A grown-up ghoulish Halloween treat – Eyeball Caprese Salad

Candy corn and Kit Kat bars are great, but for dental health’s sake, let’s keep in mind that there are other ways to embrace the spooky spirits that won’t line the dental industry’s coffers and are a little more gourmet-tasting as well:
Whether you’re hosting Halloween dinner or just want to have healthy, bite-size alternative available for the [...]

Where Ramen Reigns Supreme – Review of Ippudo

“Where Ramen Reigns Supreme” – Review of Ippudo
BY SARAH IP
Ippudo
65 4th Ave
(between 9th St & 10th Streets)
East Village, NY 10003
(212) 388-0088 / ippudo.com/ny
College students, take note: Ippudo is not your MSG-laden instant ramen packet.  In fact, it’s a far cry from the run-of-the-mill supermarket variety, taking ramen to another level.
My friend and I [...]

New York Magazine’s New York Taste Event – Mon. Nov. 2

This giant walk-around tasting on November 2 features the city’s finest chefs and mixologists–all handpicked by New York’s culinary editor, Gillian Duffy–to give you the city’s best flavors in one room.

Taste an array of dishes prepared by some of the city’s most renowned chefs including Blue Hill’s Dan Barber, Dovetail’s John Fraser, Pegu Club’s Audrey [...]

November food events at 92TribecaY

NOVEMBER 2009 FOOD & WINE AT 92Y
FOOD AND WINE TASTINGS ● LECTURES ● TOURS ● DEMOS
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LECTURES AND TASTINGS
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Sun, Nov 1, 7:30 pm, $27
THE NEW YORK RESTAURANT REDUX: FRANK BRUNI WITH MIKE COLAMECO
Two restaurant insiders discuss what a New York City eatery needs to be successful today. Frank Bruni was the restaurant critic for [...]

Gottino

A secret garden within a secret garden –  A Review of  Gottino
BY ELENA MANCINI
52 Greenwich Ave.,
West Village
212-633-2590 – http://www.ilovegottino.com/
Inconspicuously housed behind a charming storefront of an otherwise bustling  West Village artery,  Gottino offers a garden of delectable pleasures– both literally and figuratively. In the warmer months it’s possible to savor inventively-combined gourmet delights and [...]

Not Terrible, But Not So Teariffic” – Review of Teariffic

“Not Terrible, But Not So Teariffic” – Review of Teariffic
BY SARAH IP
Teariffic
51 Mott St.
Chinatown
212- 393-9009

Fresh from a weekend trip to Boston, my friend and I arrived back in the brusque city streets of Chinatown where the scents of fish markets, dumplings and automobile exhaust accost you from every angle and the [...]

Fast eats done furiously well- A Review of Bar Veloce

“Fast eats done furiously well” –  A Review of Bar Veloce
BY ELENA MANCINI
176 Seventh Ave., Chelsea
212-629-5300 – barveloce.com
OTHER LOCATIONS:
175 Second Ave., East Village
and
17 Cleveland Pl., Soho

For a bar called “fast,” (”veloce” is Italian for “quick”), Bar Veloce in Chelsea delivers swiftness in all the ways that are desirable in a gastro [...]

Bruni Unveiled – Frank Bruni Conversation with Ben Leventhal

Move up your dinner reservations and attend a food event that’s the first of it’s kind: NYC’s top-dog food critic and former New York Times restaurant critic, Frank Bruni will dish on  food criticism, the restaurant biz and reveal a bit about his private self as well in a conversation with eater.com’s Ben Leventhal at [...]