[Photos: Robyn Lee] Moving Onto The Next Round: Roasting Plant Dessert Club Chikalicious The Midtown Edition >> The Uptown Edition >> The Mission >> We've gone uptown. We've roamed the streets of Midtown. And now, we're eating our way...
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The menu description doesn't do this dessert justice: "acorn squash slowly cooked in syrup served with vanilla scented whipped cream." The dessert is by Natalia Machado, the pastry chef at Tribeca's Industria Argentina, and it's named Zapallos en Almibar...
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The Zuccharinos ($3.75) at Locanda Verde lie at the perfect intersection of doughnut and a soft sugar cake. Baked, not fried, it does not intend to mimic a doughnut, yet it delivers all the flavor and nuances of one....
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[Photo: Kathy Chan] An afternoon pick-up coupling chocolate and espresso into one dark fudgy square with a crackly top. Far too sweet for my taste buds, but hard to refuse when shared with a friend and accompanied by a...
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[Photo: Kathy Chan] The teas brewed to order at Amanazi Tea in Tribeca might be great, but please do not go for the boba drinks. The advertisements and windows displays might lead you believe one thing, but your taste...
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Photo: Midtown Lunch It's not too often that Zach "Midtown Lunch" Brooks gets "downtown lunch jealousy," but the new Frites N Meats truck (@fritesnmeats), down at Greenwich and Chambers, will do the trick. In addition to double-fried Belgian-style frites,...
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"Good food at a bar isn't easy to come by, but good food at a sports bar is near miraculous." [Photos: Tia Kim] Ever since Joe Torre stopped managing the Yankees in '07, I have to admit, much like the...
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I recently starting working out of a different office, the new one, in Tribeca. Every morning I would get off the A train at Canal and walk past this corner shop that always, and I mean always, had a...
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The girl behind the pasty counter at Locanda Verde was serious when she said to me, "Thank goodness they keep this cake covered—the scent drives me insane." She removed the glass cover, the smell of fresh gingerbread cake wafted...
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Here's what you need to know about dining at Bouley Bakery and Market. Come during peak lunch hours (11 a.m. to 1 p.m.) and you'll have to scramble or wait around for a seat. Arrive in the afternoon and...
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