Cuisine. Culture. Commentary.
After reading Yes, Chef I had an idea of what Nordic cuisine might taste like. Never having tried it, I gathered there were a lot of eggs, bread, fish, and pickling. Vegetables…not so much. Outside of Ikea, there aren’t many opportunities to try Nordic food, even in a place like NYC, so I was excited to…
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Bubby’s is famous around NYC when it comes to brunch. I think that’s because for a long time it was the only cute place in the highly residential TriBeCa for a long time. More restaurants have entered the neighborhood, but Bubby’s remains a favorite thanks to it’s consistently good comfort food and amazing drinks. Let…
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Everything I had read about Via Carota mentioned that they do things with vegetables that could make any meat lover reconsider their values. Don’t think of it as a vegetarian restaurant – there is plenty of meat and fish on the menu. It’s just that the vegetables are given true attention rather than serving as…
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Flammekeuche, or tarte flambée, is a French dish that’s basically flatbread pizza with a cracker thin crust. It’s typical of the Alsace region and something I ate all the time when I lived in France but haven’t had since…until now. La Tarte Flambée is a cute little restaurant in my Murray Hill neighborhood. In the year…
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After going crazy for my 30th birthday and then getting engaged, I had no plans to celebrate my 31st…but then a gorgeous bouquet arrived at my office yesterday, instructing me to be at Hunt and Fish Club at 7 PM sharp for a birthday dinner. I walked into the bar area a little early and…
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Loopy Doopy, the rooftop bar at the Conrad Hotel, has become a summertime rite of passage. It’s too hard to pass up an opportunity to Instagram a pic of their signature prosecco popsicle cocktail. This drink is a glass of champagne with a full-size People’s Pops popsicle stuck right inside the glass. That cocktail +…
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In a true first, my neighborhood has a restaurant that doesn’t take reservations, resulting in a line of cool people awaiting a table. That’s usually what happens in the hip downtown areas of Manhattan. But now that Momosan Ramen has opened, there are hoards of youngsters waiting to get a bowl of noodles. Look at Murray Hill gettin all…
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This whole lifting of the ban on kitniyot is a GAME CHANGER. Basically, for the last 800 years a whole bunch of foods were considered no-nos during Passover (corn, rice, beans), but now they are a-ok. True, I had pretty much relaxed my observance of that rule in recent years because I didn’t agree with it,…
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The last thing I think of when I imagine Upper West restaurants is a chill California vibe, but there goes Playa Betty’s, dropping a beachy restaurant on 75th and Amsterdam. It’s all tacos and margs here, with wood paneling and cafe lights so you feel like you could just step inside and prop your imaginary…
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Like many vendors inside UrbanSpace Vanderbilt, Hard Times Sundaes started as a food truck. Contrary to what their name implies, Hard Times Sundaes is all about burgers, not ice cream. The burgers and hot dogs are what you would expect from a food truck – no frills, topped with chili, wrapped in bacon, fried. All the…
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Peaches to Apples 