

The people have spoken--and Rick's Picks has answered. Rick Field of Rick's Picks has a simple way of dreaming up his innovative, wildly addictive pickles: He asks... more
Wed. 05 Aug '09

Drinks

An old liqueur learns some new tricks. Limoncello, the sweet Italian lemon liqueur from the sunny Amalfi Coast, is too cloying for some. But John des Rosiers swears it's... more
Mon. 03 Aug '09

Cooking

TT's guide to (illegal) urban beekeeping. First there was the black market for raw milk and underaged cheese, followed by the underground sassafras trade. Now, rebellious... more
Mon. 20 Jul '09

Dining

Get a taste of Rick Bayless's Xoco before it opens . Rick Bayless returned from a recent trip to Oaxaca with some good news: "What we're doing is every bit as good as... more
Fri. 17 Jul '09

Cooking

Make Piccolo Sogno's patio-friendly panzanella at home. Pizza may be the most notable of Italy's tomato-bread concoctions, but panzanella (tomato-bread salad) is... more
Tue. 14 Jul '09

Dining

With fancy new trappings, goat goes upscale. They're surly characters, but when goat is properly prepared, you'll marvel at its tenderness. And versatility: It's making... more
Tue. 07 Jul '09

Drinks

Slushies get sophisticated at Nacional 27. Though the frozen cocktail trend is slowly gaining steam, there are still many mixologists who blanch at the thought of a... 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
Fri. 03 Jul '09

Drinks

North Shore Distillery turns Lake Michigan into cocktail gold. You wouldn't want to take a gulp of Lake Michigan water. But when it's passed through the able hands (and... more
Wed. 24 Jun '09

Drinks

Reunite yourself with tequila at Mayahuel. When drinkers tell Phil Ward they don’t like tequila--plastic bottles of bad collegiate booze still knocking about their... more
Tue. 23 Jun '09

Cooking

Throw a proper Maine-style lobster bake--anywhere. The water in New England is still a bit chilly for swimming, but no matter: When Yankees get sand between their toes,... more
Tue. 16 Jun '09

Drinks

Refreshing horchata goes behind the bar. Huge jars of milky-white horchata are a familiar sight at taquerias and the Red Hook ball fields, but this summer, the Latin... more
Fri. 05 Jun '09

Drinks

A new reason to drink red wine all summer long. Poor, poor red wine: Come summer, many of us pack you away with the wool sweaters and ski boots and turn our attention to... 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. 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. 20 May '09

Drinks

NOLA's latest cocktail destination challenges the status quo. One is never far from a quality Sazerac or French 75 in New Orleans, but the city's top mixologists are... more
Mon. 18 May '09

People

Jose Garces brings an atlas's worth of cuisines to Philadelphia. What do China, France, Mexico, Peru, Spain and the U.K. have in common? Answer: Jose Garces. The... more
Wed. 22 Apr '09

Cooking

A new book celebrates the lives and food of the Original Farmers Market. The sights, sounds and smells at the Original Farmers Market--metal folding chairs scraping on... more
Thu. 09 Apr '09

Drinks

Celebrate the season with an ABSOLUT® Mango Lassi. Each spring, fruit lovers eagerly await the first crop of Indian mangoes to hit local markets. Though this... more
Tue. 07 Apr '09

Drinks

Charles Phan matches superb Chinese food with stellar cocktails at Heaven's Dog. For years, The Slanted Door's Charles Phan has shown San Franciscans just how well... more
Thu. 02 Apr '09

Drinks

Celebrate the season with an ABSOLUT® Mango Lassi. Each spring, fruit lovers eagerly await the first crop of Indian mangoes to hit local markets. Though this... more
Thu. 02 Apr '09

Drinks

Celebrate the season with an ABSOLUT® Mango Lassi. Each spring, fruit lovers eagerly await the first crop of Indian mangoes to hit local markets. Though this... 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
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
Mon. 12 Jan '09

Cooking

Make Buttermilk Channel's amazing duck meat loaf at home. Buttermilk Channel, the latest newcomer to Carroll Gardens's swelling dining scene, is an ideal restaurant for... more
Tue. 30 Dec '08

Drinks

Put leftover Champagne to good use in these uplifting drinks. One bonus of a successful New Year's Eve party is a fridge full of leftover Champagne. But if you're... more
Tue. 11 Nov '08

Cooking

The Green Table's quick apple sauerkraut is the perfect pork companion . Winter isn't officially here yet, but our instinct to build up a little natural protection from... more
Tue. 04 Nov '08

Cooking

Andrew Carmellini brings high-end cooking home. Before chef Andrew Carmellini left A Voce in June to develop his own restaurant, the most popular dish on his menu there... more
Mon. 03 Nov '08

People

Emily Farris elevates an old budget standby. Living on a budget might be new (and shocking) for some of us, but we could all take notes from Brooklyn-based cookbook... 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
Fri. 19 Sep '08

Drinks

Meet the semi-secret cocktail creator at Franny's. Franny′s pizzeria in Prospect Heights is famous for its ethereal Neapolitan pies, which chef-owner Andrew... more
Wed. 17 Sep '08

Cooking

Tiny tomatoes make a quick Italian appetizer. Deal-hunters that we are, we love the $5-and-under sfizi section of the menu at Convivio, the recent reincarnation of Tudor... more
Fri. 03 Apr '09

People

Orangette's Molly Wizenberg goes from blog to book. Thirty-one might seem like a young age to write a culinary autobiography, but with her first book, A Homemade Life,... more
Mon. 30 Mar '09

People

Make Andrea Reusing's star condiment at home. North Carolina's Triangle region excels at many things--basketball, medicine, vinegar-based barbecue--but Asian food?... 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
Tue. 17 Feb '09

Cooking

Take advantage of the lobster glut--while you still can. Once upon a time, lobsters were so plentiful that fishermen would use them as bait. While that's far from the... more
Mon. 16 Feb '09

People

Make Michael Anthony's ode to an overlooked root at home. Michael Anthony has never met a vegetable he didn't like. The chef spent four years at the ultimate... 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
Mon. 29 Dec '08

Cooking

Two easy, inventive toppings for New Year's Eve oysters. Even with over-the-top New Year's Eve parties on the decline, the holiday is a perfect chance to bring a little... more
Tue. 23 Dec '08

Cooking

Make one of L’Artusi’s best dishes at home. You'll hear a lot about L'Artusi in 2009. Only a couple of weeks old, the second restaurant from chef Gabe... more
Fri. 21 Nov '08

Cooking

Kick off your Thanksgiving with an edible cocktail. We're usually cautious about new cocktail trends, but we're suckers for the latest innovation from the city's... more
Fri. 07 Nov '08

Drinks

Rouge Tomate introduces a new kind of juice bar. Cocktails make us feel good—at least the first two or three. But at Rouge Tomate, the new UES outpost of a popular,... more
Tue. 23 Sep '08

Cooking

Turn the season’s last plums into a moist, almond-topped coffee cake. Late-summer Italian prune plums make a sweet, tangy filling for Dovetail pastry chef Vera... 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