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Blue cheeses are among the world's stinkiest, with an odor at once buttery, pungent, and almost rancid. These cheeses are made by injecting molds into the flesh of the cheese, resulting in blue or green veins. Oftentimes, you can see the path by whic...
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It's Friday afternoon, and time for a look back at the best posts of the past five days:
The Good Fork's Sohui Kim talked about steak and eggs, the contents of her refrigerator, and the labor pains involved with opening a restaurant.
We ranked Our ...
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The end of the week has brought the end of two downtown restaurants: Both Table 8 and Irving Mill are giving up the ghost.
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Irving Mill
The Post reports that Govind Armstrong, Table 8's chef and partner, "mad...
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On Tuesday, Vox Pop, the Ditmas Park coffee house and de facto community center, was closed down by the tax man for non-payment of back taxes. Now, it looks like it's closure will be indefinite: according to Debi Ryan, its CEO and general manager, Vo...
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Botanica in Red Hook may be closing its doors. According to general manager Pat White, the one-year-old spot's problems stem from it being an "expensive concept. Plus an owner that is hell bent on esthetics rather than function."In a comment left on ...
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This week in food blogs...
Eater rounded up the top 10 "Old Timer Shutter Shockers of 2009," including Chanterelle, The Pink Tea Cup, and The Rainbow Room.
Meanwhile, Eat Me Daily rounded up the year's most significant food blog-to-book deals, with...
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May the noodle be with you. Designed by a Japan-based company Kotobukiya two years ago, these light saber chopsticks just became available in the U.S. last month. They're available in Yoda yellow, Darth Vader red, and Luke Skywalker blue, and cost ab...
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Tavern on the Green is preparing to hold the restaurant auction to end all restaurant auctions on Jan. 13-15, and Nation's Restaurant News has helpfully provided a slide show of some of the goods that will be up for sale. From the looks of it, Tavern...
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And while you're at it, be sure to check out this week's Our 10 Best Fried Chickens....
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Catene Deli is a fortress-like old-school Italian-American deli, immune to the creeping Tea-Lounge-ification of Park Slope. The place has been owned and operated by the same family since 1965, and its fried squid hero zested with hot sauce won it Sie...
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Sohui Kim tells us her picks for pizza, sushi
Yesterday, we caught up with chef/owner Sohui Kim about the state of The Good Fork on its fourth anniversary, and the challenges of juggling her jobs as restaurateur and executive chef with a family. ...
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Robert, the new restaurant at the Museum of Arts and Design, will serve American classics. It's named for Robert Isabell, the late event planner who helped create it.
[NY Times]
The Belgian Room has opened in Alphabet City, with a selection of Belgi...
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Whole Foods may not be coming to Gowanus anytime in the near future, but On Monday, Union Market will bring its own brand of aspirational grocery shopping to the neighborhood a few blocks north. Cobble Hill Blog reports that the Park Slope-ba...
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Somehow both hearty and austere, the vegetarian (and possibly vegan) wild mushroom shepherd's pie ($18) at new Scottish restaurant Highlands will warm you up. It arrives at the table steaming hot in a ceramic crock, sided by a pile of braised kale. F...
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Southeast Asians have their durian, Scandinavians sometimes love lutefisk (especially at Christmastide), but the Taiwanese insist on stinky tofu when it comes to scarfing something really fetid.Sometimes known as "Chinese cheese" because of its flavo...
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Only 91 contaminants of the 60,000 chemicals used in the U.S. are regulated by the Safe Drinking Water Act, which means that a number communities' drinking water may be legal, but laced with cancer-causing agents.
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Almost everybody loves fried chicken. The dish was brought to America by enslaved persons from West Africa during our colonial era, and quickly became one of the shining standards of the national cuisine.
The best Soul Food joints in town make...
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Beginning tomorrow, Maialino will be getting an earlier start on the day. Danny Meyer's Roman-style trattoria will have a breakfast soft opening tomorrow, and then officially commence service on Monday. Brunch will follow on Dec. 26.The menu, which w...
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The Board of Health will hold a public hearing on the proposed system on February 5, and will vote on the issue in March.
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