First Course Salad of Frisee and Local Pears, Tea Smoked Cashew Cheese, Crispy Shallots, Sherry Shallot Vinaigrette Or Chestnut Honey Caramelized Endive and Figs, Pickled Beet Crème Fraiche, and Walnut Galette Second Course Delicata Squash Bisque with Fall Spices,...
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Robataya! [Photographs: Tam Ngo] Robataya is the latest from the restaurant group that manages such Japanese gems as Sobaya. Its grilled menu offerings are similar to those of Aburiya Kinnosuke, but presented with greater fidelity to the rowdy spirit...
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"Eggs are delicious, but I don't miss eating them because I feel very bad about the... animal cruelty to eggs. [But] you see a runny poached egg walk by and I'm like 'oooohhh.'" —Alicia Silverstone, from the New York Diet...
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This afternoon I spotted the newest members to join the lineup at Babycakes on the Lower East Side: powdered sugar, chocolate-dipped, cinnamon-sugar, and jelly "doughnuts". These vegan doughnuts are delicious, tender with a hint of cinnamon spice. But blindfolded,...
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Editor's note: It's one of New York's nagging questions: where can a couple sit down for dinner without breaking the bank? In Table for Two, Kathy YL Chan will find us some of the best dine-in spots where a two-top...
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"There is a place in the world for fresh, ingredient-driven vegan cuisine. Unfortunately, Angelica Kitchen didn't quite seem to be it." Previous BYOBs Sigiri Ivo & Lulu Gazala Place Tartine Vegans may miss out on many of life's gustatory pleasures,...
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I'm no vegan—I like my scones made with butter and my lattes with milk, thank you very much. I'm usually wary of places that peddle primarily vegetarian food, and those with punny names. But much to my surprise, the...
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I’m a huge fan of the dosa—the enormous South Indian crepe, glistening with buttery ghee, made particularly popular in New York by the “Dosa Man” in Washington Square Park. Only recently, however, did I realize that the dosa is...
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After watching a movie near Union Square, my friends and I headed to Bite for a quick vegetarian and wallet-friendly dinner. Bite's main offerings of sandwiches (cold or pressed) and salads may not sound like a unique concept, but...
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Stephanie Anne Goldberg visits May Wah, a Chinatown mock meat mecca that sells veggie versions of mutton, gizzards and shark's fin....
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