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Wed. 06 May '09

Drinks

In-season coffee from Intelligentsia . You wouldn't break out a can of Niblets in peak sweet corn season, but that's basically what you're doing whenever you open a bag... more
Mon. 28 Sep '09

Dining

A pedigreed chef's labor of love turns 10. When Saul and Lisa Bolton chose a spot in Boerum Hill for their first restaurant, their friends called them crazy. The Smith... 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
Mon. 29 Sep '08

Dining

Back Forty's pork jowls are a cheeky, irresistible cheap eat. Think of Back Forty—the year-old Avenue B spot from restaurateur Peter Hoffman—as the casual kid... more
Fri. 03 Jul '09

Dining

How to spend the long weekend (and the rest of your summer) . As you prep for your holiday weekend, keep this handy: Our Fourth of July survival guide has everything you... more
Fri. 03 Jul '09

Dining

How to spend the long weekend (and the rest of your summer) . Whether your weekend involves a rooftop barbecue or a holiday getaway, consider this your Fourth of July... 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
Mon. 19 Oct '09

Drinks

Local brewers release their seasonal stouts and strong ales . October isn't so much about dark and stormy nights for SoCal, but don't tell that to our local brewers who... more
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
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
Wed. 08 Jul '09

Drinks

Brewers look to fruits and herbs for seasonal beers. Adding spices and fruits to beer isn't new--who hasn't added lime to a Corona?--but West Coast brewers are going more... more
Wed. 10 Jun '09

Dining

Valerie Confections goes to the farmers' market. Valerie Confections has garnered a national following for artisanal toffee, hand-crafted chocolates and petits fours, but... 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
Fri. 20 Nov '09

Dining

Look to Patina Restaurant Group for the perfect holiday dining spots. The holidays can turn a lot less happy when you're dealing with large groups and a slew of varying... 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
Fri. 23 Oct '09

Drinks

Midi's DIY bar ingredients have gone unsung long enough . In San Francisco, small-batch shrubbs and gums are as commonplace as fog banks at 4 p.m. But stumbling upon an... 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
Tue. 06 Oct '09

Drinks

Local bartenders have their eyes on apples this season. Lola's lays claim to creating the first Appletini in L.A., and there was a time when this sugary green cocktail... more
Fri. 25 Sep '09

Cooking

Tomato blight leave you shorthanded? Stock up at Happy Girl Kitchen.. As fungus attacks tomato plants in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, the West Coast remains blissfully... more
Wed. 16 Sep '09

Wine

What to pour during the shoulder season. September can be hot and muggy or cool and dry--often in the same day. In terms of wine, such vacillating weather calls for... more
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
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. 02 Sep '09

Cooking

On Monday, become a school lunch advocate. A few women arrived in Chicago's Daley Plaza dressed like ears of corn. Others wore tall paper toques scribbled with messages... 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. 05 Aug '09

Drinks

You don't need a derby to enjoy this Southern cocktail. The mere thought of a mint julep conjures up images of giant hats and Kentucky Derby ponies. But don't relegate... 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
Fri. 03 Jul '09

Cooking

Chicago Honey Co-op sweetens the west side. Thank you, Chicago Park District; you make delicious honey. With the help of the Chicago Honey Co-op's bees, that is. From... 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. 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
Mon. 22 Jun '09

People

Let Trevor Corson be your sushi concierge. It's conventional wisdom that you should never eat sushi on Mondays. But that's the thing about conventional wisdom: It's not... more
Tue. 02 Jun '09

Cooking

An online swap meet for amateur farmers. Call it grassroots organizing: Group gardening has gone viral, thanks to Veggie Trader, an online marketplace that works like a... more
Fri. 15 May '09

Cooking

Fig restaurant doesn't fall far from the tree. When you're a creative chef with a 100-year-old fig tree in your front yard--like the gorgeous beauty standing over the... 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
Fri. 03 Apr '09

People

These art-inspired cookies are (almost) too pretty to eat. We've seen cookies inspired by everything from politicians to pottery. But fine art? When the edible is as... 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. 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. 08 Jul '09

Wine

An all-occasion sampler from Tasting Table and Crush . From picnics to barbecues to a quiet session with a dozen oysters, there's not one perfect bottle of wine for... 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
Mon. 16 Nov '09

People

Why those in the (cheese) know head to a Back of the Yards warehouse on Saturday mornings. When Giles Schnierle first approached chefs with a small collection of... more
Thu. 05 Nov '09

Cooking

Try fresh olio nuovo--while you can. You don't really know olive oil until you've tasted olio nuovo. Literally "new oil," this first-of-the-season pressing is the true... more
Wed. 04 Nov '09

Dining

Mushroom madness in Mendocino County . Northern California's Mendocino County is known for its excellent wines, but the region's terroir is also found in its most famous... more
Tue. 03 Nov '09

Cooking

Persimmons are fall's fruit of the gods. Like pumpkins and gourds, persimmons are a sure sign of fall. The fruit looks like a tomato crossed with an orange, and has a... more
Mon. 02 Nov '09

Dining

All hands are cooking up a storm at tiny Saltie. As the founding chef of Diner and its sibling Marlow & Sons, Caroline Fidanza has championed the use of simply... more
Fri. 30 Oct '09

Dining

Our favorite in-case-you-missed-them moments. • California's spiny lobster season opened this month, and you'll see the beasts on restaurant menus and at fish... more
Fri. 30 Oct '09

Dining

Circling back on the month's best stories. Though it may not be official until we "fall back" this weekend, the days have been feeling shorter (and consequently busier)... 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. 28 Oct '09

Cooking

The spirits aren't the only ones to enjoy pan de muerto. While Halloween is all about running from the supernatural and stuffing ourselves with candy corn, Dia de Los... more
Tue. 27 Oct '09

Dining

Lose yourself in the finest food ever to happen to the movies. When it opened in 1999, Foreign Cinema was one of the instant darlings of the dot-com boom. A decade... 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
Wed. 21 Oct '09

People

Mateo Granados: Where Yucatán meets California . A deserving tip of the hat goes to such new purveyors of Yucatecan food as Chaac-Mool and Poc Chuc, but homage... more
Fri. 16 Oct '09

Cooking

Sample these sweet remainders of summer . As the season's abundant apples replace peaches and all obscurities of squash appear at the farmers' market, grapes have emerged... more
Fri. 09 Oct '09

Dining

The tastiest deals are found at The Park's supper-club nights. When the liquor licensing board gets tough in L.A., the tough come up with new ways to serve loyal... more
Fri. 02 Oct '09

Dining

Frankie & Tiny's gives the classic pot pie a makeover. When it comes to comfort food, few things are as satisfying as a classic pot pie. But for pot pies with an edge,... 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
Mon. 21 Sep '09

Dining

Lemonade takes pot roast to the extreme. To chef Alan Jackson, lemonade isn't just about sunny days and sidewalk stands. Lemonade, the name of his growing chain of casual... more
Fri. 04 Sep '09

Drinks

Celebrate the harvest with these limited-edition beers. In the early fall, brewers pause from their regular harvest duties to drive truckloads of fresh hops home and... 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
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
Mon. 17 Aug '09

Cooking

Pop an Heirloom-LA savory 'cupcake' in the oven and...done. When you think of cupcakes, a sweet, icing-slathered cake usually comes to mind--unless you're Heirloom-LA... more
Mon. 10 Aug '09

Cooking

Annie Myers is a forager for hire. For many of us, a visit to The Spotted Pig--one of the city's best late-night food haunts--warrants sleeping in late the next day. But... more
Mon. 03 Aug '09

Dining

Skip the taquerias, and spend a night trying the neighborhood's new offerings. Meet Up: Ristorante Al Teatro Start your evening perched on a stool at the granite bar of... more
Fri. 24 Jul '09

Dining

Three new reads for your beach tote. There's no better time to put a dent in your reading list than during the summer, but die-hard food lovers know that hauling a coffee... more
Wed. 22 Jul '09

Dining

Chef Matsumoto returns to Chicago, and brings kaiseki to Mizu . Anyone who has been to Japan knows there's a world beyond sushi and ramen--from okonomiyaki counters to... more
Tue. 21 Jul '09

Dining

Twenty-five years' worth of hits--at 1980s prices. Consistency (at least the foolish kind) may be the hobgoblin of little minds, but Gotham Bar and Grill can attribute... 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
Wed. 15 Jul '09

Dining

Dine under the High Line . Despite The Standard Grill's name, the new restaurant at The Standard Hotel isn't a grill in the usual sense of the term. Then again, hotelier... more
Mon. 13 Jul '09

Dining

New look; same exquisite French focus. The city is rife with everyday restaurants, so it's nice to know there are still places like Mélisse for special occasions.... 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
Wed. 01 Jul '09

Dining

Find more than gourmet goods at the La Brea marketplace. With a new wine program and revolving menu of Italian specialties, Cube Marketplace isn't quite the... more
Tue. 23 Jun '09

Cooking

Auntie Em's brings the farmers' market to you. Some people just don't have time to stop and smell the peaches. That's why Terri Wahl launched Auntie Em's Delivery, a... more
Fri. 19 Jun '09

Cooking

The Heartland's best ice cream comes to Brooklyn. You're going to want to meet this new Midwest transplant: Jeni Britton Bauer, whose luscious small-batch ice creams have... more
Fri. 19 Jun '09

Dining

Cookies and ice cream never tasted better. Ice cream sandwiches are no longer just a childhood afterthought or a cheap date at Diddy Riese. Today's combination of fresh... more
Thu. 18 Jun '09

Wine

California winemakers embrace the farm life. If you visit a winery these days, you're likely to find more than just wine on offer: Some, especially in California, are... more
Tue. 16 Jun '09

Dining

Intelligentsia brings serious coffee to Abbot Kinney. You already know Intelligentsia doesn't skimp on quality with its coffee, but there are reasons to check out... more
Mon. 15 Jun '09

Dining

Celebrating 20 years of simple, seasonal and straightforward. If you look at a family tree of the Los Angeles dining scene, Campanile rests comfortably near the top. In... more
Thu. 11 Jun '09

Dining

When it comes to good eats, Oakland is no longer San Francisco's insignificant neighbor to the east. Here's proof.. Picán Chef Dean Dupuis of Atlanta's South City... 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
Tue. 02 Jun '09

Dining

Domenico ups the pasta ante in Silver Lake. LA Mill brought pork belly BLTs and Chemex brews to Silver Lake's reservoir neighborhood, and then Reservoir came with its... more
Tue. 26 May '09

Dining

New wine-focused Barbrix has Silver Lake buzzing. Silver Lake isn't the first place you think of for high-end cuisine and adventurous wine lists, but that's changing with... more
Thu. 07 May '09

Dining

Experience the ultimate farm-to-table meal. In these locavore-loving times, we can now find farm-fresh food at most of our favorite restaurants. But come summer, it's a... more
Fri. 01 May '09

Dining

Hatfield's is now one of the best dining deals in town. When the economy started tanking, Quinn and Karen Hatfield didn't come up with recession-dining gimmicks for... 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
Wed. 15 Apr '09

Cooking

An unlikely duo brings great jams and pickles to Park Slope. What do you get when you pair a Mexican chef with a former Top Chef contestant from New Zealand? For... more
Tue. 07 Apr '09

Dining

Small treats with big flavors at Platine Bakery. Jamie Cantor's cookies are some of the most delectable we've found in L.A., but that's not all the French Laundry alum... 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
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
Mon. 30 Mar '09

Dining

A food-friendly wine shop or a wine-friendly cafe? You decide. . Venice Beach Wines is exactly the kind of wine shop you expect to find near Abbot Kinney--a... more
Mon. 23 Mar '09

Dining

A coffee shop with amazing food--or a restaurant with amazing coffee?. You'd be forgiven for thinking Simon Sips is just another great East Village coffee shop: After... more
Fri. 13 Mar '09

Dining

Hashing it out at Gordon Ramsay at the London. In a town brimming with brunch options, you need something like free-flowing Moet White Star Champagne to stand out, and... more
Wed. 11 Mar '09

Cooking

Let Boulette's Larder give your pantry a makeover. Spring's just around the corner (finally), and that means it's time to clean the pantry. But before you panic at the... more
Wed. 11 Mar '09

Drinks

Seek out these three new backroom bars. We get the allure of hole-in-the wall restaurants, tucked-away bars and places where obvious signage is uncool: Everyone loves a... more
Tue. 03 Mar '09

Drinks

Mix and match Rivera's Tequila on Tap concoctions. When it comes to tequila, few restaurateurs can match John Sedlar: He made waves for his Southwest-influenced cuisine... more
Wed. 25 Feb '09

Cooking

The Deli at Little Dom's panna cotta-to-go. When the Deli at Little Dom's opened in Los Feliz earlier this year, locals quickly swooped in for muffaletta... more
Mon. 23 Feb '09

Dining

Fried chicken nights at West Hollywood's Tower Bar. The swank Sunset Tower Hotel is the last place we'd expect to find a good, home-style fried chicken dinner, but that's... more
Fri. 20 Feb '09

Dining

Kyo Ya is a not-so-ancient Japanese secret . If you weren't specifically looking for Kyo Ya, you'd pass right by the stairs that lead to this underground East Village... more
Tue. 18 Nov '08

Dining

Stock up on wine before trying Brooklyn’s best new pizza. When restaurants open without a finalized liquor license, we leap at the chance to play sommelier and... 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. 29 Jul '09

Dining

Four new restaurants showcase summer produce at its peak. Tavern From the atrium dining room (pictured) to the grab-and-go larder, Suzanne Goin and Caroline Styne's new... 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. 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