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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
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
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
Wed. 04 Mar '09

Cooking

Acme Smoked Fish's once-a-week feeding frenzy . Start your Sunday bagel-and-lox binge on Friday morning with a trip to Acme Smoked Fish. During the week, this Greenpoint... more
Mon. 01 Jun '09

Cooking

Jacques Torres Ice Cream opens in Dumbo. Even Jacques Torres agrees that comfort food is a saving grace in the fallen economy. After noticing a drop in sales for his... more
Fri. 03 Jul '09

Dining

How to spend the long weekend (and the rest of your summer). We have a hot July 4th weekend on tap in the Southland, and whether you're headed out of town--or just across... more
Mon. 05 Oct '09

Cooking

Get your Chilean fix at Puro Chile. Soho and Chinatown: Meet Chile. Across from the old Police Headquarters building, Puro Chile has opened a sleek, glass-enclosed store... more
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
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
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
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
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
Fri. 16 Jan '09

Wine

Crisp Torrontes is a great match for brisk weather . Though the temperature outside is frightful, don't pack your white wines away with your flip-flops just yet. Some... 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
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. 03 Oct '08

Wine

Old-fashioned wine is new again. Modern tools and techniques have turned some wineries into veritable laboratories. But a growing number of rebellious winemakers are... 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
Tue. 07 Jul '09

Cooking

Flavored sugars offer a new way to finish a dish. With "finishing salts" all the rage in restaurants and gourmet shops, we knew its sugar-based equivalent wouldn't be far... more
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
Mon. 08 Jun '09

Cooking

L.A. gets a taste of Boccalone's spreadable salami. Angelenos aren't fortunate enough to have San Francisco's Boccalone salumeria nearby, but we do have its newest and... 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
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
Mon. 11 May '09

Cooking

Locally made mozzarella stands up to Italy's best. Instead of importing fresh mozzarella and ricotta from Italy, Angelo Tartaglia imported an Italian cheesemaker: He and... more
Wed. 18 Mar '09

Cooking

A New Orleans bookshop sells the secret to perfect gumbo. Forget roux and "the holy trinity"; when it comes to perfect New Orleans-style gumbo, the secret is in the... more
Fri. 13 Feb '09

Cooking

The secret to perfect pastry dough? Hint: It's not lard.. "If it reminds you of your grandmother--or McDonald's--then people will like it," says Avery Wittcamp, the... 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
Mon. 13 Oct '08

Cooking

Stock your urban homestead at Moon River Chattel. If flea market-chic is the look-of-the-moment (thanks, Freeman's), then Moon River Chattel is the trend's Ikea. This... more
Fri. 10 Oct '08

Cooking

Let It Bee’s local honeys are nothing to sneeze at. Does local honey help fight allergies? The jury is still out, but it works for us. Since we began eating a... more
Tue. 09 Sep '08

Cooking

Fiery harissa is a must-have pantry staple . Harissa 101: A spicy paste made with dried chiles, garlic, coriander and caraway seeds, harissa is a staple of Tunisian and... more
Mon. 08 Sep '08

Wine

Finally! An eco-friendly boxed wine we'll drink. Wine is a carbon Bigfoot: All those heavy glass bottles and time spent on trucks and planes add up. Wine producers have... more
Fri. 20 Nov '09

Cooking

A Jefferson Park favorite comes to Old Town. For a decade, Jefferson Park's Delightful Pastries has been a neighborhood favorite for its eclectic, international array of... more
Tue. 10 Nov '09

Wine

Let our local wine merchants do the shopping for you. A wine club doesn't have to be so impersonal. If you trust your favorite local wine merchant to make selections for... 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
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
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
Wed. 14 Oct '09

Cooking

Dickson's Farmstand Meats opens in Chelsea Market. There's been plenty of focus lately on the rock-star status of young butchers, but not nearly enough on the proteins... 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
Mon. 12 Oct '09

Cooking

Take a field trip to an artisanal epicenter. Few things are better than chocolate, and while we're partial to just about all forms of cacao, Taza makes one of our... more
Fri. 09 Oct '09

People

Jacques Torres turns beans into bars in time for his Chelsea Market debut. Over the years, Jacques Torres's brand has grown to include multiple chocolate emporiums, an... more
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
Wed. 30 Sep '09

Cooking

A brave new grocery store will make local affordable. The only drawback to buying local ingredients is that they're often more expensive than their supermarket... 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
Tue. 08 Sep '09

Dining

Las Tablas' beloved empanadas get a home of their own. During the last two Taste of Chicago events, Las Tablas sold a whopping 100,000 empanadas. We pity the cooks, who... more
Thu. 27 Aug '09

Wine

Hit the street to try New Zealand's best wine, from Sauvignon Blanc and beyond . When it comes to wine, it's tough to break old habits: Most of us find a few bottles we... more
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
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

Cooking

A grocery store becomes the best chef's table in town. A grocery store in downtown Brooklyn is probably the last place you'd expect to find acclaimed chef César... more
Thu. 30 Jul '09

Drinks

Bigger is better for these supercharged, high-proof spirits . When spirits top 80 proof (40 percent ABV), they're often throat burners about as tasty as paint thinner.... 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. 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
Tue. 07 Jul '09

People

How Christopher Lee stays sharp at the new Aureole. Unlike most chefs, Christopher Lee doesn't bring his own knives to work. If he needs a blade, he simply grabs one from... more
Fri. 03 Jul '09

People

Kris Swanberg's Nice Cream is a cross-town culinary effort. When teacher Kris Swanberg got laid off last summer, she turned to her never-used ice cream maker and, in her... more
Fri. 03 Jul '09

Wine

Local vineyards think Illinois produce tastes good in liquid form, too. The West Coast has long been the jewel in American winemaking's crown. But if you're in a "what... more
Wed. 01 Jul '09

Cooking

Enjoy the best of Sfoglia anytime--no reservations required. When chefs Ron and Colleen Suhanosky opened Sfoglia on the restaurant-starved Upper East Side in 2006, they... more
Mon. 29 Jun '09

Dining

Try Ubuntu's transcendent food at its new offshoot. In the nearly two years since it debuted, the vegetable-centric menu at Napa's Ubuntu has garnered mountains of praise... more
Wed. 17 Jun '09

Wine

Minerally, crisp Picpoul is turning heads this season. The first day of summer begins on Sunday, but don't go grabbing that bottle of rosé just yet. Restaurants... more
Wed. 03 Jun '09

Cooking

Bklyn Larder (finally) opens. For months, Park Slope has been tapping its toes in anticipation of Bklyn Larder, a food market from the team behind beloved Franny's down... more
Tue. 02 Jun '09

Dining

Our favorite secret taco stand lives on. A few blocks from Toloache's soaring ceilings and haute Mexican food, you'll find Tehuitzingo, a little deli with a big secret:... more
Fri. 22 May '09

Cooking

The country's first Japanese butcher shop opens in NYC. The iconographic American butcher shop has sawdust on the floor, an ornery old man wearing a blood-smeared smock... 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
Mon. 18 May '09

Cooking

Three Tarts sells one-bite sweets at bite-size prices. When wallets start to thin, the sweetest things in life are the first to go. Fortunately, one Chelsea shop is... more
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
Fri. 08 May '09

Dining

Recharge--or just relax--at The Smile. An armload of shopping bags and a grumbling stomach is a lethal combination, especially on the busy weekend streets of Soho and... more
Fri. 24 Apr '09

Wine

Grab a sparkling red wine for charcuterie, dessert and more. When spring and summer hit, rosé is usually the wine on everyone's lips, but this year go bolder and... 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. 14 Apr '09

Drinks

Edison's "bottle service" is a throwback to simpler times. Punch may conjure up thoughts of fruit juice and soda--or worse, Kool-Aid--concoctions, but the drink is making... more
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
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
Mon. 09 Mar '09

Wine

Discover Japan's newest export: sparkling sake. Put down your shochu: The latest Tokyo drink trend to make its way stateside is sparkling sake. And if you aren't much of... more
Wed. 04 Mar '09

Cooking

CleanFish knows where your salmon's been. You know where your organic free-range chicken and gem lettuce come from, but what about your shrimp and salmon? Thanks to San... 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
Wed. 25 Feb '09

Wine

Tell Mom and Dad: Lambrusco's back . You might remember Lambrusco as the fizzy, soda-pop-like wine your parents drank during the Carter-Reagan era, typically over ice... more
Wed. 18 Feb '09

Drinks

This local honey-based wine is creating a buzz. Nathaniel and Thatcher Martin want to change the way you think about mead--if you think about it at all, that is. Most... more
Wed. 11 Feb '09

Dining

Royale Cafe + Pastry brings Brooklyn's best to the West Village. When it comes to coffee and sweets, Brooklyn residents have been able to lord it over Manhattanites: Keep... more
Mon. 09 Feb '09

Wine

Try Southern Italy's overlooked star . An often-heralded rule of thumb for getting the best bang for your wine buck is to check out lesser-known grapes. And now is the... 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
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
Wed. 07 Jan '09

Dining

Before loading up on charcuterie at Salumeria Rosi, sit down for a meal. On the bargain-starved Upper West Side, the recently opened gourmet shop Salumeria Rosi is a... more
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
Mon. 22 Dec '08

Drinks

Three unconventional and highly affordable bottles from Astor. Instead of buying your favorite liquor-loving friends another bottle of their standby whiskey or gin,... more
Fri. 19 Dec '08

Wine

Three of this year’s best wine values, plus a discount. Although 2008 is almost over, we still have some of the year's most important wine purchases ahead of us: A... 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
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
Mon. 08 Dec '08

Cooking

When only the best will suffice, try these rare finds. Ultimate Chef's Knife Designed for Shun by Bob Kramer (the Stradivari of bladesmiths), this hefty eight-inch chef's... 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
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
Wed. 19 Nov '08

Wine

Fretting about which wines to pour at Thanksgiving? Don’t: We’ve done the work for you.. No holiday creates more wine-pairing angst than Thanksgiving. The... 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
Wed. 12 Nov '08

Wine

Hit D.O.C. Wine Shop for obscure values. Anyone can make a dinner party impression with a well-known, expensive wine. But we prefer to bring under-the-radar wines that... 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
Fri. 24 Oct '08

Dining

A three-point plan for a perfect Sunday at the Brooklyn Flea. Eye-Opener: OleaSleepy-eyed Brooklynites line up early for brunch at Olea, which brings Mediterranean... more
Tue. 30 Sep '08

People

Bierkraft’s Ben Granger picks his favorite fall brews. If Brooklyn has an emissary of great beer, it's 31-year-old Ben Granger, a former pastry chef who co-owns... 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
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. 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
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