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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  Union Square Greenmarket Reopens Today at Madison Square, Other Locations Follow Suit

  published Nov 03, 2012

  Same market, different location. Under brilliant sunny skies, but near-frigid temps, the Union Square Greenmarket reopened today for the first time since Hurricane Sandy. Not at its usual 14th Stree... More >>

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  Dinner by Candlelight at the Spotted Pig

  published Nov 02, 2012

  The toasted sandwich at Spotted Pig was a pleasant distraction from neighborhood worries. A check of the two dozen or so West Village restaurants still open without electricity and operating by cand... More >>

• 10 Food-Related Sandy Revelations

  published Nov 02, 2012

  He could be your new best friend. Any disaster of Sandy's proportions elicits the usual thoughts about how fragile life is and how much we all must look out for each other. We leave such observation... More >>

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  Report From the East and West Villages, Post-Apocalypse

  published Nov 01, 2012

  Le Bonbonniere, the West Village's favorite greasy spoon, was operating by candlelight last night. Over the last three days, as the reality of the storm's extreme impact downtown has become increasi... More >>

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  The West Village, Hurricane Edition

  published October 31, 2012

  Monday, 4 p.m.: It seemed like we'd dodged a bullet. Apart from an occasional freakish gust of wind and the occasional cloudburst, the weather... More >>

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  Restaurants Reopen in the West Village, Despite Lack of Electricity

  published Oct 31, 2012

  Flood waters rising in the West Village after the power went out. Looking toward the Hudson River from the intersection of Perry and Washington streets. In the West Village, prospects for power rein... More >>

• Bobwhite Gives You the Bird

  published October 31, 2012

  According to the Sibley Field Guide to Birds, the bobwhite is a short, squat member of the quail family, native to the Southeastern... More >>

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  Sandy: A Storm Diary, Updated Mid-Storm

  published Oct 29, 2012

  Perhaps because the waterway is at low tide, the barriers to the Hudson River Park have been removed. Here storm watchers gather on the Christopher Street pier. Despite promises to the contrary in m... More >>

• Want Another Warm Croissantr Here Are a Few More.

  published Oct 29, 2012

  Bouchon Bakery -- The croissant is lighter than most at Thomas Keller's Bouchon Bakery, with an open texture and a slightly sweet aftertaste, you could easily eat two or three of these. 10 Columbus Ci... More >>

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  5 Best Croissants in NYC

  published Oct 29, 2012

  Here's the croissant that won. Note the careful radial layering of pastry levels, and you can almost smell the butter. What are you looking for in a croissantr This quintessential French pastry -- s... More >>

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  Our 10 Best Things to Eat Around Union Square

  published Oct 26, 2012

  Katsudon -- the perfect autumn lunch Constituting a sort of new Times Square for New Yorkers instead of tourists, Union Square is alive with places to eat, many offering such amenities as outdoor se... More >>

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  'Wichcraft Offers Free Hot Chocolate Today

  published Oct 25, 2012

  Bryant Park is the place to be Thursday afternoon, October 25. Just in time for the opening of the Bryant Park ice rink tomorrow, the 'wichcraft kiosk at Bryant Park will be switching its seasonal o... More >>

• Tommorow: Our 10 Best Things to Eat Around Union Square

  published Oct 25, 2012

  Will Pizza Bash, on the east side of the square, make the cutr If judgments were based on sidewalk statuary alone, it certainly would win. Twenty years ago, you wouldn't have recognized Union Square... More >>

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  Union Square Cafe Revisited

  published Oct 24, 2012

  At Union Square Cafe, your meal begins with a bread basket, butter with herbed sea salt, and picholine olives. As Danny Meyer increasingly focuses his attention on an expanding Shake Shack empire, s... More >>

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  La Maison du Toasted Cheese

  published Oct 23, 2012

  The toasted cheese is perfectly executed, but expect to pay for it. Serving single products in general, and limiting oneself to toasted-cheese sandwiches in particular, has been a common meme of urb... More >>

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  Pad Thai Redeemed

  published Oct 22, 2012

  Finally, a pad thai that kicks your ass. Pad thai is one of those dishes to be instinctively avoided. Even at great Thai restaurants, the cooks switch into gringo mode and turn out an indifferent he... More >>

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  Big Tex, Icon of Texas State Fair, Burns to the Ground

  published Oct 21, 2012

  Burn, baby, burn Big Tex, the 52-foot-tall symbol of the Texas State Fair, smoldered, caught fire, and was finally engulfed in flames late last week at the fairgrounds in Dallas before firefighters c... More >>

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  10 Best Hamburger Costumes for Halloween

  published Oct 19, 2012

  Good parenting or badr Depends on how how much you like hamburgers. Too early to start thinking about your Halloween costumer Hardly. Remember there are only two more weekends until the sainted holi... More >>

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  Chao Thai Too: Five Dishes You Shouldn't Miss

  published Oct 18, 2012

  1. Homok -- There's nothing quite like it in town, a light-as-helium mousse made from fish, egg, and coconut milk, curried to a deep shade of orange and utterly irresistible. This week, Counter Cult... More >>

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  Cupcakes With Chronic Diseases

  published Oct 17, 2012

  Don't touch them! They're undoubtedly contagious. Over the past couple of years, FiTR has gone from being neutral on the subject of cupcakes -- from tolerating them, only wishing we had an entire pi... More >>

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  Five Little Mysteries Based on the Food Section of the Voice Best Of Issue

  published Oct 17, 2012

  This year's Best Ramenr Ready for a little quizr Here are five questions concerning establishments FiTR writers have recommend in the Voice Best Ofs, which you can examine here. You can either read ... More >>

• Chao Thai Too: Blood Jell-O, Anyone?

  published October 17, 2012

  Uglier and much bigger than the piranha, the snakehead is a fierce predatory fish native to the rivers of Southeast Asia. Not only does it... More >>

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  The Story of Pozole

  published Oct 16, 2012

  This beautiful bowl of green pozole is Dish #2 in our countdown. We're nearly at the end of 100 Dishes to Eat Now, our tasty countdown leading up to our Best of 2012 issue! Many of us are familiar... More >>

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  Like Frankfurtersr Love Slayerr Groove to Tara Sinn's Horror Dog II

  published Oct 15, 2012

  California-born artist Tara Sinn -- now a New Yorker -- created this video involving a hot dog that never ends. The soundtrack is Slayer's "Raining Blood." Let the horror begin! [See More: M. Ward,... More >>

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  New York's Pizza Rival

  published Oct 15, 2012

  The Calabresa pie at Pizza Krozz Stand on nearly any thoroughfare in Buenos Aires, and you're never far from a pizzeria. Cross a street at random and find yourself dodging scooters delivering hot pi... More >>