Archive for the “Food & Drink” category
Is Cajun Squirrel Tastier Than Salt and Vinegar?
by jpreardon on January 10, 2009
Lately, squirrel is all the rage on the British food scene. Those craving the little, gray critters no longer need to trek to the gastopub (or grab the shotgun) since Walkers is introducing a Cajun Squirrel flavor. Cajun Squirrel was (…)
Mmmm, nutmeg
by jpreardon on September 6, 2008
A typo in a Swedish food magazine’s recipe sent several people to the hospital. The cake recipe was supposed to call for a couple pinches of nutmeg. Instead, cooks were instructed to use 20 whole nutmeg nuts. In addition to (…)
Flushing Chinese Food Map
by jpreardon on August 1, 2008
If you’re having trouble getting a visa to enter China, you can get your food fix in Queens. The Times gets all detailed about Finding Beijing in Flushing. There’s even a Flushing Chinese food map so you won’t get lost (…)
NYC BYOB
by jpreardon on May 18, 2008
Prompted by a wouldn’t it be cool if… conversation, here are a few lists of BYOB places around town: BYOBs.com Manhattan BYOB and Brooklyn BYOB Metromix BYOB List Citysearch BYOB List and Citysearch Best New York BYOB 2008 New York (…)
Wintermarket
by jpreardon on December 17, 2007
Sunday’s nasty weather did not deter curious grazers and locavores from descending on the old Fulton Fish Market for Wintermarket, an event to promote the New Amsterdam Public market. The people at the New Amsterdam propose turning the two, now (…)
Fatburger to Open on Bleecker
by jpreardon on October 30, 2007
Eater breaks the news that Fatburger is opening a store in Manhattan. Yes, you read that correctly, Fatburger! As far as I knew, this was a tiny chain that stayed close to home in the Los Angeles area. Man, was (…)
Burger Alert
by jpreardon on October 23, 2007
The previously mentioned Five Guys Burger chain continues their friendly invasion of New York City. Come this Thursday, they will have landed in the belly of the beast–if you consider that belly to be somewhere near West 55th. Midtown Lunch (…)
Five Guys in Brooklyn
by jpreardon on July 3, 2007
Usually, I confine my burger writing to Burger & Bordeaux. Five Guys, however, does not really mesh with the theme there. Not wanting to let this one slide, I thought it would be worth mentioning that Five Guys has opened (…)
Return of the Cellarman?
by jpreardon on November 26, 2006
Joe Sixpack is happy about the long trend of restaurants taking beer more seriously, but unhappy about one thing: The Beer Sommelier. He doesn’t think having a person at a restaurant dedicated to the selection of beers is a bad (…)
TV at the Table
by jpreardon on October 26, 2006
This week’s installment of On the House deals with a subject near and dear to my heart: Televisions in restaurants and bars. It is good to see that someone else has taken exception to the additional TVs that have been (…)