[Photograph: Gothamist] Earlier today 270 people came together at ABC Studios to try and break the record for the World's Largest Pie Fight on Live! with Regis and Kelly. 1,500 pies were provided by Sara Lee, with baking done...
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[Photograph: Robyn Lee] I spotted this happy peanut on the side of a stand at a street fair on Mulberry Street this past Saturday. Something about the peanut seemed so endearing. The wide, excited eyes. The raised, stubby arms...
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Of all the vanity plates scooting around these roads, FALAFEL1 might be the best. Ever. Naturally, it belongs to Freddy Zeidaies of The King of Falafel and Shawarma, a popular cart on 30th Street and Broadway in Astoria. Zeidaies...
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Photograph by Serious Eats intern alum Linnea Covington It might be hard to tell what those letters are trying to spell, but it's just one -ING short of "I ♥ PICKLED HERRING." The crew behind The Universal Records Database...
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Photograph from gastrodamus on Flickr I clicked on the thumbnail for gastrodamus' photo not knowing what it was. And then the bounty was revealed: pork cracklins from Porchetta in the East Village. Yup, those are chunks of outer pig...
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Photograph from melaniemusings-melanie.blogspot.com Man wears bacon costume. Man walks dog in Tompkins Square Park. Life is good....
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Photograph by Zach Brooks on Flickr That's no ordinary baby eying a bowl of Chinese steam-table food; that's Harry, the progeny of Mr. Midtown Lunch, Zach Brooks. Zach clearly has no problem having lunch with his kid—if only he...
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As soon as I walked into Sun Mary Bakery in Flushing, I gravitated towards the display case of cakes—in particular, the bulbous panda head cake. With tiny nubbin arms. And unnaturally huge eyes. That stare uncomfortably deep into your...
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Me & My Egg Roll is the best name I've ever heard for a Chinese take-out. Something about it just feels all warm and snuggly, even if the object of the warm snuggles is a deep fried, fat-soaked roll...
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Photograph from juanamarie33 on Flickr A photo within a photo, in this case. A nice memorial to Joe Ades in Union Square, appropriately with a carrot peel wreath, where he might have been peeling this very minute. Previously: Legendary...
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