This week, we're chatting with Jill DeGroff, artist and author of Lush Life, Portraits from Behind the Bar—a collection of sketches of the bartenders, musicians, chefs, and others that populate the bars of America. Name: Jill DeGroff Location: New York...
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Burger with a cup of peanut butter and mayo. We gagged, too. [Photo: This Is Why You're Fat] No, this is why you're fat. Hopping on board the food truck frenzy, This Is Why You're Fat is holding a...
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Imagine taking a trip back in time to the days before Prohibition. In this era, bartenders like Jerry Thomas and Harry Johnson preached the gospel of cocktails far and wide, and elevated the craft of tending bar to the highest...
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Tim Stark, tomato and pepper farmer extraordinaire, is also a fine writer to boot. His book Heirloom: Notes from an Accidental Tomato Farmer was first released last July and re-released this month in paperback. Stark will join forces with Esca...
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It's good to know which restaurants serve food on thoroughly scrubbed plates (but that's not what this book is all about). Clean Plates NYC is a guide to healthy eateries in Manhattan that skip chemicals and GMOs to serve locally-raised...
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The anthology Eat, Memory features a collection of food-inspired essays edited by Amanda Hesser, originally published in the eponymous New York Times magazine column. Hesser will join Henry Alford, Dan Barber, and Alex Prud'homme to read passages tonight at the...
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People move to New York City in their 20s hoping to play some part in the bright lights of the big city—the premieres, the openings, the parade of events. I was born here, however, and so it seemed like my...
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I always like to compare at least two reliable and credible sources when I am about to go somewhere, so in that spirit here is Faith Willinger's take on Venetian food. Faith is a food writer and cookbook author who...
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I have now walked past my wife's scrumptious lemon-glazed pound cake ten times in the last eight hours, and so far I have been able to resist its siren call. The cake was left over from our dinner party last...
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Given that I read on-line every major newspaper's Thanksgiving-obsessed food section this past Wednesday on SauteWednesday, I feel compelled to share with all of you my Thanksgiving menu. I buy an Eberly Farms Organic Turkey and brine it overnight. This...
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