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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2008 Stories by Sarah DiGregorio

• Alexandra Raij's Tapas Spot Txikito

  published December 24, 2008

  "The mussel special is really, really good," a wide-eyed older woman at the next table uttered with the gravity of someone talking about global... More >>

• Got Rattlesnake? Ellis Bar Does.

  published December 17, 2008

  For decades, the corner of Fifth Avenue and 17th Street in Brooklyn was anchored by a spacious women's department store called Aaron's. Today,... More >>

• Top Café Tibet Is Stuffed With Good Food

  published December 10, 2008

  On Cortelyou Road in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, just across from the Flatbush Co-op, and literally on top of the Q station, there's a scruffy Asian... More >>

• BarBao Is Pho Real

  published December 3, 2008

  BarBao is a rambling restaurant: The bar gives way to the dining room, which angles over into a lounge and summer-roll bar. The place is... More >>

• Park Slope Gets Serious at Bussaco

  published November 26, 2008

  Park Slope—you either love it or you hate it. The rows of stately brownstones, the SUV-sized strollers, the tea lounges full of... More >>

• Char No. 4 Is Not Kosher

  published November 19, 2008

  The first thing you notice about Char No. 4 is the smell. It's an aroma you could eat with a spoon—smoky, full-bodied, and porky. It... More >>

• In Search of New York's Best Indian Street-Treat

  published November 12, 2008

  Last January, I went to India to meet my fiancé's extended family. But I have a one-track mind, and that track was street... More >>

• Double Crown: Culinary Empire Building

  published November 5, 2008

  The financial news was dire, even apocalyptic, all day. But never mind the Four Horsemen—it's time for dinner, so off I trot to Double... More >>

• A New Crop of Dosas

  published October 29, 2008

  Give me a vada over a Krispy Kreme any day. These savory doughnuts often have a hole in the middle—just like the sugar-glazed... More >>

• Signature Foods of the 1980’s

  published October 15, 2008

  Before the Age of Foodism descended on us like manna from heaven—bringing with it a concern for food excellence rather than just novelty... More >>

• Modern-food fads we wish would go away

  published October 15, 2008

  The mysterious alchemy of the fad: One night you’re perplexedly sipping your first “saketini,” and the next night every eatery... More >>

• The Hook Cooks: Annabelle's, Le Bouillabaisse, and More

  published October 8, 2008

  Even with the addition of IKEA, Red Hook is still defying predictions of gentrification and remains its off-kilter, rough-edged self. Maybe... More >>

• Apiary is the Bee's Knees

  published October 1, 2008

  Apiary joins the crowd of high-end, seasonal New American restaurants that have been breeding like bunnies this decade. The sleekly designed... More >>

• Braai: Both Fun and Game

  published September 23, 2008

  If there's anything that will make a jaded food city perk up, it's word that a new restaurant will be serving zebra. Yes, wrote The... More >>

• Spending a Day in Joanne Hendricks Cookbooks

  published September 17, 2008

  Joanne Hendricks's shop is on the western edge of Soho, in a brick house that slumps under the weight of its 200 years, bulging gently as... More >>

• Fried Green Tomatoes, Shrimp, and Grits at BedStuy's Peaches Market

  published September 10, 2008

  If life imitated Sesame Street, then every restaurant would be as idyllic as Peaches Market. On a recent evening, the place was... More >>

• Bangkok-Style Goods at Rhong-Tiam, Plus the Curious Case of Kurve

  published September 3, 2008

  The East Village on a Friday night: Packs of feral 19-year-olds in leggings roam the streets, and every restaurant and bar is overflowing. But... More >>

• Allioli, Allioli Everywhere at Macondo

  published August 27, 2008

  It may sound unlikely, but the best mofongo I ever had was at a place where the server's opening spiel lasted at least five minutes and... More >>

• Taco Trucks in Sunset Park

  published August 19, 2008

  On a recent Saturday evening, a small crowd was gathered around Yissel's 71 Chimichurri truck, eating avidly or waiting for their orders. A... More >>

• Eating While Drinking: Cocktail Lounges With Snacks

  published August 12, 2008

  Cocktail geeks can quibble about which fancy lounge shakes up the most perfect Old Fashioned in town; whether I'm at the Flatiron Lounge, Pegu... More >>

• A Guide to the Curious World of Chinatown Bakeries

  published August 5, 2008

  Never mind WD-50 or Tailor: The most maverick cuisine-bending in New York happens in the bakeries of Chinatown. These shops mix up unlikely... More >>

• Farm Rations at Hundred Acres and Forge

  published July 29, 2008

  At Forge, in a space that looks like the Little House on the Prairie crossed with Dracula's dining room, we are waiting for our bread. The... More >>

• Matsugen: When Good Noodles Go Vong

  published July 23, 2008

  Soba, those nutty, austere Japanese buckwheat noodles, were once considered dirty peasant food, and unfortunate nobles were forbidden from... More >>

• Fro-Yo With a Side of Virtue

  published July 16, 2008

  I have no quarrel with frozen yogurt; it's "fro-yo" that baffles me. There are the interchangeable, infantile shop names—YoGo Monster,... More >>

• Can't Get into Ko? You'd Like Persimmon Better Anyway

  published July 9, 2008

  Lately, when 10 a.m. rolls around, I'm hunched over my laptop, twitching like a madwoman, trying to click on one of those elusive green check... More >>