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SHOP AROUND: Holiday Special with Midtown Lunch at the Bryant Park Holiday...
While learning how to shop for the holidays with a real live girl, I get easily distracted by the prospect of eating lunch (and more lunch) at the Bryant Park Holiday Shops. Special Thanks:...
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DISH OF THE WEEK: Chicken and Waffles at AMY RUTH’S
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Photo by Donny Tsang I don’t get up to Harlem nearly as often as I should, which is a...
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DISH OF THE WEEK: Mornay’s Truffled Egg Dumplings at HYBIRD
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Fried chicken drumsticks. Dumplings. Cupcakes. Slushies. What a strange collection of...
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100 BEST ’13: Time For Bread (Numbers 50-46)
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. The state of bread...
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100 BEST ’13: Chicken Tonight (Numbers 40-36)
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. That poor little...
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DISH OF THE WEEK: Burger at MARIETTA
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Burgers in this city are deceptively expensive. Oftentimes the price you see on the...
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100 BEST ’14: CHICKEN AND WAFFLES at ROOT & BONE
In a year of major fried chicken openings, Root & Bone (helmed by two previous Top Chef contestants) took best in show with an unusual brine of sweet tea and a dusting of cayenne and lemon powder...
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100 BEST ’14: GRILLED BUTTERNUT SQUASH at ROOT & BONE
One of the most interesting vegetable dishes of the year, the crisp and charred butternut squash are the center of the plate, but it’s what’s around it that makes it sing. A sea salt and black pepper...
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100 BEST ’14: FRIED CHICKEN SANDWICH at WILMA JEAN
Rob Newton replaced his refined Southern dining restaurant Seersucker this year with a more casual joint. The standout here is a delectable fried chicken sandwich, moist and crunchy, on a simple potato...
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100 BEST ’14: BUTTERMILK BATTERED CHICKEN at GENUINE ROADSIDE
In a year of fried chicken sandwiches, this little fast food joint inside a hip food market sort of flew under the radar. Well, I caught it and it’s good! The juicy breast has a crunchy, salty...
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PICKLE REVIEW: Jacob’s Pickles
My search for the best pickles in New York continues…. I recently met up with an old friend from college and I thought he was going to laugh at me when I said we should meet at a bar that specializes...
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DISH OF THE WEEK: Sourdough Doughnut at PIES ‘N’ THIGHS
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Once upon a time it was cupcakes, then this city’s bakeries turned to focusing on pies....
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100 BEST ’15: DELUXE PLATTER at MABEL’S SMOKEHOUSE & BANQUET HALL
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2015… Mable’s is one of the older of the new movement barbecue joints in the city, but I just got there for the first time this year. The owners hail...
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DISH OF THE WEEK: Pastrami Bacon at HOMETOWN BAR-B-QUE
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I unequivocally claim that the best barbecue in New York City (and perhaps in the...
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DISH OF THE WEEK: Roast Beef and Sides at MR. DONAHUE’S
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City When I was in Nashville years ago, I had a meal I will never forget at an old-school...
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DISH OF THE WEEK: Fried Chicken Sandwich at ESME
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I love when I get approached with a food dilemma. And it’s even more rewarding when I...
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100 BEST ’16: Top Ten (Numbers 5-1)
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2016… 2016 was a tough year. From a whirlwind political circus to the loss of many beloved celebrities to worldwide tragedies, the news was full of sad...
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100 BEST ’16: HOT CHICKEN TENDER FLIGHT at CARLA HALL’S SOUTHERN KITCHEN
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2016… Spice comes in all forms and while the fried chicken at Carla Hall’s Brooklyn restauarant may look harmless enough – it has a serious burn. This...
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DISH OF THE WEEK: Spatchcocked Chicken at FLIP BIRD
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City The newest food court to open in the city (there will probably be a new one by the time...
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DISH OF THE WEEK: Cornbread + Crab at GRISTMILL
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City One of the reasons I’m not much of a brunch guy is because it always seems to be the...
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