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Rosetta Wines at Atlas Park 22 Jun 2008 | 04:34 am
Last weekend, on one of our usual hikes to the Atlas Park Mall, Sarah and I dropped by Rosetta Wines. We’ve checked this spot out before, but it’s definitely been awhile. Maybe it was the fantas...
Sushi in Central Queens 2 May 2008 | 03:48 pm
Is there such a thing as good sushi in Central Queens? Brian and I have spent the past few weeks investigating the situation, and I wrote about it for About.com. Click here for the roundup--which incl...
Creamy Hummus 17 Apr 2008 | 01:23 pm
Hummus Place, a mini-chain of little shops in Manhattan, has, in this hummus-lover's opinion, achieved the pinnacle of chickpea-puree perfection with their exceptionally smooth and creamy product. The...
Death in the Afternoon 30 Mar 2008 | 11:16 am
Absinthe. Just the word stirs up a flicker of apprehension in the hearts of casual and veteran imbibers alike. I too had my concerns, my mind filled with images of naughty green fairies, straight jack...
Off the Menu: Orecchiette with Cauliflower 12 Mar 2008 | 08:31 am
Inspiration: Lupa Though I long ago overcame most of my childhood vegetable aversions (asparagus, eggplant, avocados, Brussels sprouts, tomatoes, mushrooms, zucchini—oh, how I hated zucchini!), ....
Oxtail Soup with Shiitake and Tofu 28 Feb 2008 | 08:40 am
My first foray into cooking with oxtails came just a couple of weeks ago, when I adapted for my handy-dandy pressure cooker a recipe from the New York Times by David Chang, the famously meat-adoring c...
Pasta with Pancetta, Pepper, and White Wine 21 Feb 2008 | 07:52 am
This past Monday evening, faced with a nearly empty fridge and too lazy to hop on the subway, we came close to throwing up our hands and trying our luck with one of the reliably mediocre restaurant...
1794 10 Feb 2008 | 08:56 am
I certainly don’t think myself a revolutionary, but I do consider whiskey-drinking serious business. So too, it seems, did settlers along the frontier of a fledgling United States, judging by the even...
Off the Menu: BBLT Panino 31 Jan 2008 | 11:40 am
Inspiration: Murray's Cheese Shop If you truly are what you eat, I’d wager a guess that Brian and I are each about 50% cheese. And I blame Murray’s. Murray’s is arguably the best cheese store in New ...
Shrimp with Saffron and Tomato 31 Jan 2008 | 06:05 am
Even work-night meals call for a little bit of extravagance. Take this super-simple shrimp dish, which is one of those crunched-for-time throw-together things and would actually be sort of boring were...
