At Serious Eats, we're all about food. And even when we're not reading or writing about it, we're perhaps thinking, idealizing, and dreaming about it. But we're also cognizant of the millions of New Yorkers who don't have ready access to food, which is why we're down with
City Harvest, an organization that for over 25 years, has helped to feed the New York City's hungry. And in order to fund this massive effort (they estimate they'll rescue 30 million lbs of food this year), they've partnered with some of the city's best restaurants to throw their annual Bid Against Hunger gala, which was held yesterday evening at the Metropolitan Pavilion.
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[Photographs: Maggie Hoffman] Scarpetta 355 West 14th Street, New York NY 10014 (at 9th Avenue; map); 212-691-0555; website warning: music plays Cuisine: Italian Veggie Options: 8 appetizers, 8 entrées Cost: Appetizers $12-15, veg entrées $18-24 Finding a place to...
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One of the most celebrated Italian chefs in New York City,
Scott Conant is at the top of his game. Chef-owner of the very successful
Scarpetta restaurants in NYC and Miami Beach, he opened his newest restaurant, Faustina, in early 2010. And next week, he'll be opening a brand new Scarpetta branch in Toronto—his first international project. Additionally, Scott is the host of new Food Network show
24 Hour Restaurant Battle, where teams of two compete every week for to open a restaurant in a mere 24 hours. I chatted with Scott about all of these projects and more.
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Bread baskets are one of the greatest pleasures of dining out. Have you ever eaten a bread basket that was so delicious you couldn't stop eating it? Or one that even out-shined your actual meal? We have—and since New York City is a bastion of the impressive bread basket, we set out to determine our favorites.
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[Photos: Carey Jones] Scarpetta's Tomato-Basil Spaghetti View the complete recipe here >> When Ed Levine first tasted Scott Conant's spaghetti with tomato and basil at Scarpetta, it was love at first bite. And he was hardly the only diner...
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To celebrate the big one-year-old birthday, Scarpetta is offering a special four-course prix fixe menu (yes, the spaghetti with tomato and basil is involved) with complimentary wine pairings for $50 a person. Offer ends tomorrow, and apparently the portions are...
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Restaurants are struggling to find ways to bring in customers. If movie theaters have mommy-and-baby showings on weekday mornings, why can't restaurants have an early family seating?
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Our all-star intern Grace Kang has been making the Restaurant Week rounds. With so many restaurants keeping the prix-fixe menus out until late-February, you still have time to check out Grace's faves. —Erin Clockwise from left: Scarpetta's olive oil cake,...
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The food at
Scarpetta is not a radical departure for
Scott Conant. In fact, you can call it Conant's Greatest Hits, with a few new tracks thrown in for good measure. Conant's food has always been
honest, soulful, and mercifully devoid of gimmickry, and I wanted to see if it could withstand a retractable roof.
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