Email Author Sarah DiGregorio

Awards

• 2010 - Bert Greene Award/International Association of Culinary Professionals, published February 18, 2009

  "Live and Let Liver"

• 2010 - James Beard Journalism Awards/The James Beard Foundation, published February 18, 2009

  "Live and Let Liver"

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2010 Stories by Sarah DiGregorio

• No Facials at Peels

  published October 27, 2010

  On almost any given night at Peels, the two-story restaurant is as crowded as a house party after finals—a jostling, buzzy scene where... More >>

• Guayoyo Celebrates the 'Curvy Queen' of Venezuela

  published October 6, 2010

  New York is not exactly bursting at the seams with Venezuelan restaurants, so it's a somewhat unlikely coincidence that two of them are a mere... More >>

• Xiao Ye: Lick Up Those Poontang Potstickers

  published September 29, 2010

  Eddie Huang is good at getting your attention. Rare is the chef who will speak his mind, but Huang has no censor. His blog, Fresh Off the Boat,... More >>

• Gourmet Sweets and Restaurant Spreads Its Treats to Queens

  published September 22, 2010

  There's nothing like eating with people who have been fasting to put you in a celebratory mood. After the sun went down each day of Ramadan,... More >>

• Hawkers and Bai Cha Try to Take It to the Asian Street

  published September 15, 2010

  One warm, late summer night, there was an actual hawker outside of Hawkers, the new Southeast Asian street food eatery near Union Square. She... More >>

• Thistle Hill Tavern Cooks Up a Neighborhood Vibe

  published September 8, 2010

  South Park Slope (or Greenwood Heights) is a small, quiet place that abuts the neo-Gothic splendor of Greenwood Cemetery to the south and the... More >>

• Olio Pizza e Piu and Campo de' Fiori Dish Up the Pies

  published September 1, 2010

  Sometimes it seems like there's nothing new to say about pizza—for all the distinctions that can be drawn, that tired cliché about... More >>

• Nuela Looks for Identity

  published August 25, 2010

  Nuela is a restaurant in search of an identity. Is it a flashy Latin lounge or a restaurant with serious culinary intentions? Sometimes, it's... More >>

• Hardcore Southern Grub Meets Williamsburg Punk Bar at Honeychiles'

  published August 18, 2010

  You are no match for a french fry po'boy. Take it from Sara Roahen, author of Gumbo Tales: Finding My Place at the New Orleans Table.... More >>

• Co Ba Tries to Capture the Spirit of Vietnam's Neighborhood Stalls

  published August 11, 2010

  New York lacks the bounty of great Vietnamese food that parts of Southern California and Northern Virginia enjoy, but for years, Steven Duong... More >>

• Cienfuegos Rums Up the East Village

  published August 4, 2010

  Cienfuegos has been referred to as a rum "speakeasy," a term that has surely outlived its usefulness, but the place is not really so... More >>

• Mrs. Kim's Offers Its Seoul to Greenpoint

  published July 27, 2010

  When River Barrel opened in Greenpoint in January 2009, it served that familiar brand of New American/gastropub/global comfort food: burgers,... More >>

• At David Chang's Ma Peche, Good Food Battles a Terrible Room

  published July 13, 2010

  Pretty much everyone would agree that, over the past six years, David Chang has defined a new strain of downtown dining. The reason for... More >>

• Mark Twain Eats America

  published July 6, 2010

  In 1879, Mark Twain, a/k/a Samuel Clemens, was on a long tour through Europe, which he wrote about in A Tramp Abroad. That winter, he... More >>

• Seersucker and Peaches HotHouse Bring a Little More Dixie to Brooklyn

  published June 29, 2010

  There are grits, and then there are grits. Two new Southern restaurants have recently opened in Brooklyn, and they both serve the... More >>

• Takashi Lets You Grill Your Own Tongue

  published June 22, 2010

  Hudson Street at dusk is a good place to watch people walk their dogs, but if you're eating in Takashi, the dogs might be looking back. One... More >>

• Ryan Skeen Takes His Twitter Fingers to Harlem

  published June 15, 2010

  There's no better distillation of chef Ryan Skeen's talent than a certain fish plate at his new Harlem restaurant, 5 & Diamond. Buttery... More >>

• Tamarind Tribeca Upscales the Tandoor

  published June 1, 2010

  A sprawling menu does not always inspire confidence. Imagine a North American restaurant that serves clam chowder, Texas barbecue brisket,... More >>

• Bromo Satay House Serves up East Java

  published May 25, 2010

  It hasn't been as angry as Iceland's volcano lately, but Indonesia's Mount Bromo is impressive nonetheless. Its peak blown off long ago, it... More >>

• At Pulino, Keith McNally Hits Skid Row

  published May 18, 2010

  "Remember the squeegee guys?" The fellow at the table next to us was waxing nostalgic, and cursing Giuliani. I wondered if the once-notorious... More >>

• Michael Bao Huynh Marches On With Mikey's Burger and d.o.b. 111

  published May 11, 2010

  D.o.b. 111, Michael Bao Huynh's new Vietnamese-European restaurant in the East Village, felt on the verge of anarchy on a recent night. One... More >>

• At Paulie Gee's, Crust Never Sleeps

  published May 4, 2010

  What lingers in your mind after a meal at Paulie Gee's pizzeria in Greenpoint isn't the homemade fior di latte or the tomato sauce, both of... More >>

• Fancy, Tasty Grease At Fatty 'Cue

  published April 27, 2010

  Here's what happens when you barbecue duck over an oak fire: The skin slowly crisps, getting darker and darker until the hunk of flesh looks... More >>

• Off to the Pour House: The Tangled Vine Wine Bar & Kitchen

  published April 20, 2010

  I think it was Anthony Bourdain who said that the best sauce in the world is the goop inside a shrimp's head. While I'm fond of sucking on that... More >>

• At Bhojan, Indian Spring

  published April 13, 2010

  The word "bhojan" connotes a simple, home-cooked meal in Hindi, but looking around the shiny new Lexington Avenue restaurant of the same name... More >>