Tasting Table and Thrillist are proud to present Martini Week from March 1-14.
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Visit top bars as they offer $10 martini cocktails, featuring premium vodka and gin, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. nightly.
Click on the image above for a list of participating venues.
BY CLAIRE McCURDY
ACQUA
718 Amsterdam Avenue @95th Street
Upper West Side
212-222-2752 /acquanyc.com
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An exterior of cerulean blue, very appealing on an otherwise somewhat dreary block, “sails” hanging in swags from the ceilings, so that you are meant to feel you’re on a ship under full sail; undulating walls at the entryway with teak and brass portholes; mellow sconce lights; wooden ceiling fan and walls of a warm cinnabar—it’s clear from the outset that Acqua ‘s décor is meant to evoke the sea and the Italian islands of Sicily and Sardinia. It is very attractive and calming, setting the diner at rest. As they say themselves, it’s a comfortable neighborhood setting. [Read more...]
BY CAROLYN ONOFREY
Friend of a Farmer
77 Irving Place
Gramercy
212-477-2188/Friendofafarmernyc.com
Warm apple pie with vanilla ice cream at Friend of a Farmer
After being told there was no room (when there clearly was), at our first choice for dinner. My dinner mate and I luckily stumbled upon Friend of a Farmer a few doors down. Walking into a cottage-like place, we were greeted by a fireplace, baskets full of apples and butternut squash, and flowery wall paper reminiscent of an old bed and breakfast nestled in the Catskills. Immediately I loved the place. [Read more...]
An Italian classic – Review of Filli Ponte restaurant
BY CAROLYN ONOFREY
Filli Ponte
39 Desbrosses Street
Tribeca
212-226-4621/filliponte.com
Carpaccio at Filli Ponte
On an otherwise forgotten but often passed corner of the West Side Highway, stood Filli Ponte. When I walked up on one very chilly Saturday night, I was surprised by its quaint facade and very out of the way location just a few blocks south of the Holland Tunnel. Walking into Filli Ponte, I was engulfed by the smell of seafood and old money. We were escorted upstairs to the dinning room and greeted by an open space with large windows overlooking the Hudson River and the Jersey City skyline. The large space gave off a homey feel with an exposed beam ceiling and chairs upholstered in what looked like grandma’s couch. [Read more...]
Select NYC restaurants are celebrating a quarter of a century of D’Artagnan’s purveyance of fine French foods and wines from February 18 – 22. Enjoy special offerings and custom degustation menus paired with wines from South West France, created by famous chefs from South West France.
Reserve now to participate in this inimitable offering. Click on image below to find participating restaurants.
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Select NYC restaurants are celebrating a quarter of a century of D’Artagnan’s purveyance of fine French foods and wines from February 18 – 22. Enjoy special offerings and custom degustation menus paired with wines from South West France, created by famous chefs from South West France.
Reserve now to participate in this inimitable offering. Click on image below to find participating restaurants.
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Porterhouse for two – Review of Uncle Jack’s Steakhouse
440 Ninth Avenue
Midtown West
212-244-0005 / unclejacks.com/newyorkcityrestaurants
BY DALY CLEMENT
If you want a free taste of Uncle Jack’s Steakhouse , just visit their website and turn up your speakers. The music? Yes, that’s a digitized rendition of New York, New York. You want a martini, baby? A steak cooked up real nice? Badda Bing! You want a joint with some real class? A place that doesn’t look like the New York section of Disneyworld? Fuggetaboutit.
Porterhouse Steak - Photo by Daly Clement.
Everything about Uncle Jack’s was probably a little gauche by the time Old Blue Eyes fled his little town blues. I knew what I was getting myself into, in other words, and just hoped that a ridiculous restaurant could cook ridiculously delicious steak. [Read more...]
Porterhouse for two – Review of Uncle Jack’s Steakhouse
440 Ninth Avenue
Midtown West
212-244-0005 / unclejacks.com/newyorkcityrestaurants
BY DALY CLEMENT
If you want a free taste of Uncle Jack’s Steakhouse , just visit their website and turn up your speakers. The music? Yes, that’s a digitized rendition of New York, New York. You want a martini, baby? A steak cooked up real nice? Badda Bing! You want a joint with some real class? A place that doesn’t look like the New York section of Disneyworld? Fuggetaboutit.
Porterhouse Steak - Photo by Daly Clement.
Everything about Uncle Jack’s was probably a little gauche by the time Old Blue Eyes fled his little town blues. I knew what I was getting myself into, in other words, and just hoped that a ridiculous restaurant could cook ridiculously delicious steak. [Read more...]
BY BETH KAISERMAN
Francine Segan shared fun food facts and discussed the culture of the 1860s at her recent lecture on the foods and dining customs of Abraham Lincoln at 92nd St.Y.
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Coffee liqueur, ladyfingers, crisp cookies, Baci chocolates and Absinthe candy were served, but if it were the 1860s, the beverage choice would have likely been hot chocolate, Segan said. (She didn’t want to risk holding hot chocolate while walking on the slippery city streets Thursday night.) During Lincoln’s time, chocolate was only used as a drink, not as an ingredient in recipes or for candy. The first documented use of chocolate in an American recipe was in 1890. [Read more...]
“V is for Velvet: Red Velvet Cupcakes Recipe”
BY SARAH IP
Red Velvet Cupcake. Photo by Sarah Ip.
Just in time for Valentine’s Day – some rich red velvet cupcakes to spark a smile on your sweetie’s face. I took a cue from Paula Deen.
Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
Recipe Courtesy Paula Deen, 2007
Cook Time: 20 min
Prep: 20 min
Total: 40 min
Level: Easy
Yield: 24 frosted cupcakes
Ingredients:
* 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
* 1 1/2 cups sugar
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 1 teaspoon cocoa powder
* 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
* 1 cup buttermilk, room temperature
* 2 large eggs, room temperature
* 2 tablespoons red food coloring
* 1 teaspoon white distilled vinegar
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
For the Cream Cheese Frosting:
* 1 pound cream cheese, softened
* 2 sticks butter, softened
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 4 cups sifted confectioners’ sugar
* Chopped pecans and fresh raspberries or strawberries, for garnish [Optional]
Directions: [Read more...]
