The Big Apple Barbecue Block Party. You pretty much know the drill. 'Cuemasters from around the country descend on New York's Madison Square Park for a weekend of meat-smoking for the barbecue-famished masses. As experienced block party attendees know, the... More
This weekend a little slice of New Orleans comes to the Tri-State area in the form of Crawfish Fest 2008. What used to be a small crawfish boil among friends has grown to a three-day concert and food fest... More
Seeing the mason jar post on the main page of Serious Eats earlier in the week made me think of one of my favorite New York City drinks, the sweet tea at Daisy May's BBQ. More
Editor's note: I don't know how things work at your office, but around this time of day, our collective sweet tooth starts acting up at Serious Eats HQ. Enter Sugar Rush. Every afternoon, we'll point you to something sweet—as an... More
"Is King's Village worth a visit for serious Chinese food fans? Absolutely!" The "Chinaburbs." I didn't think the soup I made was that bad; chicken, corn, and bits of new potato. My wife thought otherwise though. After looking at it... More
The Big Apple Barbecue Block Party. You pretty much know the drill. 'Cuemasters from around the country descend on New York's Madison Square Park for a weekend of meat-smoking for the barbecue-famished masses. As experienced block party attendees know, the... More
Texas, Carolina, New York, Give us brisket and sausage, pulled pork, We keep calling “More meat!” Smoky, savory and sweet Like a jewel on the end of your spork. —Geoff... More
Or, 'Everywhere a Sign' I've seen animated signage on taxis, bus stop shelters, and subway entrances, but this is the first time I've seen it on a hot dog cart. And in between shouts of "GATORADE" and "WATER," it displays... More
Doyers Street is one of my favorite streets in New York City, partially because it provides an unexpected pocket of grungy, quiet, deserted charm in the middle of Chinatown (as charming as Chinatown can be, at least), and because... More
Coming to Brooklyn... in truck form!?! Mobile Shake Shack coming to Brooklyn this summer [NYDN] The city is issuing "Green Cart" licenses for people willing to sell healthy food on the street [NYM] Another Pop Burger is coming soon... More
Brooklyn Bridge + Pig = Brooklyn Pig Fest 2008! Photograph by Brooklyn Brewery Brooklyn Pig Fest 2008 Saturday, May 31, 1 to 6 p.m. Cold beer, live music, and barbecue. What more do you need to know? Sponsored by... More
On the corner of Waverly and West 11th Street is a bakery with glass windows and an interior done up in bright pink, the word "Royale" boldly splayed across the wall in white cursive. Aside from the shock of... More
My sticky fingers can't wipe tears of happiness. No wet naps around. —rchung77... More
Editor's note: Every day here at SE:NY, we scour the New York boards and blogs with an eye toward awesome things you'd want to eat. Each afternoon we gather this "Smörgåsboard" and present it to you. Have something to share?... More
The Big Apple Barbecue Block Party. You pretty much know the drill. 'Cuemasters from around the country descend on New York's Madison Square Park for a weekend of meat-smoking for the barbecue-famished masses. As experienced block party attendees know, the... More
Bone handle makes meat pie eating easy! As a resident of the Queens nabe known as Rego Park-istan, due to its high concentration of Uzbekis and other Central Asian immigrants, I’m no stranger to the savory pies known as... More
Please don't let this be the end of Red Hook Rye. Photograph by cocktailian LeNell Smothers is "dazed and bitchy beyond normal." The lease on her Wine & Spirit Boutique is up at the end of May, and she... More
Seymour Burton in the East Village will start offering a late night menu [NYM] Water Taxi Beach has Coney Island Competition [Eater] There is free cake in Midtown today [Gothamist] Le Bernardin's Aldo Sohm is the best sommerlier in the... More
Editor's note: I don't know how things work at your office, but around this time of day, our collective sweet tooth starts acting up at Serious Eats HQ. Enter Sugar Rush. Every afternoon, we'll point you to something sweet—as an... More
Michael Psilakis, executive chef at at Greek restaurants Anthos (36 West 52nd Street, New York NY 10019) and Kefi (222 West 79th Street, New York NY 10024) and at Italian joint Mia Dona, (206 East 58th Street, New York... More
HAI'CUE! When it comes to the Big Apple Barbecue Block Party, you pretty much know the drill. 'Cuemasters from around the country descend on New York's Madison Square Park for a weekend of meat-smoking for the barbecue-famished masses. As experienced... More
Editor's note: Everyone on the web does review round-ups. But when it comes down to it, SE:NY doesn't care so much about keeping tabs on who gave what place how many stars. Instead, our weekly review roundups focus on the... More
In Union Square today there are sugar snap peas, strawberries, fiddleheads, and ramps [Lucy's Greenmarket Report] More from Union Square... Honey Hollow Farms still has giant morels [Greenmarket Report] Tasting Vermont cheese at the Williamsburger Greenmarket [Brooklyn Cheese Mongers] A... More
Fried chickpeas from the now Raij-less Tia Pol. Photograph by The Wandering Eater Chef Alex Raij leaves Tia Pol and El Quinto Pino [Strong BuzzEater -->] Chef Jody Williams leaves Morandi [Eater] Thomas Keller to helm U.S. team at... More
Wine bars with cheese programs are cropping up everywhere, but even more exciting to a cheese freak like me are the places that put the proverbial cart before the horse, or, in this case, the cheese plate before the wine bottle. The year-old Casellula actually calls itself a cheese and wine bar, so you know what its owner, Brian Keyser, considers most important. Amen, Brian. More
Editor's note: I don't know how things work at your office, but around this time of day, our collective sweet tooth starts acting up at Serious Eats HQ. Enter Sugar Rush. Every afternoon, we'll point you to something sweet—so you... More
Photograph by Robyn Lee The chicharrones and seafood soup are the two best dishes at El Castillo de Jagua on the Lower East Side [The Girl Who Ate Everything] Mas has a domestic caviar on brioche toast that is... More
Outside of Organic Tofu House, a bowl of pork tofu stew, kimchi banchan, and marinated beef Ridgewood, New Jersey has always been the place to go to for dinner while I was growing up in nearby Franklin Lakes. You'll... More
Get a taste of the Red Hook Ballfields at the Brooklyn Flea this weekend. More
Manhattan's Chinatown is a huge neighborhood that just seems to keep growing. Although it's a good thing that the neighborhood offers a nearly endless number of eateries, you may be overwhelmed by all the choices. Where do you go on an empty stomach? What do you order? More
Former Momofuku chef opens Persimmon, a prix fixe Korean in the East Village [NYM] Kenny Shopsin is coming out with a book [NYT] New peace-themed Ben & Jerry's ice cream flavor launches in New York [NYDN] I Tre Merli and... More
At least, if you eat at his restaurant, he'll give you an umbrella. T Magazine's Jill Santopietro found herself unprepared for a downpour after a meal at prolific restauranteur Danny Meyer's Eleven Madison Park, but was saved from the rain... More
I don't know where you'll be this weekend, but I will be on pupusa patrol at the Brooklyn Flea in Fort Greene, where according to Brownstoner, the Salvadorean snack (yes, I consider it a snack!) will be sold by... More
Editor's note: I don't know how things work at your office, but around this time of day, our collective sweet tooth starts acting up at Serious Eats HQ. Enter Sugar Rush. Every afternoon, we'll point you to something sweet—so you... More
Editor's note: Every day here at SE:NY, we scour the New York boards and blogs with an eye toward awesome things you'd want to eat. Each afternoon we gather this "Smörgåsboard" and present it to you. Have something to share?... More
Editor's note: Nobody knows the outer boroughs like our man Joe DiStefano, who takes great joy in walking the gustatory road less traveled. Last week it was guinea pig in Jackson Heights, this week it's cemitas in, well- Jackson Heights... More
Editor's note: We here at Serious Eats:New York are pretty excited to welcome Brian Yarvin as our New Jersey correspondent. Brian is a photographer, educator, and writer, and his book "Farms & Foods of the Garden State" just came out.... More
Editor's note: Please welcome Serious Eats community member BaHa, aka Barbara Hanson, who will be checking in now and again with dispatches about the various little one-of-a-kind food stores and markets in New York. Here is her recipe for A-Z... More
Momofuku Ko is now open on Tuesdays [Eater] Williamsburg is the most obese neighborhood [NYDN via Gothamist] Looking for something to do this weekend? Here's a great list of food-friendly festivals. [Eating in Translation] Gridskipper, relaunched, posts menu from... More
Editor's note: I don't know how things work at your office, but around this time of day, our collective sweet tooth starts acting up at Serious Eats HQ. Enter Sugar Rush. Every afternoon, we'll point you to something sweet—so you... More
Editor's note: Every day here at SE:NY, we scour the New York boards and blogs with an eye toward awesome things you'd want to eat. Each afternoon we gather this "Smörgåsboard" and present it to you. Have something to share?... More
"These little squares of chocolate-nut heaven are the brownies of my dreams." I don't know why exactly, but lately I've been exploring the brownie culture of New York. On one foray to Chelsea Market, I tried brownies from Sarabeth's, Amy's,... More
Today at 4 p.m., Water Taxi Beach, on the faux-sandy shore of Long Island City, officially opens. Today is opening day at Water Taxi Beach [Eater] Shad festival goes shadless to spotlight declines in fish population [NYT] Mercadito Cantina... More
Editor's note: I don't know how things work at your office, but in the late afternoon, our collective sweet tooth starts acting up at Serious Eats HQ. Enter Sugar Rush. Every afternoon, we'll point you to some sweet something—so you... More
Editor's note: Every day here at SE:NY, we scour the New York boards and blogs with an eye toward awesome things you'd want to eat. Each afternoon we gather this "Smörgåsboard" and present it to you. Have something to share?... More
Editor's note: Yesterday, Grub Street posted about Emperor Japanese Tapas Shabu Restaurant in Chinatown, remarking that it had "somehow completely eluded reviewers and bloggers." Well it just so happens that our man Joe DiStefano ate there last week and filed... More
Editor's note: Everyone on the web does review round-ups. But when it comes down to it, SE:NY doesn't care so much about keeping tabs on who gave what place how many stars. Instead, our weekly review roundups focus on the... More
Maxwell's is back at Union Square with a selection of greens, root vegetables, and beans [Greenmarket Report]Two votes for Tamarack Hollow Farms Bacon [Greenmarket Report and Chomping the Big Apple]Tired of plain ol' roasted asparagus? Here's a recipe to... More
Say your goodbyes. It's closing on June 29th. Famous New Yorkers and former employees wax poetic about Florent, five weeks before it is set to close [NYT] Hundred Acres is replacing Provence in the West Village... [NYT] ... and... More
In my capacity as the official reviewer for Serious Eats New York, I feel it's perfectly within my rights to invent a new category of Italian sandwich emporium: the BYOB deli. The B in this case stands for "bread," not "bottle." That's right, I'm advocating--in fact I'm telling you flat out--that if you would like to eat the finest mixed Italian cold-cut hero to be found in New York, you need to bring your own bread to Salumeria Biellese. More
Editor's note: I don't know how things work at your office, but around this time of day, our collective sweet tooth starts acting up at Serious Eats HQ. Enter Sugar Rush. Every afternoon, we'll point you to some sweet something—so... More
Editor's note: Every day here at SE:NY, we scour the New York boards and blogs with an eye toward awesome things you'd want to eat. Each afternoon we gather this "Smörgåsboard" and present it to you. Have something to share?... More
Zach Brooks, who has joined us as the Serious Eats New York editor, is probably too modest to self-link back to this great interview on his site, Midtown Lunch, but it's a pretty comprehensive interview with the New York–based competitive... More
Editor's note: Each week on SE:NY, we'll be talking to notable and interesting serious eaters as part of our Meet & Eat series. Today's subject needs little introduction, but we're going to give one anyway. You may know David Chang... More
St. George Church's varenyky. (Photograph by Blondie & Brownie) Despite it being a pretty wet weekend, people still turned out for the 32nd Annual Ukrainian Festival in the East Village, and after seeing the photo above on the blog... More
Clockwise from top left: Exterior of Kofoo, eel dup bop, assorted kimbap, duk bok gi. The Serious Eats office isn't located in the most depressing of culinary wastelands, but there's little in the way of gastronomic delight to be... More
That burger is how much? Wall Street Burger Shoppe adds $175 hamburger to their menu [NYDN] Izakaya Oni becomes Ramen Setagaya's third roommate [Eater] Competitive eating heroes clash in watermelon battle at Rock Center today [Gothamist] Mooncake Foods has... More
In the last couple of weeks you might have noticed we've been doing things a little differently at the site formerly known as Ed Levine Eats. What was once my personal blog focusing mostly on New York food has become a group endeavor devoted to helping serious eaters find everything delicious in New York City. Welcome to Serious Eats New York! More
"Like so much else about Thai cuisine, making the perfect miang kum is all about balance." When I picked up the above package of miang kum at Sugar Club, a wonderful Thai grocery store in Elmhurst, Queens, I asked the... More
Brick Oven Bar Be Cue, we hardly knew ye. I'd been eager to try the pizza offerings at this unlikeliest of barbecue joints, housed in a gritty former warehouse on the corner of Third Avenue and 6th Street in Brooklyn's... More
This slice, from Vinny Vincenz in the East Village, is now $2.35 More on the rising cost of a Manhattan slice, this time in the East Village [NYDN] Hot dog stand's day ruined by Veggie Pride Parade in Washington... More
Pre-game buffet. (Photo courtesy of Eating in Translation) With baseball season kicking into full swing, alot has been written about good eats around Shea and Yankee Stadiums, and with the Mets visiting the Bronx this weekend, I think the... More
Robyn Lee is our resident macaron expert, but even this one befuddled her a bit (and by that, I mean, grossed her out). The "Philadelphia" macaron from the Macaron Cafe in the Garment District. Yes, that is smoked salmon,... More
The food-related buzz about the Red Hook Ikea in Brooklyn so far has been that the cafe there will serve "unspecified New York specialties" in addition to the usual meatball fare. But the real story is this, ladies and and gents: The Red Hook vendors will now be easily accessible from Manhattan via the Ikea Ferry. More
Taste of Tribeca is one of the more fun, reasonably priced food events in New York. For $40 ($45 at the door), you get to try six tasting plates from an impressive line-up of Tribeca restaurants, including Bouley, Chanterelle, Blaue... More
Interview with Taras Grescoe, author of Bottomfeeder [Gothamist] Irene Sax visits Nanoosh, where hummus is the thing to get [NYDN] Name this bar, get $1,000 bar tab [Gothamist] Milk Thistle is a new free-range, grass-fed, organic milk [NYDN] Flame-tamer... More
Tribeca al fresco. Photograph from tasteoftribeca.org Taste of Tribeca Saturday, May 17, 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sample tasty eats from more than 50 New York City restaurants, like Chanterelle, Bouley, The Harrison, and Blaue Gans. Admission is $40... More
Editor's note: You may know Kathy Chan from her blog A Passion for Food or from such pieces on Serious Eats as How to Make Spam Musubi. She'll now be appearing weekly here with Thursday's Sugar Rush column. Please give... More
Better than Chile?!? (Photo by Robyn Lee) The chacarero you get at San Antonio Bakery #2 in Astoria may be better than the ones in Chile [The Girl Who Ate Everything] You can get duck fat french fries at... More
Skin from El Quinto Pino; Feet from Hakata Tonton Printed in the latest issue of Time Out New York is a list of the best pork dishes in New York City, with each one using a different part of... More
Even if it was 100 degrees out, I would still eat you. Got a message from The Dessert Truck last night saying that they have phased out the Gianduja pot de creme and the hot chocolate from their menu,... More
Get a free iced coffee from Dunkin' Donuts today from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. [Gothamist] Danny Meyer, Frank Bruni, and Tom Colicchio named the most powerful foodies in New York real estate [Eater] Wolfgang Puck is suing the... More
So a lot has happened since I first hipped you to the retro Good Humor man earlier this week. Who knew that when I was talking to Jose "Jay" Martinez on Sunday that he was one party in bitter... More
Basil and chocolate cupcakes get the runner-up prize. On Monday, the Brooklyn Kitchen held its second annual Cupcake Cookoff at Union Pool in Williamsburg. With the irresistible bait of free homemade cupcakes, the place was packed with competing bakers,... More
Having been to Eighty-One a few times, I basically concur with Frank Bruni's take. Ed Brown is a superb cook, and I have eaten very well at his restaurant. But his food is sometimes overwrought (what Bruni referred to as... More
More good eats you can pick up near Yankee and Shea stadiums [VV] You can get manish water at Pop Master Deluxe in Crown Heights Brooklyn [EIT] The tom yum soup at Rhong Tiam may be the best in Manhattan... More
Is there a better Mother's Day treat? Everyone and their mother packed El Pequeño Coffee Shop in Jackson Heights, Queens, this past Sunday afternoon. I was there on a mission that my dear departed mother would have found shocking:... More
Eighty One serves a wild striped bass with strips of skin that are "so crunchy and rich they seem to be emulating pork rinds." [Bruni, NYT] The sliced veal strip is "as good as you'll find" at Olana, and... More
"... The beans whirred through pneumatic tubes overhead, sorted by the Selectifier (yes, Willy Wonka references are common)" Strange brew. (Photographs from roastingplant.com) The Roasting Plant 81 Orchard Street New York, NY 10002 (map) 212-775-7755 roastingplant.com The Roasting Plant, at... More
This morning Honey Hollow Farms arrived at Union Square with yellow morels [Greenmarket Report] Here's a great video tour of the Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket in Prospect Park [Not Eating Out in NY] Adopt a free tree this Saturday at... More
This guy's about to get a big brother. Mei Lai Wah may not be dead yet [Eater] The former chef at Le Côte Basque is "interning" at Benoit [NYT] Bronx residents are fighting to save Key Food [NYDN] Cuozzo hates... More
With barbecue joints seemingly sprouting up on every corner these days in New York, it's easy to forget what a barbecue wilderness Gotham was for so many years. When I arrived in New York in 1973, there was precious little real barbecue. Then came the 'cue explosion of the '00s, the latest of which is Wildwood BBQ. More
Cookies, jam-filled biscuit, and cupcakes from Babycakes. Yesterday, Restaurant Girl Danyelle Freeman posted her list of the best Vegan Dessert Spots in New York City. We are well aware that for most people the words "Vegan" and "dessert" and... More
Why eat a pistchio muffin, when you can have a cupcake? There is an "addictive" pistachio cupcake at Sugar Sweet Sunshine [Chowhound] Nothing at Mr. Skewer is served on a skewer, but they have some killer Brazilian hot sauces [Gothamist]... More
Midtown Lunch reports that only one Häagen-Dazs location in Midtown is offering free scoops of its Vanilla Honey Bee flavor ice cream today between 4 and 8 p.m. However, outside of Midtown there are many Häagen-Dazs shops participating in the... More
Although I had passed Chinatown's New Yeah Shanghai Deluxe innumerable times (as it is conveniently located just a few doors down from Chinatown Ice Cream Factory, one of my most frequented ice cream shops), I never felt compelled to... More
Or, 'Pig Out to Feed Hungry People' Hunger relief organization Share Our Strength's annual Taste of the Nation New York City benefit is this Wednesday, May 14, at the Roseland Ballroom. SOS is a terrific organization that supports hunger-relief efforts... More
Capt. Nemo on ConeyIsland.com File under: Ignorance Is Bliss. New York mainstay Nathan's has complied with the Department of Health's mandate that calorie counts be added to the menus of chain restaurants with at least 15 outlets. It's interesting... More
Ed Mitchell will be returning whole hog to this year's Big Apple BBQ Block Party The Big Apple BBQ Block Party has announced its lineup of 'cue masters [Big Apple BBQ] Alto's pastry chef is leaving to open her own... More
Humor me, won'tcha? The ice cream man almost always serves as an icy blast from days long past. Especially so if he's rocking an early-model Ford and dressed in retro mid-century togs, as Jay here is, right down to... More
The Combo Meal For 4 at the newly opened Ghenet Brooklyn is enough for 6 [VV] There is some top flight charcuterie to be had at Country [Gothamist] You can get tripe stew from a street cart on Pike... More
Edible Brooklyn is having its second-annual Brooklyn Uncorked tasting party this Wednesday, May 14, from 4 to 8 p.m. at the BAMCafé (30 Lafayette Avenue; Fort Greene, Brooklyn). Tickets are a reasonable $50. Offering tastes will be 30 Long Island... More
Grand Sichuan founder Xiaotu Zhang debunked the common notion that "authentic" food is always good food in a recent New York Magazine interview. It's no good when it's "too salty, too oily, too spicy. Healthy—that’s good," he noted.... More
Momofuku Ko's bathroom Momofuku Ko has been extensively written about and photographed, but one thing that no one's mentioned is the bathroom. What kind of literature does one find at Ko?... More
Josh Ozersky, editor of the food blog Grub Street and recent burger-book author, was interviewed [warning! PDF!] in the spring issue of Edible Brooklyn. Based on the number of different kinds of salt he has in his apartment, some might... More
Coming this Sunday to the Brooklyn Flea in Fort Greene. The much-loved Red Hook ballfield vendors are expected to start selling their delicious papusas, ceviche, and huaraches the first weekend in June, but according to Grub Street, they will... More
New Sex & the City movie means longer lines at Magnolia Bakery [WCBS via Gothamist] Café des Artistes is home to the oldest barfly in the city [NYT] Michael Psilakis shares his mom's recipe for Galactobouriko [NYDN] Cheap eats in... More
Good food and airports have never quite gone hand in hand, but that may soon change—at least if you're at Terminal 5 at JFK. Mark Ladner, executive chef at Del Posto, is consulting on an Italian restaurant called Aero Nova,... More
Ouest: Another great housemade bread basket (Tom Valenti was trained as a pastry chef) and let's face it, Valenti knows how to make homey, sophisticated food better than anyone. 2315 Broadway, New York NY 10024; 212-580-8700; ouestny.com Eleven Madison Park:... More
The somewhat non-existent sign outside the restaurant, and the interior. Do you have any idea how many times I wished I could eat a dinner in which i could alternate mouthfuls of fried chicken with bites of spicy, kimchi-laden... More
Pichet Ong will serve his mom's roasted eggplant at P*ong's on Mother's Day [NYM] If you don't see it at Whole Foods or the Union Square Greenmarket, there is fresh rhubarb at the Chelsea Fruit Exchange [Chowhound] If you are... More
Union Hall Last night, Brooklyn Community Board members voted 6 to 2 in favor of a motion to deny Union Hall a liquor license renewal. The bar, opened in 2006, is one of the most popular watering holes in... More
MLW: RIP. Harry Cirpriani and the Rainbow Room may lose liquor license [NYT] Veniero's, home of Ed Levine's favorite slab-style cheesecake, was shuttered by the DOH [Eater] The restaurant in the Red Hook Ikea will carry New York specialities,... More
Earlier today, three of New York's finest chefs gathered at a New Yorker Conference panel moderated by Bill Buford, where Momofuku chef David Chang confessed that even he's surprised how popular his pork buns have become. He admitted that... More
There's a "life altering" duck confit sandwich at Rosewater in Brooklyn [Chowhound] The Ridgewood Pork Store in Queens is totally worth it [Chowhound] Three Al di La Pastas that still make you "sit up and take notice" [NYC Nosh] The... More
Every spring I check in at Sullivan Street Bakery and Grandaisy waiting for them to start making their incomparable artichoke pizza. Last week I went and hit paydirt—or should I say, artichoke dirt. Take a look at this slice of... More
Copyranter Advertising blogger Copyranter points out some urban visual noise in the form of really narsty-lookin' gyro poster ads: In a reversal of the usual menu photo vs. the real thing food dynamic, these poster gyros look exponentially worse... More
Editor's note: Robyn Lee, is also known as the Girl Who Ate Everything, and that's not far from the truth. She's out and about so much around the city that I asked her to write about some of favorite New... More
Photograph from Shiny Things on Flickr New York City's famed Tavern on the Green is opening an outpost in San Francisco, the Business Times there reports. The tourist-mobbed spot has leased the top floor of the struggling Metreon complex... More
CheapAssFood.com Most people cite Gray's Papaya for good hot dogs, but if you're looking for more bang for your buck, your best bet is in Chinatown at Jumbo Hot Dog, where you can get a filling hot dog for... More
Believe the hype: Frank Bruni gives Ko three stars [NYT] Stinky Bklyn has opened a wine bar in Carroll Gardens [NYT] Steve Cuozzo runs down some reasonable BYOW places [NYP] Three places New Yorkers are willing to wait in line... More
Editor's note: Starting this week I am going to post a restaurant review every Tuesday night. Why? Because it's fun to do and because I think serious eaters could use a little guidance when they're searching for something delicious to... More
Every time I've reviewed restaurants in print, on television or radio, or, now, online, I've always wrestled with the question of what rating system to use. There are so many ratings systems already in use it's hard to make sense... More
In a Q and A with New York Times restaurant critic Frank Bruni, Jean-Georges pastry chef Johnny Iuzzini admits that he has a "hard time with male animal reproductive organs." That is, a hard time eating them. Some of us... More
Or, 'Hi, My Name Is David and I'll Be Your Waiter Tonight' When a Wall Street Journal reporter detailed her experience at Momofuku Ko and questioned her overall experience there, I thought it was an exercise in needless complaining. But... More
Where to find "real Thai food," like fried cobra bones? [Chowhound] Looking to buy some lardo? Here you go [Chowhound] Best soft-shelled crabs south of 14th Street [Chowhound] Where to find wasabi root and makrut lime leaves in New York... More
Restaurant critic Alan Richman managed to drag David Chang to Ippudo to opine on its ramen. Chang didn't take the bait (he doesn't consider himself the ramen king of New York, and he said he liked the ramen at Ippudo),... More
Editor's note: Please welcome Serious Eats community member BaHa, aka Barbara Hanson, who will be checking in now and again with dispatches about the various little one-of-a-kind food stores and markets in New York. She makes her debut with a... More
The Wylie Dufresne hot dog debuts at PDT this week [NYM] The Underground Gourmet hits up the new French, which serves pho alongside pulled pork in the West Village [NYM] Long Island pizzeria feeling the pinch after school board restricts... More
Le Circle Rouge beats out Annisa, Craft and others at D'Artagnan's Fourth Annual Duckathlon [Gothamist] Cathy Erway takes you on a video tour of the Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket [Not Eating Out in NY] Pinisi Bakery is the perfect dessert... More
I just watched Bud Mishkin's One on 1 interview with Ruth Reichl on NY1. Some highlights: Reichl once engaged in Dumpster diving; it was in Berkeley in the '70s, so cut her some slack. "It wasn't about money but about... More
--> I have to admit, reading the Market Scene last week for San Francisco inspired serious amounts of dismay in this New Yorker. Despite their lovely flavor and appealing looks, I am so. Tired. Of. Hearing. About. Ramps. As is,... More
NY1 tonight will run an interview with Gourmet editor Ruth Reichl. As part of the ongoing One on 1 series with Bud Mishkin, Reichl will talk about her current gig, her past job as restaurant critic at the New York... More
Here in New York City, those of us who have lived in (or just plain love) New Orleans are on a constant hunt for any of the foods that brought us joy from that area. Oysters, beignets, crawfish, jambalaya,... More
The Lost Supermarket: A Breed in Need of Replenishment [New York Times] Parents, Meet Your Coach in the Organic Aisle [New York Times] Lean Times Test Whole Foods' Loyalty Base [New York Post] Fruit and Veggie Carts Get Push... More
According to Gael Greene, the insatiable critic herself, Chinatown Brasserie is now offering a terrific lunchtime bargain for what may be New York's best dim sum: "8 of Joe Ng's dumplings for $12 and the “dim sum deluxe,” a dozen... More
Ouest chef-owner Tom Valenti is certainly one of New York's greatest chefs, but he also truly loves to eat, and he really enjoys exploring food in his Upper Broadway-Riverside Drive neighborhood known as Sugar Hill. Sugar Hill is south of... More
Grub Street Oft overlooked is the humble ice cube. But when presented just so in a rocks glass, with a pour of good bourbon or a well-balanced cocktail, a carefully crafted hunka frozen H20 can be a work of art,... More
New York City-based, award-winning barbecue master Adam Perry Lang was on last night's episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! cooking up a feast of whole roast pig, smoked pork butt, beef rib, brisket, sausages, and baked beans. For some, this... More
David Chang (left) and David Chan (right) have a little more in common than their professions. Photograph of David Chang from Desperate ChefsWives of NYC | Photograph of David Chan from Grand Street News This morning a friend tipped... More
The Liberty City Restaurant Guide We managed to convince our intern Gordon Mark to step away from playing Grand Theft Auto IV and come to Serious Eats headquarters so we could scan the manual's bar and restaurant information. It includes... More
Tipster Dan Dickinson was in North Algonquin earlier this morning and brings word that the Liberty State Institute of Food Hygiene has shuttered the Cluckin' Bell there.... More
