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Tongue These Pig Ears at the Pod Hotel's Salvation Taco

April Bloomfield and Roberto Santibañez team up, Mexican-style

Heaven for Eggheads at Chennai Flavors

Your dinner gets laid in Jersey City

The Best Things We Ate in 2012

It's been such good year for eating in New York! Here, the Fork team looks back at some of the very best things we ate in 2012, from rice porridge with uni in the West Village, to dreamy cheese fries upstate, and homemade bread pudding. Share your best bites in the comments or tell us about them o ... More >>

Hanukkah Face-Off: Ashkenazi Dish #4

Hanukkah is a time for enjoying Jewish culinary traditions with family and friends, and to that end we present a daily competition between Ashkenazi and Sephardic food, going up around sunset on the first seven days of Hanukkah - and presenting a wrap-up as the sun goes down on the eighth day. Whose ... More >>

The Peachy Bacon Flatbread from Home/Made

Dish #33 is a charred, sweet-savory delight Welcome to 100 Dishes to Eat Now, the tasty countdown leading up to our "Best of 2012" issue. Tune in each day (weekends too!) for a new dish from the Fork in the Road team.

RYU Opening Snack Window, Scott Disick Will Be Serving

RYU, a Japanese restaurant in the meatpacking district by Scott Disick from Keeping Up With the Kardashians, is launching a snack window on September 8. And if you want to catch a glimpse of Kourtney Kardashian's squeeze, Disick himself will be serving at the window this Saturday. The window, locat ... More >>

Tacos Cachanilla: Pass Me the Pigskin

A visit to one of the city's most evolved taquerias

Cheesy Brioche Buns from Mille-Feuille, Dish #75

Welcome to 100 Dishes to Eat Now, the tasty countdown leading up to our "Best of 2012" issue. Tune in each day (weekends too!) for a new dish from the Fork in the Road team. [See More 100 Dishes: Pea Shoot and Snap Pea Salad at Roman's, Dish #76 | Bhel Puri at Desi Galli, Dish #77]

How to Make Swordfish Tacos With Salsa Fresca from Maslow 6 Wine Bar

[See More Recipes: STK Burger | Homemade Smoothies] This week, chef Nickolas Kipper of Maslow 6 Wine Bar shares his recipe for swordfish tacos with salsa fresca. Kipper, who moved to New York from Kansas City, MO in 2010, cooked at Bouley and Tenpenny.

Q&A, Part 2: Runner and Stone's Peter Endriss on Brooklyn Flea, "Tart-tening" Up Bread, and NYC's Whole-Grain Movement

[See More Interviews: North Fork Table & Inn's Gerry Hayden | Travis Post of Yunnan Kitchen] Yesterday, Peter Endriss told us about opening a permanent bakery in Gowanus, baking at Per Se, and working 35 hours a weekend. We follow up today with part two of our chat with the gifted baker. He shares ... More >>

Solve Saturday's Hangover with Bittersweet Cafe's "Hangover Helper" Sandwich: It Actually Works!

[ See More Drink Up: Stay Awake for Sex and 'Afterplay' with Dr. Ruth's New Wine | The Cocktail We Drank 'All Fucking Day Long' | Baoguette Café's Black Sesame Milkshake: It's Not What You Think ] You had too much to drink, yet again. The crew's all here: headache, dry mouth, the general feeling t ... More >>

Recipe: Coconut Tiger Shrimp from Num Pang

Since their launch, Num Pang has attracted a cult-like following for their Cambodian sandwiches. Another version of bahn mi, Num Pang sandwiches are known from their crisp baguettes and uniquely balanced combination of flavors. The sandwich shop was started up by Ratha Chaupoly and Ben Daitz. The ... More >>

Florencia 13: Gangsters Get Their Burritos

California expats find themselves a clubhouse in NYC

'Wichcraft Adds Two New Sandwiches to Menu and Brings Back Old Favorites

​ 'Wichcraft recently added two new sandwiches to its menu: a roasted mushroom frittata with cheddar cheese on ciabatta, and a roasted chicken topped with braised kale on a roll. But we're most excited about the return of some of our favorite sandwiches, like a Gruyère grilled cheese, which 'wich ... More >>

Barbuto Chef Jonathan Waxman on His New Gig at Rosa Mexicano and How to Cook the Perfect Chicken

No question that Barbuto chef Jonathan Waxman has seen it all. His career has now spanned several decades, but his fresh, seasonal cuisine is as contemporary as ever. Oft-cited as one of the fathers of New American cuisine, he now has a gig championing food from south of the border. Waxman recently ... More >>

French Dip, Once Hip

The past and present of a legendary soggy sandwich

Chocolate 'Enrobed' Baguette Slices From Pain Quotidien, Gift Suggestion #12

​With their chocolate covered baguette slices, P.Q. has found a way to turn shit into Shinola. Just because we're making Xmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa gift suggestions, doesn't mean we can't make fun of the very gifts we're recommending. We're schizy that way. And here's a case in point.

Introducing the Meatball Hero, Vietnamese Version, at Thien Huong

​The "meat ball baguette" at Chatham Square's Thien Huong. The city is undergoing a cheap Vietnamese food renaissance, led by the signature soup pho, and the signature sandwich banh mi, and both are now available in many neighborhoods outside of Chinatowns. Last week, we reported on an exem ... More >>

Dish No. 20: Ukrainian Meatball Hero at Veselka

Lauren ShockeyNot your typical meatball hero. Better.​For a while now, our go-to meatball hero has been the chicken meatball and mozzarella topped with mushroom gravy from the Meatball Shop. It's savory and cheesy and a big satisfying bite. But then we stumbled across the Ukrainian meatball ... More >>

Dish No. 22: Épicerie Boulud's Pan Bagnat

Rebecca Marx​ The pan-bagnat is what a tuna sandwich is called if you happen to be eating it on the French Riviera. (And if you do, well, lucky you.) Much like the salad Niçoise, another specialty of Nice and its environs, it partners tuna with chopped hard-boiled egg and a generous qua ... More >>

Make Le Comptoir's French Toast Crème Brûlée, Like Chef-Owner Sebastien Chamaret

photo by Michael TulipanLe Comptoir's French Toast Crème Brûlée​ Don't you love having dessert for breakfast? At Le Comptoir, in Williamsburg, chef-owner Sebastien Chamaret has been serving his French Toast Crème Brûlée since he opened the restaurant last year. He shares his recipe for t ... More >>

Our 10 Best Loaves of Bread in NYC

​The rustic loaves at Balthazar are cradled in a birch branch. As Pablo Neruda says: "The best poet is the man who delivers our daily bread: the local baker." And indeed he was right. Little gives as much pleasure as a freshly baked loaf, and here are the 10 that please us most. Note that th ... More >>

Battle of the Baguettes: Amy's Bread vs. Blue Ribbon Bakery

Lauren ShockeyFight night!!!​ When coming up with this week's Battle of the Dishes, we thought, let's take this battle beyond the same old taste-taste and make it a bona fide battle. As in, let's FIGHT. It was Breaking Bread Week here at Fork in the Road, so obviously what better tool for jo ... More >>

For Bien Cuit's Zachary Golper, Sourdough Starter Is One Temperamental Lady

Photo courtesy of Bien CuitZachary Golper and Kate Wheatcroft display some of the fruits of their labor.​Last month, Zachary Golper and his wife, Kate Wheatcroft, opened the doors to Bien Cuit, their brand-new bakery on Smith Street. The couple came to New York from Philadelphia, where Golper ... More >>

Dish No. 68: Andalusian Gazpacho at Boulud Sud

​Chef Aaron Chambers' Andalusian gazpacho treads on Italian territory. Gazpacho has become a standard on summer menus around town, a dish that, in its original form in Spain's southern province of Andalusia, is made with just a few simple ingredients, including crushed tomatoes, olive oil, c ... More >>

Chelsea's Banana Leaf Sails to the Island of Strange Starches

A new Sri Lankan restaurant slings hoppers, woodapples, and pittu

Dish No. 93: The Ship's Biscuit at Saltie

Rebecca Marx​Welcome to the 2011 Edition of 100 Dishes to Eat Now, Fork in the Road's handy list of some of the dishes we've stumbled on that we're fond of -- old standbys and new finds alike. Over the ensuing weeks, we'll be counting these down leading up to our Best of 2011 Issue -- and see ... More >>

We're Bananas for Peels' Monkey Bread

Rebecca Marx​ It had been awhile since we'd been into Peels, but yesterday, remembering the bliss we'd found in Shuna Fish Lydon's St. Louis Sticky Gooey Cake, we decided to remedy the situation.

Mexican Food: Still Fancy, Hip

cbertel/Flickr​A veritable eon after La Esquina made tacos safe for the bottle service set, the "trendy taqueria" seems to still be a thing.

Jessica Wilson Is Now the Executive Chef at Goat Town

Goat Town​Goat Town has gone and gotten itself a new chef.

Cochinita's Tortillas Are Worth Crowing About

Chantal MartineauThe namesake taco.​ Cochinita, the new taco joint in Clinton Hill, is already causing quite a stir. The diminutive restaurant is often packed and would-be patrons have been spotted lingering outdoors when it's forced to close to, well, make more tortillas. We checked out the g ... More >>

Make Bell Book & Candle's Patty Melt Burger, Like Chef-Owner John Mooney

Bell Book & Candle's Patty Melt Burger​With Memorial Day so near, we were hoping to break out the grill sooner than later. But with such a relentlessly rain-filled forecast, we might have to settle for flipping the season's first burger in a pan instead. Whatever the weather, why not lay your ... More >>

Five Great Cheap Mexican Dishes To Eat Now

​Don't get the delicious red guajillo chile sauce on your sleeve. It will never wash out. Ever since immigration from southern Mexico began in the 1980s due to prolonged drought, Mexican food around here has been getting better and better, as more fresh ingredients have been imported, and ma ... More >>

B&H Dairy's Whitefish Salad Platter: A Nice Way to Consume Marine Life

​ Although the yellow glare and malfunctioning camera lens don't do it any justice, the whitefish salad platter at B&H Dairy is an excellent way consume a week's worth of marine life.

Mocha Mix

Mexicans and the dark side

Cholulita Sells Smut Under the J Tracks

Corn smut, that is. A Bed-Stuy bodega's authentic Pueblan food.

Octavia's Porch Is an East Village Brisket Case

Plus average cabbage at Nikki Cascone's new Jewish restaurant

Weekend Brighton Beach Barbacoa Run

​We tried in vain to calculate how many goats the massive barbacoa pot held at El Jarochito. Alongside Sunset Park, East Elmhurst, and Corona, Brighton Beach and Coney Island are collectively becoming one of the foremost destinations for southern Mexican food. That was confirmed last weekend ... More >>

Fat Pants Friday: Peels' St. Louis Sticky Gooey Cake

Rebecca Marx​ A cake so sticky it had to be emphasized twice, the St. Louis Sticky Gooey Cake at Peels pays loving tribute to the St. Louis Gooey Butter Cake, a concoction invented - depending on who's telling the story - in the early 1940s at either the Koppe Bakery or the St. Louis Pastries ... More >>

Northern Spy Food Co.'s Kale Salad

​ As the photo above suggests, the good folks at Northern Spy Food Co. are serious about their roughage. Order the restaurant's kale salad and you will indeed get kale, served in an abundant enough quantity to put the salutary benefits of wheatgrass juice to hot-cheeked shame. But it's to the ... More >>

Jackson Diner: Next Stop Greenwich Village

​The so-called kachori chat at the new Jackson Diner -- no kachori in sight, but good nonetheless. Long ago and far away (well, Jackson Heights, Queens), there was once a tiny café called Jackson Diner. The proprietors had taken over a Greek diner near the corner of 74th Street and 35th Aven ... More >>

Smørrebørd to Bring Sandwiches, Diacritics to New Amsterdam Next Weekend

Nordic grains repose beneath the cucumbers.​National Sandwich Day may have come and gone, but the New Amsterdam Market will carry the flame next Sunday, Nov. 14, with its smørrebrød table. Smørrebrød, pronounced "smoe-bruth," are Danish open-faced sandwiches made wi ... More >>

El Cantinero Proves Tex-Mex Ain't Muerto

An old-line margarita mill evokes the days of the chile queens

Double Happiness at Merit Kabob and Dumpling Palace

Jackson Heights serves up a South Asian two-for-one

Faith-Based Curry

Starches steal the spotlight at Gramercy Sri Lankan

Mexican shoebox on Williamsburg's Broadway challenges Sunset Park

Black magic women

A Hero's Welcome

Chinatown's new banh mi parlor turns to France for inspiration

Frida Fatigue

Our rollicking crew checks out a couple of Brooklyn taquerías

Dutch Tacos

Palermo Spleen