Food Adventuring Around NYC
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Back in 2010, one of the most exciting kitchens in the city was attached to a Brooklyn grocery store called Brooklyn Fare. It started as an intimate multi-course meal overseen by Chef César Ramirez. I was lucky …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City When most New Yorkers want to go for a cocktail, they do not think about going into a corner bodega in Queens and ordering a big cup of seafood. But those New Yorkers have never been to …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Ramen Hood on paper has not been the most exciting pop-up business inside the ever-changing and experimental Chef’s Club Counter. Vegan ramen sounds healthful and not terribly groundbreaking. I’ve actually tried ramen soups without meat products …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I think it’s interesting that the new cocktail bar Existing Conditions is known for cocktails made from experimental, scientific techniques like clarifying, fat washing, and acid-adjusting yet the one cocktail I’m writing about might be the simplest …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I don’t regularly eat at Shake Shack. The homegrown burger joint has blossomed into a massive fast food chain with locations all of the world. I really don’t get why New Yorkers still line up at the latest …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City l really wish I took more time to enjoy my food. The nature of my life is that I often grab food quickly while on my way to work or somewhere else. And yet I always try to …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I stopped into Bellwether for some quick small bites before leading a Brewery Tour. I wasn’t looking for a full dinner and I wasn’t expecting either of the small dishes I ordered to be anything more than …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City When I was in high school, I was involved with a community theater that was right next door to a big supermarket. Oftentimes when we had a dinner break, I’d go next door and buy a …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Over the last ten years or so, my food journeys have taken me to many neighborhoods all over the city. But one neighborhood that has never shown up in my tags until right now is the …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Last week I wrote about my incredible birthday lunch at a secret sushi bar. This week, I want to write about what I had for dinner. I know, I’m one lucky guy! For dinner, I finally got to …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City New Yorkers (and probably most people) love a good secret. Perhaps it all started during Prohibition when secret bars were necessary. Today there are secret cocktail bars, noodle shops, burger joints, cake shops, and even a …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City The is the first year that I took my son to the Vendy Awards and he was aware of what was going on. He’s on his way to being two year’s old. So while he still …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Bars in New York often transport you to a different time and place. We have bars modeled after Japan in the 1920’s, Hawaii in the 40’s, and Cuba in the 1950’s. But Banzarbar takes you somewhere that I …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, BYGGYZ IS NOW CLOSED. Wylie Dufresne is a big name in the food world, especially for those from New York or those who pay attention to celebrity judges on food competition shows. He has been known …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, KREUTHER HANDCRAFTED CHOCOLATES IS NOW CLOSED. Last week I wrote about a delicious little dessert secret known as the Cake Pusher. It was my birthday week and I felt cake was more than necessary. It’s rare I …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City This week was my birthday and so I think it was appropriate to finally eat a big piece of cake from The Cake Pusher. I had heard about this cake speakeasy a while back and finally …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I’ve tried Fifth Hammer’s Troublesome Jellyfish beer twice now. The first time it was handed to me by Chris Cuzme, the owner and brewer of Fifth Hammer. He instructed me to not wait too long to …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I used to never order pasta at restaurants because it always felt like something I could easily make myself at home. Boil the pasta, make a sauce, toss it together. It can’t be that hard, right? But that …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I found good dumplings at the posh Pinch Chinese a few months back when they opened, but was frustrated by the price and the prix-fixe menu. As good as the dumplings were, I never expected to …
My search for the best pizza in New York continues…. SADLY, MASSONI IS NOW CLOSED. It was one of my vegetarian days (Mondays and Thursdays for those keeping count) and I was intensely craving mushrooms. If there was a place I could think of that just served well-sauteed wild mushrooms, I would have ordered two portions. …