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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
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Wed. 07 Oct '09
People
Handmade salt from California's freshest waters. Not all love stories involve salt. And not all salt stories involve love. But the tale of bush pilot Robert La Mar and... more
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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
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Fri. 11 Sep '09
Drinks
Let Ward III pick your poison . After years working behind various Tribeca bars, Michael Neff (pictured), Kenneth McCoy and Abdul Tabini--the partners behind the... more
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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
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Wed. 09 Sep '09
Dining
Travel the culinary world without leaving Chicago. We live for gastronomic exploration--but even the most intrepid diners like a little hand-holding sometimes. The World... more
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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
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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
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Mon. 27 Jul '09
Drinks
Seedling Orchard's apple cider for adults. If you want to make the best hard cider, it makes sense to start with the best apples. Fortunately for Peter Klein, there are... more
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Fri. 10 Jul '09
Cooking
Cedar Valley's Meat CSA brings sustainable meat (almost) to your door . There are plenty of options for Chicagoans who like their produce delivered in a box. But there's... more
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Tue. 30 Jun '09
People
Early Bird catches our breakfast . Nekisia Davis is a bit of an olive-oil freak. “I use it for everything,” she says. “On my toast before the jam, in... more
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Tue. 24 Mar '09
Wine
Wakozi brings wine to your door in minutes. In a city where you can have everything from DVDs to just-baked cookies dispatched to your doorstop at a moment's notice, the... more
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Wed. 17 Dec '08
Dining
Need more fried food? Try these latke alternatives.. When a prescribed component of celebrating a holiday involves eating fried food, there's no excuse for passing up the... more
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Tue. 16 Dec '08
Dining
Top pastry chefs are elevating this Christmassy confection to new heights. Sadly, a Three Musketeers bar is usually as close as we get to real nougat. But during the... more
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Tue. 27 Oct '09
Cooking
A Mexican candy superstore for offbeat Halloween treats . Standard Halloween candy--Starbursts and Tootsie Pops dumped out of a jumbo bag--is boring. For an adventurous... more
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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
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Mon. 12 Oct '09
Drinks
Heartland Brewery breaks out its first limited-edition beer. Until recently, if you wanted to tip back one of Heartland Brewery's beers, you had to hoof it to one of the... more
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Wed. 07 Oct '09
Cooking
Three great sources for Great Lakes fish . Each month has a slew of wacky designations dreamed up by food marketing boards across the country. (We're in the middle of... more
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Wed. 30 Sep '09
People
Oriana's amazing Asian pears are back. Oriana Kruszewski planted her first Asian pear tree because she missed the fruit of her native China. Thirty years and 500 trees... more
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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
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Wed. 23 Sep '09
Drinks
Genever, an 1800s-style gin, hits Chicago bars . Serious tipplers make a mission of recreating drinks from the cocktail's golden age. But to be historically accurate, a... more
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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
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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
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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
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Fri. 11 Sep '09
Drinks
Celebrate National Bourbon Heritage Month with a Louisville bar crawl. Recently, Congress declared September as National Bourbon Heritage Month. To celebrate, Louisville... more
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Wed. 02 Sep '09
Drinks
For Bourbon Heritage Month, a whiskey lover's bar crawl. September is Bourbon Heritage month, and to celebrate America's most beloved whiskey, we turned to a local... more
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Mon. 31 Aug '09
Dining
Don't let the final tastes of summer pass you by. There are precious few days of summer left (as last weekend's weather gently reminded us). Make each and every one of... more
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Fri. 28 Aug '09
Drinks
Try two highly anticipated encores from Goose Island Brewery. Sometimes it's worth waiting for a good thing; Goose Island's Greg Hall agrees. While the prolific Chicago... more
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Wed. 26 Aug '09
People
Michael Gebert makes videos about people, pork and more. Tired of TV's penchant for glossy studio kitchen shots? Then the Sky Full of Bacon videos will be like manna from... more
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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
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Fri. 21 Aug '09
Wine
The new generation of retsina is better than ever. It was inevitable: The rise of quality Greek wine had to trickle down to an improvement in retsina. This pine... more
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Wed. 19 Aug '09
Dining
There's never been a better day to eat a BLT. Last year, Damien Casten (of Candid Wines) threw a potluck called TomatoFest to celebrate a glut of heirloom tomatoes. This... more
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Tue. 11 Aug '09
Drinks
Koval Distillery gives grain-based spirits a good name . Clear alcohol's got a bad rap these days. Serious drinkers and mixers pooh-pooh vodka, and grain alcohol is... more
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Mon. 10 Aug '09
Cooking
Pastoral is an American cheese list's best friend. American artisanal cheesemaking has come a long way since Laura Chenel introduced California to fresh goat cheese in... more
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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
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Wed. 29 Jul '09
Cooking
Apricot season is short; catch it while you can. Most of us so eagerly await the summer's star stone fruit--peaches--that we forget about their tinier, tarter,... more
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Fri. 24 Jul '09
Dining
Stay downtown to get your Vietnamese sandwich fix. You've hoofed it to Argyle for Vietnamese banh mi (and loved every minute), but now you can stay south of Fullerton to... more
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Tue. 21 Jul '09
Wine
An owner's guide to Rootstock Wine & Beer Bar. Humboldt Park's gastronomic score increased exponentially in May. It gets the extra points for biodynamic wine,... more
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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
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Mon. 13 Jul '09
Wine
Let Poison Cup choose your perfect summer bottles. Higher price often equals better product. But Erica Feldkamp and John Witte of The Poison Cup swear it's not always the... more
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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
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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
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Wed. 20 May '09
Drinks
Got a buck? Drink like a prince at these top bars.. Though the dollar's value has plummeted worldwide, there's one location where the greenback is more valuable than... more
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Fri. 15 May '09
Wine
A classic dessert grape goes dry. Chances are if you've had a wine made from the Furmint grape, it's been sweet. For centuries, Furmint (FOOR-mint) has played a starring... more
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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
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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
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Wed. 29 Apr '09
Cooking
Put your lunch money towards an essential cause. Before you complain (again) about price gouging at your favorite pay-by-the-pound salad bar, do us a favor: Skip it. Pack... more
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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
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Mon. 20 Apr '09
Drinks
A new group will guide you to better brew. If you think life's too short to drink bad beer, then let the Good Beer Seal be your guide to a better drinking life. This... more
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Thu. 16 Apr '09
Dining
Explore Rioja wines across the city April 26 through May 2. If you have yet to discover the depth and versatility of wines from Spain's iconic Rioja region, you have... more
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Fri. 10 Apr '09
Cooking
Local chefs are obsessed with the Castelvetrano. Olives, like cilantro and sweetbreads, are one of those polarizing foods: Some people can't get enough; others avoid them... more
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Mon. 06 Apr '09
Wine
These kosher wines deserve yearlong attention. Like cherry blossoms or the Gonzaga basketball program, kosher wine gets the attention it deserves for only a few fleeting... more
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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
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Tue. 31 Mar '09
Dining
Experience the art of Japanese bar food at our favorite izakayas. Long before tapas became trendy, the Japanese had izakaya: These watering holes with extensive... more
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Fri. 20 Mar '09
Drinks
Bring your growler: These bars pour takeout beer. While you can fill growlers with keg-fresh brew at countless beer shops, you run the risk of buying 64 ounces of... more
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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
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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
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Mon. 05 Jan '09
Cooking
Forget chickens; your next egg should come from one of these feathered friends . With all the types of eggs available these days—organic, cage-free and various... more
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Fri. 26 Dec '08
Dining
Bring these haute chicken wings home for game day. We love eating chicken wings while we're watching football, as long as we don't have to cook them. And we're just plain... more
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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
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Mon. 24 Nov '08
Dining
Where to take your fussy guests on Thanksgiving weekend. Last year's family outing to our pick-of-the-moment restaurant only further upped the usual tension: Dad winced... more
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Thu. 02 Oct '08
Dining
Free bibimbap, mixology boot camp and a school yard pig roast. Thursday, 10/2-Saturday, 10/4BibimbashTo celebrate Korean Restaurant Week, many of city's best Korean spots... more
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Mon. 08 Jun '09
Wine
Minerally Swiss wines are the way to go when the mercury rises. There's a wonderful side effect to the proliferation of restaurants serving buttery spaetzle: They're also... more
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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
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Mon. 26 Jan '09
Dining
Forget dinner: This year, book a romantic Valentine's Day brunch. Before you scramble to make Valentine's Day dinner reservations like every other doting couple, consider... more
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Thu. 25 Sep '08
Dining
Sake extravaganza, high-seas wine tour, dining for charity, and a can’t-miss bourbon tasting. Thursday, 9/25 (6 p.m. to 9 p.m.)For Goodness, SakeAfter attending the... more
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Wed. 29 Jul '09
Dining
Pick a park: Your ready-made picnic is waiting nearby. With what little sunshine we're given, who wants to eat indoors? Take to the grass with these expert picnics, each... more
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Tue. 07 Apr '09
Dining
A week's worth of dining deals, day by day. There are now so many economy-inspired dining deals that you can enjoy a cut-rate meal any night of the week. Or every night... more
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