Email Author Robert Sietsema

Awards

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

  "An Open Letter to Josh Ozersky"

• 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"

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2010 Stories by Robert Sietsema

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  Roast Beef With 'Cheese' at Ziggy's in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

  published Mar 22, 2010

  All Whizzed out with no place to go: the roast beef with cheese at Ziggy's. Reinventing Arby's with better ingredients my seem like reinventing the wheel, but that's just what some canny restaurateur... More >>

• A Photo Tour of Williamsburg's New Blue Bottle Coffee -- But What Is Missingr

  published Mar 19, 2010

  "Jeez! This place is gigantic," a friend exclaimed as we stepped inside Blue Bottle. (Click on the pictures for a better view.) It being one of the nicest days of the century, a friend and I decided ... More >>

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  Our 10 Best Sausages

  published Mar 19, 2010

  Served on rye with mustard and sauerkraut, Katz's knoblewurst packs a megaton wallop of garlic. Sausages originated as a way to preserve meats past their "expire by" dates sometime during human pre-h... More >>

• Tomorrow: Our 10 Best Sausages

  published Mar 18, 2010

  The sign translates to "Sausage Factory," but will the products of this legendary Lower East Sider make our list of the city's most scrumptious sausagesr Tomorrow, bright and early, please join us f... More >>

• Four Signs That Spring Is Finally Coming to NYC

  published Mar 18, 2010

  All of a sudden, flowering bulbs are replacing pickles, turkey sausage, and mealy apples as the focus of city famers' markets. Soft-serve ice cream trucks have completed their seasonal migration to t... More >>

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  The New Taco Bell Pacific Shrimp Taco

  published Mar 17, 2010

  Is the American eating public ready for mayo in their tacos, and cilantro in their fast foodr The name of the thing put me on my guard. What the hell does "Pacific shrimp" meanr When I was a kid, "Gu... More >>

• Revisit: Pam Real Thai Food in Hell's Kitchen

  published Mar 17, 2010

  Kaeng zom sour curry, featuring shrimp or freshwater fish, is one dish that Pam Real Thai does particularly well. Yes there really is a Pam, and nine years ago she started a restaurant in Hell's Kitc... More >>

• Even the Watermelon Gets Pickled at Skovorodka

  published March 16, 2010

  The mix of Russian restaurants in Brighton Beach has changed profoundly in the past few years. While the typical establishment was once a giant... More >>

• Five Most Annoying TV Food Commercials

  published Mar 16, 2010

  The first time you saw these commercials you may have even liked them, and gone away humming the tunes. But by the umpteenth repetition, you wanted to scream--and strangle the producer who made them. ... More >>

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  A Dim Sum Renaissance Is Upon Us

  published Mar 16, 2010

  This trio of carrots is of the same fabrication as sesame balls, with watercress stems providing greenery. Great dim sum has returned to New York City during the last couple of years. The decade befo... More >>

• Humping The Hump, Santa Monica's Whale-Serving Sushi Bar; Jonathan Gold Connection in the Fracas

  published Mar 15, 2010

  The Hump is actually located on Santa Monica city property, at the Santa Monica Airport. While Santa Monica's whale-slicing restaurant faces fines of $200,000 for itself, and $100,000 for its sushi c... More >>

• Tacos at El Aguila in East Harlem

  published Mar 15, 2010

  The overstuffed tacos at El Aguila include carnitas (left) and barbacoa (right). If you're a Mexican taqueria occupying actual real estate, how do you compete with all the trucks that set up shop as ... More >>

• Great Barbecues of Texas: City Market in Luling

  published Mar 13, 2010

  Originating in ther early 1950's, City Market sits on Luling's main drag opposite the railroad tracks that bisect the town. By the time Luling was founded in 1874 as a station on the Galveston, Harri... More >>

• Free Pinkberry This Afternoon During "Happy Hour"

  published Mar 12, 2010

  Freenyc.net reports that all local Pinkberry locations will be offering free 3-ounce servings of their new flavor, mango, with all the free toppings you can cram into the tiny cups. The stores also ... More >>

• What Animal Does Your Favorite Chef Look Liker Phase Two

  published Mar 12, 2010

  Guy Fieri looks like an ostrich A couple of days ago in a sort of stoned fugue, we got the paranoid idea that chefs were really animals posing as people. Not a very good idea, certainly, but one that... More >>

• Updated: Matzoh Price Watch

  published Mar 12, 2010

  Yes, the matzohs are still waiting expectantly to be purchased, but they don't want you to be price-gouged. On the first of March, Fork in the Road instituted our matzoh price watch, in which we repo... More >>

• Where Am I Eatingr Rockmeisha in the West Village

  published Mar 11, 2010

  Rockmeisha's splendid chashu ramen, elegant in its simplicity, is made with a milky-looking pigfoot broth. We have a winner in our latest Where Am I Eating Contest! Stephanie came up with the answer ... More >>

• Taking a Peek Into Sushi's Past With Hasaki's Hako-Zushi

  published Mar 11, 2010

  Genius sushi chefs at work in the subterranean East Village restaurant, Hasaki. Sushi originated 1000 years ago in the mountainous region southeast of Tokyo as a method of preserving fish. Someone d... More >>

• Where Am I Eatingr

  published Mar 10, 2010

  I see a soup with some noodles, but where can I get itr Last time I tried to do one of these contests, I totally bombed by using a picture -- selected for its artistic quality, rather than its obscur... More >>

• What Animal Does Your Favorite Chef Look Liker

  published Mar 10, 2010

  We are all descended from animals, upon that we all agree. Some of us show more evidence of animal ancestry than others, sometimes one animal in particular. Leading to the question: What animals do ou... More >>

• Northern Spy in East Village: The Apple of Their Eye

  published March 9, 2010

  Named after a haunting 1940s showtune, the East Village's Old Devil Moon mounted a menu of what might be called "transgressional... More >>

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  10 Great Places to Eat in Austin & Vicinity, A Restaurant Guide for SXSW Attendees

  published Mar 08, 2010

  Migas at Cisco's is a "don't miss" Austin dish if ever there were one, served with your choice of tortillas or piping hot homemade biscuits. (Ask for both.) Austin is a city that now boasts imitation... More >>

• Pozole at Zaragoza Grocery in the East Village

  published Mar 08, 2010

  Pozole is a Mexican weekend soup, bobbing with pozole (whole hominy kernels) and shredded pork in a rich herbal broth. Nothing better for a hangover. Zaragoza Grocery, near the corner of Avenue A and... More >>

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  Great Barbecues of Texas: Kreuz Market and Smitty's Market, Lockhart

  published Mar 06, 2010

  The Caldwell County Courthouse, built in 1892 in the Second Empire style at a cost of $65,000, is the focal point of Lockhart. It was the scene of many gun battles in the late 19th century. Smitty's M... More >>

• I Want My Dog to Eat Italian

  published Mar 05, 2010

  A vending machine aimed at dogs on Avenue A and East 10th Street in front of a bodega, conveniently close to a cash machine, gives owners a chance to feed their dogs "liver biscotti"--how sophisticate... More >>