Food
Maison Premiere's New Chef Lisa Giffen on Williamsburg Fine Dining and Frog Legs
Before venturing to New York, where she was "exposed to food that gave me the push to get a job in a kitchen," Lisa Giffen lived in LA, working for Sharpie. Post-permanent pen era, she…
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The Pines' Angelo Romano Chats About His Childhood Food Memories & Playing Rick Ross at Brunch
With creative dishes like oxtail and crab brodo cappellacci and opal basil and tangerine bresaola, Gowanus eatery the Pines, and its chef Angelo Romano -- formerly of Roberta's and Lupa -- have drawn a cult…
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David Lynch on his Le Grand Fooding Soundtrack and Chinese Chicken Salad
Le Grand Fooding Crush Paris-L.A. starts today, a giant outdoor picnic in front of The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA. After four years in New York, Le Fooding is making its Los Angeles debut, celebrating the…
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GoogaMooga Is Baaaaaack
Despite a hiccupy, refunded debut last year, Brooklyn food and music festival GoogaMooga has worked through all of those withering tweets with its therapist and will return to Prospect Park May 17th-May 19th. A third…
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Our Guide to Passover In NYC
For those of us in New York City without seders of our own to attend -- or who don't have the wherewithal this year to trek out to see families in Great Neck/Newton/Highland Park/Brentwood --…
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Chef Daniel Burns On His New Greenpoint Beer Bar, Torst
We've long ventured to Greenpoint's Manhattan Avenue for homey bowls of borscht, colorful dive bars and Peter Pan donuts. But the newest reason to ride the G train is the sleek marble-and-oak craft-beer den, Tørst.…
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Xixa's Shiksa Explains How Wine Can Be Like Courtney Love
Jason Marcus and Heather Heuser have chosen playful names for their restaurants in Williamsburg. Their first, Traif, means non-kosher, a reference to Marcus's love of pork (he's Jewish). The couple recently opened a follow-up, Xixa,…
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Remember That Momofuku Cookie Truck? It's Baaaaaaack.
For all of you who enjoyed the Momofuku Milk Bar Cookie Truck, we've got good news: the truck is back, this time with a fashionable twist! Christina Tosi and model Karlie Kloss will be visiting fashion…
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Jonathan Morr On His New Restaurant Cherry
Innovative restaurateur Jonathan Morr just opened Cherry, a Japanese restaurant with French influences. The plush, seductive space under the Meatpacking District's Dream Downtown is a far cry from when it was the short-lived Romera. He…
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This Burger Blog Is Pretty Insane
We just learned of this absolutely crazy blog called Fat & Furious Burger, which has raised burger Instagram-ing to a very laborious artform. We don't know who runs the blog -- we just know that…
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Handsome Coffee's Michael Phillips on Cheap Coffee, Blade Grinders + Keeping Beans in the Freezer
The supremely delicious, Los Angeles-based Handsome Coffee Roasters became available in New York this year at places like Iris Café and Marlow & Sons in Brooklyn and at Joe Pro Shop in Chelsea. One of…
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Can We Be Menu Consultants At Wyclef Jean's Restaurant?
Wyclef Jean, he who recently celebrated his birthday by posing in his skivvies next to his Ducati, will soon be giving New Yorkers something it so desperately needs: a celebrity-endorsed restaurant. The singer told the…
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