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  1. Toast Like a ProAt ABC Kitchen, Dan Kluger’s delicately crispy, deeply flavorful bread base is a […]
  2. Toast Is BurningThe greatest thing since sliced bread? Sliced bread.
  3. Slideshow
    Orhan Yegen Goes Nose to TailHis new Turkish restaurant will serve roasted lamb’s head, spit-fired intestines, and tripe soup.
  4. Openings
    Team Sorella Branches Out With StellinaThe café should open in about a week.
  5. ClementinesCitrus is winter’s most revivifying bright spot, and right now, produce shelves are teeming with the stuff. At their best and sweetest, mandarin […]
  6. Menu Changes
    Kesté’s Roberto Caporuscio Now Making His Own MutzIt had to happen sometime.
  7. Openings
    Brooklyn’s Food Scene Gets the Spotlight on February 12Expect a star-studded lineup of artisan food producers at 61 Local’s opening party.
  8. Fat MondayLaurent Gras (pictured, above) propelled Chicago’s L2O to triple-Michelin stardom, then unexpectedly resigned to begin planning a more casual pr […]
  9. Trendlet: Total BaloneyIn what might be an anti-artisanal backlash, American chefs are reclaiming the lunch meats of their brown-bag-toting, diner-hopping youth.
  10. Lotus RootLotus root, the crisp, mildly sweet aquatic plant that’s ubiquitous in stir-fries and fried into chips, has traditional significance on Chinese […]
  11. Bowled OverPasta gets its due at Porsena.
  12. Slideshow
    David Burke Kitchen Checks Into the James New York Next WednesdayThe showman and chef gets a subterranean stage in Soho for his outsize creations.
  13. Slideshow
    What to Eat at Niko, Opening Monday in Soho
  14. Slideshow
    Jody Williams Goes FrenchHer French-inspired gastroteque, Buvette, is a place where people meet for casual food and drink any time of day.
  15. Chef on the Grill: Nate SmithDoes Brooklyn finally have its own Spotted Pig? That’s been the speculation ever since it was revealed that the gastropub’s former chef de cuisi […]
  16. Agenda
    The Brindle Room to Serve Doughnuts Made Out of Mashed PotatoesWonder City Coffee & Donuts will debut in the restaurant’s dining room next week.
  17. PersimmonsIf you’re like us, you’re always mixing up your persimmons. A quick refresher course: Of the two basic types, there is the big acorn-shaped hach […]
  18. Slideshow
    What to Eat at Mable’s Smokehouse, Opening TuesdayBorracho beans, Rotel-Velveeta dip, Luzianne sweet tea, hot links imported from Schwab’s in Oklahoma City, pulled-pork tamales, and, of course, pie.
  19. Slideshow
    Spotted Pig Alum Poised to Bring Bacon Cheeseburgers and Gentleman’sThe gastropub’s former chef de cuisine, Nate Smith, expects to open Dean Street within the week.
  20. Grub Hub: BQEatsHow a grim Williamsburg intersection became an epicenter of culinary cool—and a clandestine Crack Pie den.
  21. Tae Baek RadishGreenmarket’s Nevia No has been an invaluable font of Asian-variety produce, like the shishito peppers and Japanese sweet potatoes she sells sea […]
  22. Slideshow
    First Look at Hemant Mathur’s Tulsi, Opening Next WeekThe regional-Indian restaurant is named for the herb holy basil.
  23. Lists
    New York’s 38 Best SoupsA look at the best soup that the city has to offer, on a day when we could all use some.
  24. Slideshow
    What to Eat at Spasso, Opening Next Week in the West VillageThe casual Italian spot has an open kitchen, house wines on tap, and a menu that stands out even in this pasta-crazed age.
  25. Openings
    Brazilian Coffee Shop O Café to Open Next Month in Joe Jr.’s SpaceOwner Fernando Aciar plans to offer Brazilian baked goods and coffee.
  26. Openings
    What to Eat (and Drink) at Weather Up TribecaThe cocktail bar’s food menu launches tomorrow evening.
  27. Pie Tidings
    Four & Twenty Blackbirds Will Let You Reserve Your Holiday Pies OnlinePlace your order for salted-caramel apple, bittersweet-chocolate pecan, cranberry-sage, or salty-honey pies.
  28. Slideshow
    First Look at Graffit, Opening Next WeekendTake a look at the space, and the menus.
  29. Rainbow CookiesChristmas would not be complete without a batch of the almond sponge-cake concoctions known variously as rainbows.
  30. A Noho StarHand-pulled noodles go organic and gourmet.
  31. Slideshows
    First Look at Junoon, the New Haute Indian Spot From a Rare Gordon RamsayThe restaurant, opening December 8, unites several veterans of the city’s Indian-food circuit.
  32. Slideshows
    First Look at Yuba, Opening Next WeekThe self-described modern Japanese restaurant has two former Masa Takayama understudies running the show.
  33. Openings
    What to Eat at La Petite Maison, Opening in Midtown Next WeekBranch No. 3 of the Nice-based original opens December 8 in the old Grayz space.
  34. Trendlet: All Hail CaesarAn iconic salad can’t stop reinventing itself.
  35. ChestnutsC hestnut season need not end with the Thanksgiving stuffing. Even if you don’t have an open fire at your disposal, chestnuts roasting on a shee […]
  36. Magic BusIn Nolita, tasty tacos from a Volkswagen parked inside a garage.
  37. Openings
    First Look at Josh Eden’s New Take-out Joint, Ten TenIt only looks like a run-of-the-mill noodle joint.
  38. Openings
    First Look at Heartbreak, Serving Sauerkraut Soup and Choucroute Garnie NextSauerkraut soup is coming to the corner of 2nd Street and Second Avenue.
  39. Agenda
    Mile End Will Serve Hanukkah LatkesThe Brooklyn deli is celebrating the Festival of Lights,
  40. Slideshow
    First Look at Edi & the Wolf, Avenue C’s New Austrian Wine TavernTake a look inside the new restaurant.
  41. Openings
    What You Might Eat at ComposeCheck out a sample menu from the tiny Tribeca newcomer.
  42. Openings
    What to Eat at Porsena, Opening This ThursdayCheck out the menu for Sara Jenkins’s new pasta spot.
  43. Openings
    What to Eat at Goat Town, the New East Village Farm-to-TablerTake a look at the menus for the new bistro in the former Butcher Bay space.
  44. Openings
    Alain Allegretti in at La Petite Maison, Opening December 8The chef will helm a new restaurant in the former Aquavit and Grayz space.
  45. Chef on the Grill: Sara JenkinsChef Sara Jenkins on her new restaurant Porsena and why ordering spaghetti with tomato sauce is nothing to be ashamed of.
  46. Restaurant OpeningsWeek of December 6, 2010: Edi & the Wolf, Goat Town, and Compose.
  47. Redbor KaleThis hybrid kale comes in a shadeof purple so striking even Prince would say it was a bit much. It’s grown as often for ornamental purposes as i […]
  48. Menu Changes
    What to Eat at Harney & Sons SohoThere are scones, yes, but also lapsang gravlax on rice crackers, tea ice cream, and “tea cheese.”
  49. Menu Changes
    What to Eat on Mile End’s New Dinner MenuThink veal-tongue polonaise, chopped liver with a house-baked pletzel, and schmaltzed radish salad.
  50. Openings
    TaïmMobile Ready to RollThe West Village falafel shop is getting into the truck business.
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