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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2011 Stories by Robert Sietsema

• What I Did With My Wild Mushrooms From the New Amsterdam Market: Aborted Entoloma Frittata

  published Oct 06, 2011

  Here's about $4 worth of the mushroom called "Snow Shrimp" on the blackboard, but whose real name is "Aborted Entolomas," according to a commenter. Last week Fork in the Road covered the wild mushro... More >>

• Dancing Shrimp, Live Snakes, and Other Food That Moves (NSFW)

  published Oct 05, 2011

  We've heard a lot about the Paleolithic Diet. If eating everything raw like the Geico Caveman is good for you, imagine how much better it will be if all the meat, fish, and poultry is still alive and ... More >>

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  Is Charleston, SC's Husk the Best New Restaurant in the U.S.r Bon Appetit Says So.

  published Oct 05, 2011

  Husk's Southern Fried Chicken Skins When Andrew Knowlton published his list of the 10 best new restaurants in the U.S. last month in Bon Appétit, it was met mainly with incredulity on the par... More >>

• Rosarito Fish Shack: Ayup, It's a Seafood Shack

  published October 5, 2011

  Rosarito Fish Shack is an establishment that, perhaps too cannily, mixes a pair of current trends into one restaurant package. The first is the... More >>

• Roasted Beet and Arugula Salad at Seahorse Tavern, Dish No. 7

  published Oct 04, 2011

  "Roasted Beet and Arugula Salad" only begins to describe this vegetarian delight at the Upper East Side's new Seahorse Tavern.It's really more of a tepee, with asparagus supports, stuffed with arugul... More >>

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  Greenwich Village Landmark Famous Ray's Pizza Closes

  published Oct 03, 2011

  Newspapers went up in the windows of Famous Ray's overnight. Arguably the most famous of the endless iterations of pizza parlors named Ray's in the city, Famous Ray's of Greenwich Village gave up th... More >>

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  Sliced Egg Sandwich on Whole Wheat Bread at Grandaisy Bakery, Dish No. 8

  published Oct 03, 2011

  Always in search of the perfect egg sandwich, we stopped in at Grandaisy Bakery -- the original Soho location -- to pick up their version of an American classic.In this example, the egg is sliced and... More >>

• Ricotta & Sausage Fiorini at Frankie's 570, Dish No. 9

  published Oct 02, 2011

  Fiorini means "little flower," and this pasta in the ravioli family is shaped like flowers.Inside is a mixture of ricotta and finely ground sausage, and the pasta is sauced with wild-mushroom puree, ... More >>

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  Spicy Big Tray Chicken at He Nan Flavor, Dish No. 10

  published Oct 01, 2011

  If the name of this dish could be properly written, it might read, "Soupy Mass of Chicken in a Wok," which describes perfectly what it is.Find it for a bargain price of $12 at He Nan Flavor, the new ... More >>

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  Hurricane Irene Relief: Food & Supplies Desperately Needed [Updated]

  published Sep 30, 2011

  This is the first big citywide weekend of the drive to collect items needed by New York farmers who were quite literally blown away by Hurricane Irene, and flooded out, too. Following is an updated l... More >>

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  Zombie Jerky and Other Awesome Food From the Awesomer

  published Sep 30, 2011

  TheAwesomer.com is a website devoted to "unearthing" the unusual and the weird, and a large part of their shoveling is food. The blog is the work of Paul Strauss (chief cook and bottle washer), Gigi L... More >>

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  New York City's 17 Greatest Chefs

  published Sep 30, 2011

  The re-Africanized fried chicken at Marcus Samuelsson's Red Rooster This highly idiosyncratic list is based entirely on my own dining predilections, and only includes chefs whose work I'm reasonably... More >>

• Tomorrow: New York City's 17 Greatest Chefs

  published Sep 29, 2011

  Ever seen this motor scooter around town beforer Will its rider be chosen to be among our top 17 chefs in the cityr There comes a time when we must evaluate the output of the city's greatest chefs. ... More >>

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  What Swedes Really Do With Their Used Candy Canes

  published Sep 29, 2011

  The window display of the Swedish candy canes called polkagrisar I like to keep careful track of what goes on at Sockerbit, the Swedish candy store on Christopher Street. The bins of candy form an a... More >>

• Cornish Pasty at Myers of Keswick, Dish No. 11

  published Sep 28, 2011

  The Cornish pasty (pronounced "pah-stee") is one of the glories of British cooking, an oblong hand-pie with a flaky crust, enfolding cubed potatoes, peas, carrots, and ground beef or lamb.It was once... More >>

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  Malaysian Noodle Festival Ongoing in the Meatpacking District

  published Sep 27, 2011

  Eight restaurants participated under red paper lanterns. The promotional website MalaysiaKitchenNYC.com staged a noodle-themed event this afternoon on the north end of the Meatpacking District, in t... More >>

• Osteria Cotta Boots Up

  published September 28, 2011

  Maybe it was the increasingly far-flung Italian vacations Americans were taking—forsaking the usual Roman holiday for a ramble in the... More >>

• Debunking the Earl of Sandwich

  published Sep 27, 2011

  The reality can't match the hype in "The Original 1762." And neither bears any resemblance to the original sandwich eaten by the fourth Earl. (Click on image to enlarge.) The fourth Earl of Sandwich... More >>

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  Play the Cellphone Restaurant Autocorrect Text Messaging Game

  published Sep 26, 2011

  My smart phone is much funnier than I am. Recently, a friend asked where he could throw a birthday party for himself. After mulling the question over, taking into account his preferences in location, ... More >>

• Octopus With Green Olives, Harissa, and Labne at Zoe, Dish No. 12

  published Sep 26, 2011

  The octopus arms curl prettily on the Zoe app. Located on the Lower East Side, Zoe is the latest project of New York chef Zoe Feigenbaum, who won the Chef Academy reality show against eight competit... More >>

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  The Wild Wild Mushrooms of the New Amsterdam Market

  published Sep 25, 2011

  Bear's head mushrooms look more like polar bears than brown or black bears. With all the rain and general dampness, It's been the best year in memory for hunting wild mushrooms upstate and in the fu... More >>

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  Asam Laksa at Banana Leaf in Sunset Park, Dish No. 13

  published Sep 25, 2011

  Asam Laksa is very, very tart. Asam Laksa is a signature dish of a Malaysian group called Pernanakans -- Chinese immigrants who settled on the Malay Peninsula as long as 400 years ago, and intermarr... More >>

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  New Peel Noodle Joint Opens in Chinatown: Kuai Le (or Kuaile) Hand Pull Noodles Restaurant

  published Sep 23, 2011

  Peel noodles with lamb in soup even boasts a stray mushroom or two. Five years ago, Counter Culture announced that a new Chinese noodle had hit town. At Sheng Wang on Eldridge Street, in a downstair... More >>

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  Battle of the Teeny-Weeny Chocolates: Cafe-Tasse Extra Noir Vs. Bug Bites Organic Dark

  published Sep 22, 2011

  Hello! My name is Bob, and I'm a chocoholic. Café-Tasse on the left, Bug Bites on the right I am part of the 10 percent of the population that classifies itself as chocoholic. Of that 10 pe... More >>

• Like Gene Simmons's Tonguer Then Check Out Gabrielle Hamilton's at Prune, Dish No. 16

  published Sep 22, 2011

  You may remember the long long tongue of frontman Gene Simmons of Kiss -- who has since become a slatternly reality-show star. Rumors at the time suggested that he had had a cow tongue grafted onto hi... More >>