I stopped eating the doughy, half-empty pouches that corner slice shops call calzone years ago. Until tackling this immense one the other day, I’d never eaten a proper Italian style calzone. The brick-oven blistered bad boy is the creation...
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Masjid al Hikmah’s Indonesian Food Bazaar and Ping Pong Tournament on Sunday was the most culturally immersive food event I’ve been to this summer. Think of it as a Church potluck fundraiser—but with everybody from Indonesian grannies to young...
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Note: The 2009 Vendy Awards, a celebration of New York street food, will be held on September 26 at the Queens Museum of Art (buy tickets here). All proceeds will benefit the Street Vendor Project, an arm of the Urban...
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There are plenty of places to get a well-crafted cocktail in Manhattan these days: P.D.T., Mayahuel, Macao Trading Co., Death & Co., Angel's Share, Little Branch—the list goes on. But right now, my favorite place for a fine libation...
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"Many teams centered their entries around pork belly." Theo Peck's entry: jerk pork belly with fava bean pesto. Given the popularity of cook-offs these days I knew it would take more than a little rain to dampen spirits of those...
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Photograph (top) from DashDano on Flickr and (bottom) from Mandarin's website. How do canned mandarin oranges become so pith-free and perfectly segmented? You can finally found out tonight at the NYC Food Film Festival closing ceremony where the Dutch...
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Editor's note: This dispatch comes to us from Annaliese Griffin, editor of Brooklyn Based, who is not afraid of a little Château cardboard. —Erin Like beer can chicken, box wine has long held court as a trashy-fabulous summer staple of...
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