Food Adventuring Around NYC
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, NIX IS NOW CLOSED. Around the holidays, I try to gear my Dish of the Week to be appropriate for the season. Somehow on Thanksgiving, I always manage to find some interesting turkey dish and Christmas …
My search for the best pizza in New York continues…. Everybody loves pizza. So it’s in chefs’ best interests to try to make the dish accessible to everyone – especially in this day and age of allergies and dietary restrictions. But I’ve tried raw and gluten-free pizza and they’re never quite the same as the real thing. …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Vegan does not need to be such a bad word in the food world. Recently, there were shockwaves when Ravi DeRossi (a bigtime bar owner and restaurateur) announced that most of his restaurants and bars will become …
My search for the best pickles in New York continues…. There was a time when the Lower East Side was intoxicating with the smell of pickle brine. Originally, pickle vendors would hawk their bites from pushcarts along Orchard and Hester Street. At that time, pickles were a more common food than hot dogs. Today, it’s …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I’m not one to be taken in by hype. And in the New York food world there is so much of it. Sure, I’ll give the cronut or David Chang’s fried chicken sandwich a try. I like …
Come back every Wednesday for another funny, informative video documenting my inept food adventures. As we put 2014 to bed, I one more time dream about the ten best dishes I tasted throughout the year. You can read more about each dish here or you can just watch this video and revel in my gluttony. …
Looking back on 2014, I present the most memorable and greatest dishes of my year. In years past, I’ve done a full two month countdown of all 100 of my favorite dishes. This year, I decided to just focus on and give praise to the ten most memorable dishes of the year. I’ll still put …
Someone finally figured out the veggie burger. Chef Daniel Strong has created a patty made of beets, brown rice, lentils, and mushrooms that is just as juicy and smoky as a beef burger. When it’s topped with lettuce, tomatoes and bacon in the form of thinly sliced charred eggplant on a Sullivan Street Bakery …
SADLY, APRÉS IS NOW CLOSED. After Apiary closed this year, the owners re-invented the space as a vegetable-driven Aprés. Chef Mazen Mustafa’s dishes were a little too experimental for the neighborhood and it shuttered too soon. But since I was employed there, I did get to tasted his fascinating crudite. A miso custard and mushroom …
Making vegetable dishes that exceed expectations, John Fraser puts an unexpected twist on beets. Crisp and sweet, the beets are enhanced by creamed horseradish and lots of bright flavors like apples and pickled cucumbers. Price: $15 NARCISSA 21 Cooper Square (corner of 5th Street and Bowery), Inside The Standard Hotel East Village (212) 228-3344 narcissarestaurant.com
The Vendys are just over a week away. Tickets are still available for purchase here. It’s seriously the greatest day of the year. In anticipation, I’m producing short videos on each of the nominated vendors. Here are three more nominees: Snowday Snowday is unlike any other food truck out there. Not only are they dedicated …
Come back every Wednesday for another funny, informative video documenting my inept food adventures. NYC Food Cart Tour is my exploration of the hard-working vendors feeding NYC’s population every day. Sadly, this is the first time in 5 years where I will not be able to attend the annual Vendy Awards. Family obligations will keep …
SADLY, NARCISSA IS NOW CLOSED. Vegetables are all the rage today. Forget barbecue or burgers. Restaurants are opening all across the city dedicated to making the healthiest food group taste as delicious as a slab of bacon. Well, almost. And I’m not talking about vegetarian restaurants, but carnivrous chefs who elevate beets or kale right …
For the fourth year in a row, I present the 100 most exciting dishes I’ve consumed during my food adventures around the five boroughs. Look for another five dishes every few days. Liquid diets in the nutrition world might be a positive thing when you’re blending kale, bananas, and the like. But a liquid diet …
For the fourth year in a row, I present the 100 most exciting dishes I’ve consumed during my food adventures around the five boroughs. Look for another five dishes every few days. After every meal, I crave something sweet. It’s a human problem, no doubt. And while I certainly indulge in chocolate and caramel from …
For Halloween, I bravely investigate the strange and bizarre happenings aboard the Cinnamon Snail food truck. My probing revealed some unsettling yet delicious discoveries. And I don’t think I’ll ever be the same again. Special Thanks: cinnamonsnail.com midtownlunch.com ultraclay.com
For the fourth year in a row, I present the 100 most exciting dishes I’ve consumed during my food adventures around the five boroughs. Look for another five dishes every few days. Eating out in NYC is exciting and mouthwatering, but if you’re not careful it’s a little too easy to develop gout, diabetes, or …
My search for the best falafel in New York continues…. SADLY, SOOMSOOM IS NOW CLOSED. Over the last few years, a string of Israeli-style fast food joints have popped up all over the city, but especially in Midtown. These places are clean and modern and serve hearty vegetarian food (fried eggplant, hard boiled eggs with potato, …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Usually by now, margarita season is in full swing. During most Mays, New Yorkers are sitting outside at fashionable restaurants with their friends (and pets) and sipping on salt-rimmed tequila drinks. But something about this late …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Green juices have become a bit of a cliché in the health food world. Real juice shops (not the sugary smoothies of Jamba Juice) have sprouted up around New York like Starbucks did almost a decade …