If you're a serious eater living in New York City, the Sullivan Street Bakery's Jim Lahey should be one of your gustatory heroes. In recent years, Lahey and his merry band of bakers have greatly expanded beyond the initial trio of dough-based things into sandwiches and other foods that play to Lahey's strengths. More
Famous for their pizza bianca and loved for their sandwiches and insanely delicious square cuts of pizza (topped with cauliflower, zucchini, or mushrooms), the pastries at this Hell's Kitchen bakery are often overlooked and surely deserve more recognition. Since... More
Trying to figure out what to bring to a dinner party can be difficult. Usually, what happens in our circle of friends is people ask me what I want to bring. I'm pretty good on dessert, more than adequate... More
We're not worthy. We're not worthy. In New York magazine's "Best Breakfast Meals" list, Robin Raisfeld and Rob Patronite called the bombolinis at Jim Lahey's Sullivan Street Bakery the "best doughnuts" in the city. That is a powerful claim,... 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
"Do not pile the ham on. Unless you are very wealthy, this will not be a realistic temptation." New York's (and maybe the world's) best sandwich is a pretty simple affair. I made it for the first time on Sunday,... More
The Sullivan Street Bakery situation has been difficult to follow, even for someone like me who's known all the parties involved for years. Jim Lahey and Monica Von Thun Calderon were the original partners of the Sullivan Street Bakery on... More
By popular demand, here's a list of my top ten pizza slices in NYC: 1) DiFara (you all know where it is) 2) Adrienne's (Old Stone St., Wall Street) 3) Patsy's (117th and First Avenue) 4) Joe and Pat's (Staten... More
It was a week of memorable bites: The prosciutto balls at Joe's Superette on Smith Street in Carroll Gardens. There's still very little else on the shelves in the store, but those creamy, tangy, peppery, crunchy prosciutto balls rock. And... More
