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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2012 Stories by Robert Sietsema

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  Chinese Lunar New Year Celebration, Chinatown

  published Jan 29, 2012

  Prior to the afternoon parade, the floats lined up on Mott Street. The Chinese Year of the Dragon began Monday, January 23, 2012. The new year is 4710. Today marked the 13th anniversary of the China... More >>

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  Minutes of the Organ Meat Society, Five-Course Dinner at Hospoda

  published Jan 28, 2012

  The third course was a chunky beef-heart stew in bacon sauce served over steamed and sliced dumplings. Organ Meat Society Meeting Friday, January 22, 2012 Hospoda 321 East 73rd Street The meeting w... More >>

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  Bed-Stuy Gets Its Own Dollar-Slice Joint

  published Jan 27, 2012

  New gastronomic asset at the corner of Nostrand and Fulton The phenomenon of the dollar-slice joint continues to spread across the city like a spilled bottle of ink.Latest appearance is right at the... More >>

• Tortaria Opens Monday in Greenwich Village

  published Jan 27, 2012

  A glimpse of the facade during the build-out stage Monday marks the opening of Tortaria, a Mexican-themed place that concentrates on tortas, the signature south-of-the-border sandwich. The place occ... More >>

• Rainy Day Breakfast: Patate Pizza at Pulino's

  published Jan 27, 2012

  Fragrant with green onions and black pepper, the potato pizza -- share it with a friend. Some of Fork in the Road's favorite breakfasts are double-carb: the classic two eggs and bacon with both toas... More >>

• Valentine's Day Peeps Push the Peep Envelope

  published Jan 26, 2012

  We're hereby declaring a start to the Valentine's Day mayhem, and hope to give you some decent advice as to where to eat cheaply and well in a romantic atmosphere, and what kind of foodie gifts are a... More >>

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  10 Food Product Mascots That Give Us Nightmares

  published Jan 26, 2012

  10. Little Debbie -- You ought to have the face of an angel, Little Debbie; instead your visage is wrinkly and witchy. You are your own grandmother, and you're wearing her clothes, too: plaid shirt wi... More >>

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  Bowery Special Burger -- With Pastrami! -- at Bowery Diner

  published Jan 26, 2012

  A burger patty and pastrami cozy up to each other in the Bowery Special. The pastrami -- sometimes called "smoked meat" on the menu -- is a thing of beauty at newcomer Bowery Diner. When a thick pla... More >>

• Mister Softee Truck Spotted on West 17th Street: Harbinger of Summerr

  published Jan 26, 2012

  Thursday, January 25, 8 p.m. It appeared out of nowhere, out of season, a phantom Mister Softee truck with a couple of guys piloting it who might have been in their eighties. They were stopped among... More >>

• In Spite of Letterman's Love Letter to Steak 'N Shake, Actual Food Disappoints

  published Jan 25, 2012

  Figuratively speaking, David Letterman blew the chain in Macy's (or maybe we should say Marshall Field's) window. The city has seen a recent influx of fast-food chains from other places, the most re... More >>

• 7 Best Things To Eat at Elza Fancy Foods

  published Jan 25, 2012

  Kuksu is a noodle soup whose name means "noodle soup" in Korean. This week Counter Culture rolls into one of the city's most unique restaurants, Elza Fancy Foods. The menu represents the Uzbek-Korea... More >>

• Cheez-It Scrabble Junior -- Just Don't Try To Play Scrabble With It!

  published Jan 24, 2012

  The import of this new snack variation is perhaps too clear ... Damn! Couldn't find a K. One of the advantages of rarely shopping in supermarkets is that when you do, you run into all sorts of unbel... More >>

• Elza Fancy Foods: Big Mash-Up in Brighton Beach

  published January 25, 2012

  In the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–05, the emperor stuck it to the czar. Japan tightened its grip on the Korean peninsula, and Korean... More >>

• KFC Hot Wings: A Review

  published Jan 24, 2012

  Try dipping them in the mashed potatoes and gravy. On paper, it sounds like a good idea: Do a culinary mash-up of Buffalo wings and fried chicken, two poultry-bearing American classics. And that's w... More >>

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  Nine Food TV Shows We'd Love To See

  published Jan 23, 2012

  How did food television become so boring and predictabler Umpteenth season of Top Chefr Yawn. Endless cupcake warsr Yawn. Paula Deen pouring more butter into the caker Yawn. Guy Fieri tucking into an... More >>

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  Where Do I Find Northern Chinese Dumplingsr [Happy Chinese New Year!]

  published Jan 23, 2012

  Northern Chinese dumplings, thick-skinned and cheap Samantha G. asks: Hey! I love northern Chinese food. I grew up with a wonderful northern/Cantonese dim-sum-style restaurant in Rockville, Maryland... More >>

• How the 'Edo-Mae' Sushi Assortment at Hasaki Is Like a Brief Vacation to Tokyo

  published Jan 23, 2012

  What comes in a wooden box and is supremely delectabler Run your eye down the extensive sushi menu at Hasaki, and you'll find many interesting oddities and combinations. At the end of the omakase li... More >>

• Offered Without Comment

  published Jan 23, 2012

  Could be the next Chucky ...... More >>

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  Despite Snow Storm, Union Square Greenmarket Carries On

  published Jan 21, 2012

  There were eggs to be had aplenty -- but you had to fish them out of the snowdrifts. In spite of the year's first major snowfall, the Greenmarket went on as planned today at Union Square. The tarmac... More >>

• Can Anyone Help Me Identify This Pickler

  published Jan 21, 2012

  What's the brown pickle the arrow's pointing tor I sure don't know. I encountered this lovely pickle plate in Brooklyn at a former-Soviet restaurant from the Caucasus. It includes two types of plum,... More >>

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  The Upper East Side's Sichuan Renaissance

  published Jan 20, 2012

  Land of Plenty's picture-perfect ma po tofu, snowed with crushed Sichuan peppercorns. How did it happen that some of the city's best -- and most authentic -- Sichuan restaurants have come to be loca... More >>

• Welcome the Whelks! At Bowery Diner

  published Jan 20, 2012

  Mmmm -- raw whelks skating on ice, looking a little like the Ice Capades NYC diners have been increasingly exposed to new kinds of seafood they've never seen before. You can take the cynical view, a... More >>

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  Hong Kong Breakfast at Coluck

  published Jan 19, 2012

  Just what you want with your breakfast -- a hot dog! Starting in the German city of Frankfurt am Main, hot dogs have certainly wormed their way all over the globe, but who would've guessed they'd be... More >>

• Updated: Tickets Go on Sale for the Fifth Annual Choice Eats, VIP Tix Sold Out

  published Jan 19, 2012

  (Update: As of 4:45 on the first day they were available, VIP tickets sold out, and regular [$50] tickets are going fast.) Today is the day tickets finally go on sale for Choice Eats, The Village Vo... More >>

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  Attention Cooks and Bakers: High-Fat Buttermilk from Sky Top Farms

  published Jan 18, 2012

  Yes, at $5.99 per quart, it's twice as expensive as other brands of buttermilk. Let's face it: Modern buttermilk is a paltry thing, pale and without body. Pour it into a glass and it barely makes st... More >>