Photo: Ephemeral New York Ephemeral New York unearthed the '99 Thanksgiving menu at the Plaza Hotel—sorry, that's 1899—from the archives at the New York Public Library. Some highlights? Caviar canapes for 40 cents; stuffed Boston gosling for 75; veal...
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Filmmaker Liza De Guia of Food Curated just dropped another one of her short documentaries, this one about Sarah Lohman, an amateur "historic gastronomist": Sarah is a rare breed of hobbyist. A "historic gastronomist". She rediscovers and recreates American...
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Photograph from valentinapowers on Flickr In the paper cup world, this one is pretty famous, but it may soon be as endangered as the Florida manatee. Jeremiah of the blog Jeremiah's Vanishing New York recently ordered a chocolate egg...
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Tonight's episode is called "Disappearing Manhattan," where Anthony Bourdain will hit "some of Manhattan’s classic restaurants, such as Katz’s Deli, Russ & Daughters and Hop Kee.” He is not saying these spots will disappear anytime soon (or hopefully ever),...
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brooklynhistory.org/exhibitions/counter The Brooklyn Historical Society’s current exhibition, “The Disappearing Face of Brooklyn’s Storefronts” showcases mom-and-pop storefronts, a decent chunk of which are grub-related. In an era when many of themare disappearing, photographer-curators James and Karla Murray scoured Brooklyn to...
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Our Market Scene expert Blake Royer, who you may know as one of The Paupered Chefs, wakes up at the crack of dawn to visit the Fulton Fish Market in Hunts Point, Bronx, where fresh seafood is distributed to restaurants...
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Rebecca Federman has a pretty sweet job. As a librarian at the New York Public Library, she's in charge of the menu collection stacks. Who knew such a department even existed?! In this video interview with Chow, Federman shows...
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