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The Best of Eating

The Best of Eating This year’s list of all the best new things to eat in New York is for fressers and noshers alike. We’ve discovered a burger not only swimming in melted Mexican cheese and caramelized onions but drowning…

Hero Pilot Orders Pizza For Stranded Plane Passengers

Hero Pilot Orders Pizza For Stranded Plane Passengers Typically, when a flight gets stranded or severely delayed, pilots make a bunch of vague assurances in hopes that their passengers won’t riot. But a pilot for Air Canada recently decided that…

Samin Nosrat Is Working on Another Cookbook

Samin Nosrat Is Working on Another Cookbook Next month marks two years since chef and writer Samin Nosrat released her debut cookbook, Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat. For those living under a culinary rock, the book was a hit, landing Nosrat…

Of Course Whole Foods Should Sell Marijuana

Of Course Whole Foods Should Sell Marijuana Whole Foods may be reversing course on its short-lived 365 stores, but that doesn’t mean the grocery chain isn’t still interested in getting as many millennials with disposable income in its stores as…

Good-bye to Pacific Standard, and the Best Trivia Night in New York

Good-bye to Pacific Standard, and the Best Trivia Night in New York At some point this month, the low-key, California-themed bar Pacific Standard will close its doors for good, after a very respectable 12-year run on Fourth Avenue in Park…

Why Are Pastry Chefs Obsessed With Extremely Fancy Apples?

Why Are Pastry Chefs Obsessed With Extremely Fancy Apples? At the midtown fine-dining temple Le Bernardin, a dessert called, simply, “apple” arrives at the table looking like a perfect McIntosh just plucked from an upstate orchard. Cut into it, though,…

Is Chez Panisse a Good Restaurant or What?

Is Chez Panisse a Good Restaurant or What? This week, the San Francisco Chronicle’s new critic Soleil Ho introduced herself to her city by dropping not one but five reviews. (Not to mention a couple complimentary stories about anonymity and…

Blue Ribbon’s New Times Square Lounge Looks Appropriately Bonkers

Blue Ribbon’s New Times Square Lounge Looks Appropriately Bonkers When Jersey boys and Francophiles Bruce and Eric Bromberg opened Blue Ribbon Brasserie in 1992, they modeled it after the late-night spots they frequented while in culinary school in Paris. The small…

10 Awesome Quick-Casual Options for the Veggie Lover

10 Awesome Quick-Casual Options for the Veggie Lover From Taim’s Cauliflower Shawarma Pita to Junzi’s incredible tofu and long bean bings, we’ve got a pretty good selection of vegetarian friendly spots around NYC. Next time you’re looking for a quick…

Wayan Is a Mom-and-Pop Joint — From Restaurant Royalty

Wayan Is a Mom-and-Pop Joint — From Restaurant Royalty During a recent dinner at Wayan, a new Indonesian restaurant in Nolita, one of the owners — Ochi — fluttered from table to table, pollinating conversations with tidbits and jokes that helped everyone’s…