Email Author Tejal Rao

2012 Stories by Tejal Rao

• Wylie Dufresne Launches a Big New Tasting Menu at WD-50

  published July 11, 2012

  The fun starts here: When you visit WD-50 on the Lower East Side to try its... More >>

• Foragers City Table: Something's in Store for You

  published July 4, 2012

  A little girl is standing at the entrance to Foragers City... More >>

• Reynards: The Wythe Man's Burden

  published June 27, 2012

  Brooklyn at dusk. The sky stretched out like a neon T-shirt. Beautiful women in red lips and men in vintage eyeglasses lounge in a converted... More >>

• Landbrot: Bread Lines in West Village!

  published June 20, 2012

  It's an unsettling start to the summer when the phrase "zombie apocalypse" is tossed about so often, followed by nervous laughter. But there's... More >>

• Pok Pok Ny: Bangkok Pop, No Fetishes

  published June 13, 2012

  It has become a habit of mine to stroll by Pok Pok just to see how... More >>

• Zutto: Slurp That Meaty Liquor

  published June 6, 2012

  When life is rough and loud, you need food that will transport you. Few dishes are as capable as ramen, a little bowl of well-made broth and... More >>

• Prima: Nice to Sea You

  published May 30, 2012

  There's a particular kind of food lover whose love is pure but strange to us. Pork chops and T-bones have no power over him—he only has... More >>

• La Vara: Thanks, Spanish Inquisition

  published May 23, 2012

  There was a time in Spain when pork was the law. The Spanish Inquisition ramped up in the 1400s to brutally enforce a Christian culture. So... More >>

• Pastry Chef Elwyn Boyles Conjures Desserts in the Sky

  published May 16, 2012

  Know this: Every time you wave away the dessert menu without even looking at it, a cook's heart shatters like a pane of burnt sugar. Every... More >>

• Perla: Italian With a Midwestern Accent

  published May 9, 2012

  You've seen this startling portrait of Mos Def—face half-covered, fingers like a gun against his temple—but chances are you haven't... More >>