Monday, April 22 Earth Day at Edi and the Wolf Edi and the Wolf, the Austrian spot on Avenue C, will celebrate Earth Day today with a four-course menu featuring "sustainable springtime ingredients" paired with biodynamic wine producers from Austria. The restaurant promises garlic soup, white asparag ... More >>
A traditional Easter meal might include lamb, spring vegetables, glazed ham, and hard-boiled eggs. Celebrate the holiday by dining out for brunch or dinner with one of these set menus, all of which will satisfy seasonal cravings. DBGB Daniel Boulud's downtown eatery will serve its usual brunch menu ... More >>
Don't miss the lobster Bolognese at Telepan New York Restaurant Week has been underway for two days. It will extend this year all the way to February 8, so you have plenty of time to dig for the choicest reservations. The guaranteed price on the core deal -- not including tax, tip, or beverages -- ... More >>
Some friends are obsessed with the celebrity chef du jour. They ask you, "How can I get Danny Bowien's hair? What about Anthony Bourdain's humor?" Sadly, those are probably unattainable. But some chef-themed gifts are easy to get... and local. Like sauces from Momofuku, or t-shirts from Crif Dogs. T ... More >>
Looking back at the Bowery art scene
Get this baby at Epicerie Boulud. [See More Taste Tests: Noodles: Hand-Pulled or Knife-Peeled? | New Fresh and Frozen Yogurt by Grand Central | Halloumi Cheese] Google "New York's Most Expensive Hot Dog," and you will get hits for all sorts of absurdities: franks topped with truffles, gold flakes ... More >>
Large-format feasts were definitely a trend in 2011, and it looks to be continuing through 2012. So today's announcement from the meaty East Village outpost of chef Daniel Boulud's empire, DBGB, that they're getting in on the game comes as no surprise.Gather up to eight friends for this suckling- ... More >>
Daniel Boulud loves him some Frito pie. [Food Republic] Word's out that Top Chef contender Ty-Lör Boring bares all in a new "art" magazine. [Eater]
Downtown keeps on kickin'
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 >>
This week in the Voice, Robert Sietsema samples the goods at the New World Mall Food Court in Flushing: "After being disappointed by the Sichuan fare, we quickly switched to other Chinese regions and found ourselves more satisfied." Sam Sifton awards two stars to Boulud Sud: "To the list of terrifi ... More >>
All aboard as the noted chef circles the Mediterranean
This week in the Voice, Robert Sietsema samples Ceylonese starches at Banana Leaf in Chelsea; Lauren Shockey gets a table at the most-hyped restaurant of the year, The Dutch. Sam Sifton also weighs in on The Dutch, deeming one dish: "the culinary equivalent of Jay-Z playing cards in the kitchen of ... More >>
Papaya King has migrated to the West Coast. The 80-year-old hot-dog chain has opened its first location in Hollywood, selling hot dogs imported from the Bronx. [NY Times] Daniel Boulud talks about becoming a brand and reinventing himself. "Now we are in the sandwich business," he says of Epi ... More >>
Has our insatiable craving for ramps taken its toll? Several botanists say yes, as foraging for the spring greens means going deeper and deeper into the forest to find them. [NY Times] New Yorker Lillian Sarno celebrated her 102nd birthday recently, returning to the Back Room, a former speak ... More >>
Extra Place's vision of suburban bliss will now include charcuterie.Extra Place has been many things throughout its long, sordid, and illustrious lifetime: part of a farm, home to a speakeasy and metalshop, de facto bathroom and bedroom for patrons of CBGB, and, most recently, the privately o ... More >>
A food blog has introduced a food-cart walking tour, charging $40 to take participants to some of the city's most talked-about mobile vendors. [NY Post] Underground food markets are cropping up around the country, allowing vendors to avoid hefty fees for health permits and insurance. [NY Tim ... More >>
tucker_zoe/FlickrJust in time for Chinese New Year (which begins tomorrow), the Luckyrice Festival has announced it will return for a second year, from May 2-8.
Daniel NYCSpeaking of confusion surrounding the Hospitality Wage Order: there's another restaurant lawsuit afoot, and this time it's directed at Daniel Boulud.
Mario Batali's decapitated head is surrounded by a garnish of Crocs. On Tuesday, Barneys unveiled its much-anticipated food-themed holiday windows. Inscribed with the command "Have a Foodie Holiday," the three tableau offer an assemblage of 70 Food Network "personalities," chefs, and assort ... More >>
Ron Suhanosky and Colleen Marnell-Suhanosky, the couple who opened Sfoglia on the Upper East Side, are no longer involved with the restaurant or its Nantucket big-sister establishment. [Diner's Journal] Ferran Adrià and his brother Albert have announced they're opening two new restaurants i ... More >>
entertainment-link.comSandwiches beckon on the horizon.This Sunday, Bon Appétit will debut its pop-up café in the lobby of Avery Fisher Hall. The café, which will remain open through September 16, will feed the well-attired hordes descending upon Lincoln Center for Fashio ... More >>
entertainment-link.comMmmm, pop-ups.To mark the occasion of Fashion Week, an event not normally associated with caloric intake, Bon Appétit is opening its annual pop-up café in the lobby of Avery Fisher Hall from Sept. 12 through 16.
The Food NetworkPat and Gina Neely will bring yet more pork products to New York.From the polar opposite ends of the culinary spectrum come new developments in the quasi-Upper Manhattan dining scene: Daniel Boulud's new place across the street from Lincoln Center will have a "grilling concept ... More >>
Maybe it's a good thing that so many airlines have abandoned complimentary meals on planes: as it turns out, a lot of airplane food is prepared in unsanitary and unsafe conditions that could lead to illness. [USA Today] Geoffrey McDonald, an heir to the fast-food chain that is his namesake, ... More >>
Rachel Wharton shows off the Beard Media award she picked up on Sunday for Best Food-Related Column. Fork in the Road was at Avery Fisher Hall last night for the James Beard Awards and their boozy, overfed aftermath. Gin and caviar were dispensed freely in the press room, where journalists p ... More >>
How much did you say you paid for that hot dog? We've been sitting on the edge of our seats for the last three years, wondering about the effect of the economic downturn on the restaurant industry. But, as anyone who reads Eater knows, the number of big-ticket restaurant openings continues t ... More >>
As many of you know, our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! Bordeaux Tasting Le Skyroom at French Institute Alliance Française March 29 As part of a series of six tastings, each associated with a different region, the e ... More >>
Marcus Samuelsson of Aquavit and Govind Armstrong of the now-defunct Table 8 were among several high-profile chefs spotted filming Top Chef Masters in Los Angeles. [Eater] Michael Sullivan, who left Anella back in September (to be replaced this month by Joseph Ogrodnek) is now cooking at the ... More >>
What would you give for this man's jacket? Some people throw their underwear onstage at Tom Jones (or Guy Fieri). Others stand in line for hours to get a copy of their favorite cookbook signed. If you're a die-hard fan of some of the chefs this city has produced, now's your chance to own a pi ... More >>
Just weeks after announcing a Singaporean outpost of DB Bistro Moderne, Daniel Boulud reveals plans to open a Bar Boulud in London's Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park next spring. Bloomberg reports that Gilles Verot, known for his charcuterie in Paris, will helm the kitchen. Boulud said in a statem ... More >>
Singaporeans will soon be getting the Daniel Boulud treatment. Diner's Journal reports that the chef will open a 120-seat DB Bistro Moderne in the new Marina Bay Sands casino resort, owned by the same group that owns the Venetian in Las Vegas. And speaking of Vegas, Boulud has also confirmed ... More >>
The newest Coke product is a mini can, less than half the size of a standard 20-ounce bottle that contains just 90 calories. Expected to hit stores in December, the mini cans are meant to act as a "portion-control option," as part of Coca-Cola's "Living Well" initiative. [Washington Post] Da ... More >>
This week in the Voice, Our Man Sietsema discovers "a full Uzbek menu" at KeBeer Bar & Grill in Brighton Beach, while Sarah DiGregorio reviews the book Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal, which "lays bare the ways in which the developed world blithely goes about tossing food away." Sam Sifto ... More >>
A group of food corps is launching the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation, a national, multi-year campaign to help reduce obesity -- especially childhood obesity -- by 2015. [PR Newsire] A study reveals that customers at fast-food chains, such as McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King, and KFC, ... More >>
Bravo TVOh, those French and their talent for deadpan drama. What we Americans express with operatic levels of emotion, the Gauls communicate with a sniff, a raised eyebrow, an indifferent shrug. That may be why the decision to have a panel of intractably French chefs judge last night's gusta ... More >>
Less than two hours from now, WNYC's Leonard Lopate Show will be doing a segment about how New York restaurants are coping with the recession. According to WNYC, 430 of the city's restaurants closed last year; Daniel Boulud, Sosie Hublitz, and an editor from Nation's Restaurant News will discuss the ... More >>
Bar Blanc's brunch menu is available from 12-3 pm, but you and mom can also opt for a $47 three-course prix fixe featuring lobster bisque with creme fraiche and poached shrimp and basil and rabbit Bolognese pasta. Brunch at Las Ramblas will involve a selection of authentic Spanish tapas, and all mo ... More >>
When Daniel Boulud opened Café Boulud in Palm Beach in 2003, things got off to a "meh" start, but the restaurant has hit its stride and "is finally worthy of the master's name," according to Gail Shepherd at our sister publication New Times in Broward-Palm Beach.Reviewing the restaurant this week, ... More >>
In an interview with Restaurant Girl, Daniel Boulud says his burger shop on the Bowery is coming soon, early April soon. And, Boulud says: It's not only burgers. They'll be bangers, burgers and beer. We'll have 24 wines by the glass and 25 bottles, about fifty beers, fifty wines on the l ... More >>
Top chefs from Daniel Boulud to Thomas Keller are deigning to add beer to their menus as their customers look to spend a bit less.[Crain's]Minneapolis and St. Paul are the latest American cities to consider banning trans fats and requiring restaurants to list calorie counts on their menus.[Star Trib ... More >>
Hedonism by the pound
