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Where to Fiesta On Cinco De Mayo
Technically speaking, Cinco de Mayo marks Mexico’s victory over the French at the Battle of Pueblo (blah, blah, blah). And while we can appreciate a little history, what we’re really after is the culinary celebration — salt-rimmed margaritas, tortilla chips, and mountains of guacamole. There are plenty of places to celebrate this year and an exciting new crop of Mexican joints to try this Cinco De Mayo. From taquitos to tequila, we’re keying you in to the best in Mexican fare… ToloacheAddress: 354 BoweryPhone: (212)937-4245Website:www.toloachenyc.com Chef Julian Medina isn’t taking Cinco de Mayo lightly. In fact, Toloache’s hosting its 5th Cinco De Mayo weekend with a celebratory French Invasion Margarita with a unique blend of tequila, tarragon, spring peas and lime, and a Mexican Passion Margarita with pineapple, horseradish and Valentina sauce. There’s a $50 menu with pork belly...
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Where To Dine Al Fresco
You won’t hear us complaining that spring has arrived early this year. We couldn’t be happier to trade eating hearty comfort foods for vibrant spring produce and dining in the great outdoors. From the Upper West Side to Carroll Gardens, restaurants are opening their back gardens, retracting their roofs, and setting up sidewalk seating for al fresco dining season. Spring is the perfect excuse to conquer new culinary ground. And if you haven’t been to Fette Sau, you’ll want to head to Williamsburg for barbecue and craft beers on Fette Sau’s picnic tables. There’s the back garden at Back Forty in the East Village or Maison Premiere for oysters and absinthe under the stars. Spring is in the air, and we’re taking it in one bite at a time. Maison Premiere Address: 298 Bedford Ave. btwn Grand & 1st Sts....
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Best Thing I Ate – North End Grill’s Bacon & Oysters
If you’re one of those people who “never eats above 14th Street” or “never travels below Canal Street,” you’re missing out on some seriously good eating these days. One of the best new arrivals is North End Grill in Battery Park City. There’s a lot to love about Danny Meyer’s newest venture, a modern American bar and grill. For starters, there’s a killer scotch selection with flights and flasks, and a raw bar. The restaurant itself is handsomely outfitted in black and white trimmings with a marble-topped eating counter facing an open kitchen and floor-to-ceiling windows looking out onto the surrounding neighborhood. The most compelling draw is what’s coming from the kitchen. Floyd Cardoz, who helmed the kitchen at Tabla (and won Top Chef Masters Season 3), is back in action and better than ever. In Floyd’s hands, the American grill takes...
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Gizmo Girl’s Sweet Tea Brewer
Winter… what winter? Which is fine with us as we happily gear up for spring and summer. One of our favorite warm weather pastimes is brewing authentic southern sweet tea. But it’s not quite warm enough to set a pitcher of water and tea bags outside to brew in the sun, so we thought we’d seek out a little assistance. What we found is this Sweet Tea Brewer (pictured right) that brews up to two quarts of tea in ten minutes. We’re just getting started. It lets you adjust the strength of the tea to your liking as well as the amount of sugar and even brews your tea at the perfect tea brewing temperature (which is 204 degrees in case you’re interested). This Southern Sweet Tea Brewer works with both bagged and loose leaf tea, making up two...
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City Harvest’s Annual Evening of Practical Magic
If you haven’t bought tickets yet, there’s still time to celebrate and support City Harvest at their 18th annual Evening of Practical Magic. This year’s event will be honoring Danny Meyer and his all-star cast of chefs, including Floyd Cardoz, Michael Anthony and Nick Anderer at Union Square Hospitality Group. There will be a live auction, awards ceremony and plenty of food & wine, of course. To purchase tickets, go to City Harvest and hopefully, we’ll see you next Tuesday evening! When: Tuesday, April 24th Where: Cipriani on 42nd Street Time: 6:30 pm Website: An Evening of Practical...
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Trendwatch – Eggs In Fashion
Not long ago, eggs weren’t exactly considered haute cuisine, nevermind a dish that chefs or diners got excited about. But those days are over and eggs are having their moment in the spotlight. Take the celebrated “Farmer Egg’s” at Acme: It’s not as simple as it sounds, of course.What arrive from the kitchen is are two hollow eggs teeming with steamed cauliflower, aged parmesan cheese and egg yolk, crowned with cauliflower foam and ingeniously served on chicken wire and hay. Floyd Cardoz devotes an entire section of the menu to eggs at North End Grill, his newest venture in Battery Park. Cardoz meditates on eggs every which way, including a standout coddled eggs with grits and a scotch egg in watercress soup. There’s duck eggs and quail eggs, free-range and organic, and they all come poached, scrambled, fried or...
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Easy Holiday Entertaining
Holiday entertaining just got a lot easier with this dual purpose Crockpot and Food Warmer (pictured right). If you’ve ever cooked for a large crowd, you know the biggest challenge is finding enough counter and cooking space. A kitchen only has so many burners and city apartments are often more challenged. Then, there’s the issue of saute pans, pots and slow cookers. Whether you’re cooking for Easter or Passover, you’re going to need as many kitchen tools and you can get your hands on. This Crockpot-cum-food warmer exceeded our wildest expectations. There’s not one but three removable stone crocks, each with their own temperature dials so you can cook three different dishes at different temperatures at the same time. It also comes with three serving containers that you can use for anything from dips to crudite as well as...
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Suddenly Chic -Passover Dining Out
Once upon a time, Passover was a dreaded holiday, devoid of bread, rice, cake, cookies and all things yeast. But times have changed and New York’s best restaurants and chefs are finding inspiration in the holiday and, more importantly, its food traditions. With the sudden popularity of Jewish deli cooking, there’s a whole new world of reinvented classics, the likes of wild halibut gefilte fish and chopped duck and chicken liver. But it doesn’t stop there. There’s brisket tacos at Rosa Mexicana, smoked trout potato latke at Telepan, and jalapeno matzo ball soup at Toloache .Whether you celebrate or not, you’ll want to get in on the inspired Seder dinners New York’s best restaurants are offering this year. Here’s a few of our favorites… Balaboosta – Gefilte Wannabe Address: 214 Mulberry St. Phone: (212) 966-7366 Website: balaboostanyc.com With its Israeli-influenced Middle...
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New York’s Best PB & J Dishes
In case you haven’t noticed, we have a serious peanut butter obsession, so we’re pretty excited to milk National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day for all its worth. This Monday, April 2nd, celebrates that iconic, brown bagged lunch most of us grew up on, but in New York, the humble sandwich has undergone a major makeover. Afterall, we’ve got bragging rights to the some of the most innovative chefs in the country. Take April Bloomfield for example. In her hands, the classic PB & J gets stuffed with bananas, dunked in bourbon and deep fried at the Breslin. Then, there’s killer PB&J doughnuts at the Doughnut Plant, peanut butter and jelly macarons at Bosie Tea Parlor to peanut butter & jelly pancakes at Lavo. Not to mention an entire restaurant exclusively devoted to peanut butter endeavors in the West...
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