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April Bloomfield

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    April 9, 2012

    What's Happening This Week: Oysters and Beer, April Bloomfield Cooking Demo

    Hear Padma Lakshmi and Amanda Hesser discuss gender roles in the kitchen at the 92 Y on April 9 at 8:15 p.m. Adam Gopnik will moderate. Tickets are $29. Pair beer with East and West Coast oysters at Brooklyn Brewery on April 10 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $45 in advance and $55 at the door. Mark Bittm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2012

    Nine Culinary Ventures By Hip-Hop Artists

    Today, excitable Long Island-raised rap firebrand Flavor Flav will open his House Of Flavor restaurant in Las Vegas. The restaurant—which will have fried chicken and something called a "red velvet waffle" on the menu—is Flav's second attempt to break into the food world, following the di ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2012

    Our 10 Most Romantic Restaurants

    Valentine's Day is quickly approaching, meaning it's time to make a dinner resy at a romantic restaurant. But what, exactly, makes a restaurant romantic? In some cases it's ambiance -- a fireplace or candles go a long way in setting the mood. Ditto a killer view. But as a friend recently quipped, "R ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2011

    Our 10 Best Hotel Restaurants

    Robert SietsemaHead to the Trilby for a calm brunch and nosh on these poached eggs and corned beef hash​In recent years, hotel restaurants have gone from being spots for humdrum steak dinners to some of the most exciting dining destinations around, enticing locals as well as guests to pull up ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2011

    Meatopia Will Press the Flesh on July 23

    ​As he has done for the past seven years, Josh Ozersky will bring the smell of slowly cooking animal flesh to the city with Meatopia. This time around, he's taking his blood lust to Brooklyn Bridge Park, where the festivities will take place on July 23.

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2011

    The 2011 James Beard Award Finalists Are...

    ​Earlier this afternoon in Portland, OR, the James Beard Foundation announced the finalists for the 2011 James Beard Awards. So without further ado, the nominees, after the jump:

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    James Beard Awards Restaurant and Chef Semifinalists Announced

    opentable.comThe product of blood, sweat, and tears​It's almost time for the Oscars. That is, the Oscars of the food world: the James Beard Foundation Awards. Today marked the announcement of the restaurant and chef semifinalists, who were chosen from a record 28,000 online entries. Finalists ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2010

    My 10 Favorite NYC Dishes of 2010

    ​10. Smoked Meat Poutine at Mile End - It's hard to imagine an American restaurant improving on this working-class Montreal standard, but Boerum Hill's Mile End has done the trick, by garnishing the poutine with another Quebecois specialty, smoked meat, in addition to curds, fries, and gravy. ... More >>

  • Dining

    October 20, 2010

    Best of NYC: Our Critics List Their 10 Favorite Dishes

    Robert Sietsema, Sarah DeGregorio, and Rebecca Marx recap their respective years in food

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2010

    Le Grand Fooding's Menu Is Up and Ready for Scrutiny

    Le FoodingKiss my figs.​With a little more than a month to go before it returns to PS 1 on September 24 and 25, Le Grand Fooding has announced what will be on the menu for its two-night extravaganza.

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2010

    Rose Gray, of London's River Cafe, Has Died

    Andrew Crowley/TelegraphThe River Cafe's Rose Gray​ Rose Gray, the co-founder of London's pioneering River Cafe and co-author of the equally influential River Cafe Cookbook, died of cancer yesterday at the age of 71, the Guardian reports. The River Cafe, which Gray opened with Ruth Rogers in 1 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2010

    The James Beard Awards Semi-Finalists Have Been Announced

    Will the spirit of James Beard smile upon New York chefs?​The James Beard Foundation announced its list of semi-finalists for the annual James Beard Awards today, kicking off the food world's very own Oscar season scrum. The semi-finalists were selected from a pool of 21,000 online entries; th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2009

    Organ Recital: Fried Head Cheese at Cafe Breslin

    ​The gorgeous foliage in front of Cafe Breslin was intended, not for your pleasure, but to hide the barroom from the mosque across the street. No dish has caused more buzz at Cafe Breslin than the fried headcheese, a novel preparation that takes you one step deeper into the pit of nutritional ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2009

    The John Dory Now Sleeping With the Fishes

    Daniel Neuner​Eater reported over the weekend that the John Dory, Ken Friedman and April Bloomfield's nine-month-old seafood restaurant, would close on Saturday. Yesterday, Grub Street went to the Tenth Avenue restaurant and discovered that it had indeed shuttered: Workers were dismantling the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2009

    Back From the Hunt: Anita Lo In No Hurry to Kill & Dismember Her Next Meal

    Anita Lo in Mongolia​Two weeks ago, six women -- five chefs and one "avid foodie" -- took to the wilds of Northern China for a hunting and fishing expedition. Traci des Jardins of Jardiniere and Loretta Keller of Coco500, both in San Francisco, as well as Mary Sue Millikin of Ciudad in L.A. jo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2009

    Yelping for John Dory

    photo: Daniel NeunerLast week, Frank Bruni reviewed April Bloomfield's John Dory (85 Tenth Avenue), giving it two stars worth of love, but how much love is the new seafood restaurant getting from yelpers? Surprisingly, there are only 8 reviews for the John Dory on Yelp, averaging 3.5 stars, due in p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2009

    Critical Mass: John Dory

    The reviews are beginning to come in for the John Dory (85 Tenth Avenue), the hotly anticipated fishy collaboration between April Bloomfield, she of Spotted Pig acclaim, and restauranteur Ken Friedman. Between New York, NY Daily News, and Bloomberg, the restaurant averages a disappointing two and tw ... More >>

  • Dining

    September 17, 2008

    Spending a Day in Joanne Hendricks Cookbooks

    Inside the most interesting cookware shop in the city

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