Email Author Robert Sietsema

Awards

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published June 23, 2010

  "An Open Letter to Josh Ozersky"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 1, 2010

  "May We Interest You in Some Egg Fetus?"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 8, 2010

  "Siam I Am"

• 2011 - Association of Food Journalists Awards, published June 23, 2010

  "An Open Letter to Josh Ozersky"

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2012 Stories by Robert Sietsema

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  Pizza Hut Proposes Marriage, Dowry Only $10,000

  published Feb 10, 2012

  ​Fork in the Road really can't think of a less auspicious way to propose marriage, and any real foodie woman or man would probably first gag, and then sputter out a resounding, "No!": Pizza Hut More >>

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  Department of Ridiculous Press Releases: Valentine's Day Restaurant Gift Cards

  published Feb 10, 2012

  ​If you're in the food journalism biz, you get bombarded on a daily basis with press releases, often as many as 30 per day. Some are faintly rational, but others immediately provoke guffaws with More >>

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  What Gals Really Want for Valentine's Day: Luxury Chocolates

  published Feb 09, 2012

  ​Williamsburg's taciturn Mast Brothers know just what I'm talking about. This time of year always presents a dilemma for straight boys and gay girls: how to celebrate Valentine's Day -- the on More >>

• The Doctors TV Show Rips Paula Deen

  published Feb 09, 2012

  ​Here's the picture of Deen shown on this morning's The Doctors. First thing on this morning's episode of the CBS show The Doctors, the panel lit into Paula Deen. They first criticized her for More >>

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  No. 7 Sub Comes Up With More Crazy Heroes for Its Greenpoint Location

  published Feb 08, 2012

  ​The innards of the shrimp-pork sausage submarine -- sandwiches don't get moister than this. There's an unspoken rivalry between places that offer doctrinaire versions of dishes and those that More >>

• Burger King's New Onion Rings: Blech!

  published Feb 08, 2012

  ​Cooking them a little more probably wouldn't help. I love onion rings, and invariably order them whenever they appear on a menu. The trouble is -- 95 percent of the rings found in restaurants More >>

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  Brooklyn's Kavkaz: Six Delectable Dishes

  published Feb 07, 2012

  ​Fried lamb tongue with a gravy boat of sour cream This week, Counter Culture ascends the dizzying heights of Kavkaz, a place that slings the cuisine of the Caucasus Mountains -- places like G More >>

• Kavkaz: Nuts to You

  published February 8, 2012

  In a borough famous for its pickle platters, this one was exceptional. The tantalizing assortment flaunted big leaves of cabbage tinted bright... More >>

• David's Brisket House Set to Re-Open Following Hiatus

  published Feb 07, 2012

  ​David's Brisket House has been shuttered for over two months, with no note outside, and a cryptic phone message. A little over a week ago, Fork in the Road reported that the venerable David's More >>

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  Happy 200th Birthday, Charles Dickens! The Five Best Food and Drink Quotes From His Books

  published Feb 07, 2012

  ​ Say hello to Charles Dickens on his 200th birthday, a man known for his appreciation of food, who was regularly feted at the best restaurants in the U.S. when he passed through on book tours. More >>

• Extra Dessert Delights Gum: Wrigley Pulls the Old Switcheroo

  published Feb 06, 2012

  ​Would you rather have mint-chocolate-chip ice cream or apple pie for dessertr Thanks to Fork in the Road San Francisco correspondent Tracy Van Dyk for sending this picture of a gum Wrigley st More >>

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  Play the Fortune Cookie Game!

  published Feb 06, 2012

  ​Where the hell did the fortune cookie come from, anywayr How they were invented is a matter of some dispute, not where they were invented -- which was California. The magic happened approxima More >>

• Offered Without Comment

  published Feb 05, 2012

  ​Dolce Vizio Tiramisu, 131 Christopher Street, 3:30 p.m., Sunday afternoon ​Phallic-aggressive ketchup dispenser, Friday, 11 a.m. ​Restaurant wholesaler, Bowery, Saturday, 2 p.m. More >>

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  Buffalo Chicken Wings for Super Bowl Sunday: Picture Recipe in 8 Easy Steps

  published Feb 03, 2012

  ​1. Buy -- Go to Western Beef or a similar discount supermarket and buy the biggest and cheapest tray of wings you can find. Remember that each wing makes two Buffalo wings. ​2. Butcher -- More >>

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  NYC's 10 Best Bargain Seafood Restaurants

  published Feb 03, 2012

  ​The catfish sandwich at Taste of Seafood (#10 in our countdown) is abundant, cheap, and delectable, especially smeared with tartar and jerk sauces. For those who think omega-3 fatty acids mea More >>

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  Funny Food Teaches Parents to Get Creative With Breakfast

  published Feb 02, 2012

  ​A pair of New York educators think they have the answer to the question of how to get kids to eat healthy breakfasts and snacks. Forget for a moment that nobody has quite figured out what "heal More >>

• Tomorrow: NYC's 10 Best Bargain Seafood Restaurants

  published Feb 02, 2012

  ​Randazzo's shines like a beacon on Sheepshead Bay, the last man standing from what was once a large population of Italian clam bars along the bay. Will it make our top 10r The city's most wel More >>

• No Swine on My Mind

  published Feb 01, 2012

  ​ This pizza parlor on Malcolm X in Harlem offers an expanded menu of diner food, with the assurance that there is no pork on the premises. On Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard, an earlier establish More >>

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  Valentine's Day Gifts for Your Foodie Significant Other

  published Feb 01, 2012

  ​This just might be a good gift for your BF who refuses to wear an apron -- and walks around at his own dinner party covered with tidbits of the food he just cooked ... Valentine's Day -- or, More >>

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  A Pictorial History of the French Dip, in LA and NYC

  published Feb 01, 2012

  ​Coles P.E. Buffet, one of the L.A. places that claims to have invented the French dip This week Counter Culture explores the history of an American classic sandwich, the French dip. But is it More >>

• Choice Eats 2012: Second Group of Participants Announced

  published Jan 31, 2012

  ​The celebrated stuffed eggplant at Bay Ridge's Tanoreen, one of the festival participants The Village Voice has announced a second group of 17 restaurant, bakery, and chocolatier participants More >>

• French Dip, Once Hip

  published February 1, 2012

  Stories vary, but nearly everyone agrees that the French dip was invented in Los Angeles around 1918. It coincided with a national craze for... More >>

• Taco Trucks: Which Antojito Is the Best Valuer

  published Jan 31, 2012

  ​Ever been dazzled by the taco-truck menu, at a loss what to orderr Taco trucks serving fundamental southern Mexican antojitos have thankfully become commonplace in neighborhoods like the East More >>

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  Torta Burger at Tortaria

  published Jan 30, 2012

  ​Tortaria's torta burger arrives looking like a brown rock with moss growing on top. As we mentioned last Friday, Tortaria opened today on University Place. The place is devoted to making the More >>

• David's Brisket House Seemingly Bites the Dust; Early Jim Leff Find and Chowhound Fave

  published Jan 30, 2012

  ​David's overstuffed brisket sandwich (with gravy) was legendary. [Note: This post has been updated with more recent information. David's is now set to reopen the week of Monday, February 13, More >>