Keri Levens has worked as Aquavit's wine director since May. Though she studied art history and art at Rutgers University, she ultimately decided to pursue a culinary career. She chatted with Fork in the Road this week about her work at the restauran...
Michael Vignola has decided to trade Gravy's fare for a new post at Strip House. No word who's taking his old job at the Flatiron Southern restaurant. [Grub Street]Remember that time a few months back, when Mario Batali compared bankers to Na...
Time for a post-lunch baklava break? Just over a year ago, Casetta opened in what's surely 8th Street's smallest storefront, selling coffee and baked goods from Sarivole. Alas, that's no longer the case, as 11 West 8th Street (212-470-4550) has s...
Some great guesses coming in for this week's Where Am I Eating?, but I'm not dining at Cubana Caf, La Mar, Yuca Bar, Coppelia, Yerba Buena, Boca Chica, Ceviche, Caracas, Mamajuana Caf, or Tertulia. Very close, but no cigar. Here's a clue to help yo...
As detailed in December's Neurology, these foods -- high in omega-3 fatty acids and vitamins D,C,E, and B -- have been linked to healthy brain size in elderly people, according to NPR. The findings are part of a recent study in which scientists decid...
Your diet can wait until 2012. Earlier this winter, Alessandro Stratta, a chef who's had a good amount of success in Las Vegas, opened Bigoli (140 West 13th Street, 212-647-1001), his first New York City restaurant, located in the brownstone form...
Welcome to Day in the Life of, a feature that will appear every so often on Fork in the Road in which we look at different culinary professions in New York City and the people behind them. How do the pros actually spend their days? Up this week: Da...
Warning: This stuff will increase your health and your hangover. ? Smell that? It's the scent of Mamajuana wafting through Manhattan's streets. No, not that herbal aroma, that's something else entirely. Chef Ricardo Cardona (Sofrito) is taking hi...
Sometimes food is just strange -- interesting without being necessarily good. Sometimes food is good, without being interesting. In the case of this year-end list, the selections are both amazing to look at and supremely delicious to eat, a perfect s...
At Fork in the Road, we recognize that being cheap can be just as important as being classy, if not more so. In keeping with this thrifty spirit, we decided to taste-test two low-end sparkling wines right in time for New Year's Eve -- Andr's Califor...
It's been a decade since I went to Medieval Times with Michael Musto and Lynn Yaeger. I wrote a feature, but it was killed. Now some friends (including FiTR San Francisco correspondent Tracy Van Dyk -- @tracyjane) find themselves there, and are sendi...
I was making my periodic pilgrimage to Sri Ganesh's Dosa House -- on the Indian strip along Newark Avenue in Jersey City -- when I ordered my usual luncheon dish: the doctored cream of wheat called uppma. "We're out of it," the guy told me, after cas...
This week in the Voice, Robert Sietsema finds that dinner always ends well at Bedford Avenue newcomer Allswell. He especially relishes the porcine plates: "Instead of the usual rubbery strips, one starter featured an entire fried pig ear facing upwar...
Do or Dine knows their way around a good shot and chaser. ? Bed-Stuy restaurant Do or Dine has more in common with Spain's El Bulli than you may think. It's fairly difficult to get to. Both restaurant's figureheads (Justin Warner and Ferran Adri,...
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Looks like NYU students and other Greenwich Village residents will be getting a pair of Mexican eateries in the new year. Opening at 28 East 12th Street (212-627-0900) will be Dorado, specializing in tacos and quesadillas. And right around the corner...
Party hard! If your New Year's Eve plans call for a classy meal and calm glass of champagne more than falling asleep with vomit caked in your hair, consider checking out these swanky scenes. Just remember to call ahead for reservations, and al...
The classic fancy grilled cheese The humble grilled cheese has gone gourmet at Little Muenster, the tiny Lower East Side sandwich shop. Indeed, you won't find Kraft on Wonder Bread, but rather combos like Asiago, Parmesan, butternut squash puree ...
Two years after saying "sayonara" to Japan, Wendy's has decided to return to the island nation, and will try to crack the marketplace by selling $16 foie gras burgers, according to Bloomberg. The flagship store opened Monday, in Tokyo's ritzy Omot...
As sandwiches have undergone a resurgence in popularity over the last couple of years, restaurateurs have been studying how to make them bolder and greasier -- raising the price tag and pushing foodie buttons in the process.This Little Piggy, Potbell...
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