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"lite" "hummus" -- I'm sorry, but without olive oil it's not hummus. It's watery bean paste.
tired of making your own coffee-cola concoction? now coke has you covered.
trans fat ban in nyc restaurants?
east village olive oilery
the food section
seemed like there were tents popping up in every open space in town. they were setting up for this benefit in union square.
Video of everything you can get "on-a-stick" at the Minnesota State Fair. (via kottke)
Printing food at Chicago's Moto:
Perhaps Cantu's greatest innovation at Moto is a modified Canon i560 inkjet printer (which he calls the "food replicator" in homage to Star Trek) that prints flavoured images onto edible paper. The print cartridges are filled with food-based "inks", including juiced carrots, tomatoes and purple potatoes, and the paper tray contains sheets of soybean and potato starch. The printouts are flavoured by dipping them in a powder of dehydrated soy sauce, squash, sugar, vegetables or sour cream, and then they are frozen, baked or fried.
The most common printed dish at Moto is the menu. It can literally whet your appetite by providing a taste test of what's on the menu: tear off and eat a picture of a cow and it will taste like filet mignon. Once you are done with your sampling, the menu can be torn up and thrown into a bowl of soup - but only once you've ordered your two-dimensional sushi which consists of photos of maki rolls sprinkled on the back with soy and seaweed flavouring.
havent been but someone mentioned this winebar w/ french treats on rivington.
Dined at the Slanted Door on Saturday. Had the "Niman Ranch flank steak with early girl tomatoes, jalepanos and thick cut russet potatoes ($16.50)". Awesome. Truly special dish. Also, I like the green papaya salad better each time I have it.
double duty at the farmers market. yesterday got some handmade corn tortillas, hot peppers and cantaloupe on my block. today in union square picked up some slender green beans, red swiss chard and the biggest scallions ive ever seen - 24". lots of peppers, plums, nectarines, peachs, cukes, tomatoes and greens. tis the season......
loved the cantaloupe especially because its hide is relatively smooth and uniformily tan unlike the normal reptilian skinned variety. looking forward to comparing the taste.
bay ridge not just pizza
spence vineyards
this small howell mountain vineyard is owned by my brother johns friend allen spence. they are starting to get some attention for the $65.00 cabernet sauvignon . johns working on some of the product and web design. they should have a new sight up in the fall. so i guess hes getting paid in grape. and hes been warned about flash.
Very involved food blog via Atrios.
Sarita’s Macaroni & Cheese, or S’MAC, serves 10 different versions of Mac & Cheese. And that's all. 345 E. 12th St. (betw. 1st & 2nd Aves.)
two swiss chef's are cooking great in manhattan
one is rumored to be the youngest chef to get a michelin star in europe, and after a stint at Compton Place (sp?) in SF has taken the helm at 11 Madison Park, two meals there have been sensational, like dining in great spot in europe, with a very nice wine list!!
the other is a spot that used to be Chelsea Commons, now called Trestle on Tenth, hearty homey with a splash of innards, here too the wine is super, loaded with values / organic small growers
skinny
43. Alias
Now that the pioneering 71 Clinton Fresh Food and aKa Café have closed their doors, Alias is the sole survivor of the restaurant family that made Clinton Street’s culinary name. Maybe that’s because the prices are low enough and the menu flexible enough to keep the locals coming back. But the kitchen’s genuine reliance on seasonal ingredients, and the offbeat way it combines them, as in a recent salad of Greenmarket strawberries, fried capers, and Di Palo’s ricotta, gives it a distinct identity on a block where it’s gotten much tougher to stand out.
plus top 5 brunch and prix fixe spot.