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5 Great Condiment Costumes for Halloween

Anybody can dress up as ketchup and mustard but it takes a real costume connoisseur to find an out of the box condiment costume. Here are 5 great ones. [See More: 5 Quick Ways to Celebrate National Bologna Day | 10 Best Hamburger Costumes for Halloween]

Our 10 Favorite Far Downtown Restaurants

It's generally agreed that the area below Chambers Street is a food no-man's-land. However, take a closer look and you'll find a number of options that don't just fill a void, but are top-notch. We've rounded up our 10 favorites, and lumped Battery Park City and the Financial District together, for ... More >>

Eataly Will Host NYC's Neopolitan Pizzaiolos

Meng He/FlickrA gilded RossoPomodoro oven​Starting this Monday, Eataly's pizza restaurant, Rossopomodoro, will lend its ovens to a rotating group of New York City's finest pizza makers for a series of dinners called Pizza a Quattro Mani, according to Serious Eats. Each Monday for six weeks, a new ... More >>

5 Aphrodisiac Foods and Where to Find Them to Put You in the Mood For Love

Happy Valentine's Day! Today's all about love (or, if you're single, it's about getting bombed on pink champagne in a bubble bath while listening to Whitney). And Conversation Hearts. And chocolate-covered strawberries. Now, those nibbles are all fine and dandy, but if you really want to get in the ... More >>

Fork in the Road's Favorite Tapas in New York City

Joe Snack/Flickr​ It's time for Tuesday Toasts, our weekly feature highlighting the Fork in the Road team's favorite versions of popular dishes and favorite spots in the city for a given activity. They might not be the best or the coolest or the newest, but instead represent the things and pla ... More >>

The Shanty Bar Will Bring Even More Craft Spirits to Brooklyn

ReeseCLloyd/Flickr​The craft-spirits movement in Brooklyn just won't end. Gothamist brings word that the New York Distilling Company and its bar, the Shanty (9405 Leonard Street, Brooklyn, 718-369-3749), will open for business later this month. Tom Potter, Allen Katz, and Jason Grizzanti's bar ... More >>

Meat Up at the New Amsterdam Market This Weekend

Publicenergy / FlickrMoo​It's time to wield the cleavers! Furthering the trend of butchers-as-superstars, the New Amsterdam Market is holding a symposium on all things meat- and butchery-related. The first of the five sessions, a demo by Adam Tiberio on breaking down a beef hindquarter, will ... More >>

How Much to Tip? Fork in the Road Weighs In

Images_of_Money/Flickr​ Fifteen percent? Eighteen percent? Twenty percent? Knowing how much to tip these days can be tricky. Jonathan Gold suggests 20 percent, all the time, no exceptions. But what if the tip is already written in? Do you add more on top of that? The economics of tippin ... More >>

You Can Now Eat Atomic Wings at the Subway Inn

Kristine Paulus/Flickr​The Subway Inn opened on East 60th Street in 1937. It has spent the subsequent 74 years preserving its vaunted reputation as the dive to end all dives, a comfortingly no-brow refuge for drunks, wayward Bloomingdale's workers, and pretty much everyone in between. And now, ... More >>

Why Restaurants Fail

MBJ (Marje) / FlickrEven the Originals Have to Shutter Sooner or Later​New York City is a notoriously difficult place for restaurateurs. They have to deal with expensive rents and a crowded market, among other hardships. Business Insider even notes that among the 1,000 restaurants that opened ... More >>

Fork in the Road's Favorite Chain/Mini-Chain Restaurants

Gerard Stolk vers l'Assomption / Flickr​It's time for Tuesday Toasts, our weekly feature highlighting the Fork in the Road team's favorite versions of popular dishes and favorite spots in the city for a given activity. They might not be the best or the coolest or the newest, but instead repres ... More >>

Yes, You Can Find Moonshine Cocktails in New York

Travel Aficionado/Flickr​ Moonshiners -- even those in Brooklyn -- might scoff at the notion of drinking a fancy cocktail made with the white dog. Fair enough. But for those who can't handle the burn of the 'shine, several bars and restaurants in New York City are making moonshine cocktails. ... More >>

Fork in the Road's Favorite Under $5 Dishes

Sami Keinanen/Flickr​It's time for Tuesday Toasts, our weekly feature highlighting the Fork in the Road team's favorite versions of popular dishes and favorite spots in the city for a given activity. They might not be the best or the coolest or the newest, but instead represent the things and ... More >>

Greenmarket Vendors Can Once Again Cut the Cheese

Refracted Moments/Flickr​Fans of both cheese and reason can breathe a sigh of relief: The state Department of Agriculture and Market is once again letting Greenmarket vendors cut their cheese.

The Park Slope Food Coop Inspires Fun List-Making

Paul Lowry/Flickr​The Park Slope Food Co-op is the gift that keeps on giving, at least to bloggers trying to fill daily post quotas. The latest parcel comes from Racked, which has thoughtfully rounded up some of the more memorable "moments" in the coop's history. And what a history it is. Be ... More >>

For Memorial Day, Grilling Tips From People Who Know a Thing or Two About Meat

andrewmalone/FlickrLet the games begin.​Memorial Day weekend is finally almost upon us, which means that America gets to use patriotism as an excuse to grill vast quantities of animal parts. As this signals the official start of the grilling season, we figured it would be a good time to ask so ... More >>

Our 10 Best Legal and Sort of Legal Picnic Spots

Robert SietsemaViewed from Inwood Hill Park, New Jersey is beautiful.​ Despite this week's sodden weather, spring really is upon us, which means that picnic season is too. New York harbors untold numbers of excellent picnic spots, be they in midtown pocket parks, an empty soccer field, or you ... More >>

It Looks Like People Are Eating a Lot of Wood Pulp These Days

Ella's Dad/Flickr​Perhaps in part because we're usually too busy worrying about whether there's shit in our meat, most of us have never really paid attention to cellulose. But apparently, we should, because it's in a whole host of things we stuff down our gullets.

Announcing The 4Knots Music Festival, Taking Place This July 16

Barry Yanowitz/Flickr​With the beginning of spring comes the announcement of summertime music festivals, and we have one of our very own: This July 16, the Village Voice will throw the inaugural 4Knots Music Festival on the South Street Seaport. Named after the speed at which the East River, w ... More >>

A Ghastly Gallery of Green Bagels

JeffreyWiden/FlickrThe mottled and scrofulous exterior of this green monstrosity is enough to put you off your feed.​ Let's face it: Culinarily, apart from soda bread and maybe corned beef and cabbage, St. Patty's Day is a horrible holiday. And the only thing worse than green lager beer is gre ... More >>

So Does That Make Whoopie Pies Cher or Miley?

David Leggett/Flickr​"...I don't think any of us really want Pie to be the next Cupcake. Cupcakes can forever be the tabloid Lindsay/Britney/Paris and pies will be the classier Aretha/Stevie/Joanie. Pie is too good to go down that dark road." - Matt Lewis, co-owner of Baked, offering some refr ... More >>

At Clinton Street Baking Co., It Is Now National Pancake Month

D'Arcy Norman/Flickr​There are really only two redeeming things about February. One is City Bakery's Hot Chocolate Festival, and the other is the fact that it's now pancake month at Clinton Street Baking Co.

USDA Dietary Guidelines: Eat Less Crap

El Gran Dee/FlickrHere's looking at you.​The USDA published its 2010 Dietary Guidelines today. The takeaway: eat less crap.

Prospect Park May Get Non-Pretzel Food Vendors

Yusuf C/FlickrSeeking sustenance.​Taking a page from Brooklyn Bridge Park and the Tavern on the Green parking lot, Prospect Park may soon employ food-cart vendors peddling more than pretzels and hot dogs. Per Park Slope Patch, the Parks Department earlier today released a request for proposa ... More >>

Jimmy's No. 43 Will Hold Its Third Annual Cassoulet Cook-Off on Jan. 22

Sam Turner/Flickr​Like certain people, we're familiar with cook-off fatigue, that ailment that accompanies the specter of standing in long lines to eat food prepared in conditions conducive, shall we say, to bacterial procreation. That said, there is something very comforting about being ser ... More >>

Snow Makes for Funny New York Times Oopsie

Lots of mishaps out there in the snow, like buses stuck and cars stuck and for the love of God people, stop trying to drive in this shit, you're going to hurt yourself! Or, you might find yourself buried in the snow, like this woman bicycle. This New York Times typo, caught by Yodara, has since been ... More >>

Xiao Ye's Post-Sifton Menu

visualpanic/Flickr​After Sam Sifton delivered a no-star review of Xiao Ye, Eddie Huang told us that he was planning to make some changes in the kitchen. And according to his blog, he has: Look for bigger portion sizes and individual portions for dishes like pot stickers, head-on prawns, and be ... More >>

Chilean Miner Experiences Most Justifiable High-Five Moment Ever

Hugo Infante/Government of Chile​Via Animal New York, the Chilean government has a Flickr account onto which they are releasing such amazing images as this one, in which Mario Sepulveda, 39, the second miner rescued from the mine, feels freedom -- nay, grabs freedom by the balls -- after 69 da ... More >>

Cheetos Have No Friend in the Senate

Nikolas Muray, FlickrPoliticians against crap for a change.​Yesterday, the Senate unanimously passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which will commit $4.5 billion to federal child nutrition programs, including school lunch, over the next decade, The Washington Post reports.

Gov. Paterson Will Attempt to Resurrect His Soda Tax

poolie/Flickr​Governor Paterson won't take no for an answer: despite the fact his proposed soda tax was killed earlier this month by relentless lobbying and advertising from the beverage industry, he's planning to reintroduce the tax during a special legislative session on Wednesday.

The Big Apple Barbecue and Hester Street Fair Offer Lots of Pig Eatin' This Weekend

SeeMidTN.com/FlickrIt's what's for dinner. And lunch. And breakfast.​At this point, the Big Apple Barbecue Block Party hardly needs any more press, but if you're not one of the 125,000 people expected to attend the two-day event, which kicks off on Saturday, then know that the lines are long b ... More >>

Studies in Hypocrisy: "Green" Restaurateurs Love Them Some Energy-Guzzling Edison Bulbs

Evan Izer/Flickr​"It boggles the mind that in these times of economic hardship and interest in environmental sustainability that restaurant owners would choose the light bulb that uses 5 to 10 times more power than the other bulbs on the market...You can't on the one hand brag how green you ar ... More >>

The Soy Luck Club: Five Great Veggie Burgers of New York

sweetonveg/FlickrThick, juicy, and free of animal by-products.​Ah, the travails of the veggie burger. So often rubbery or mealy. Frequently over-soaked in the faux-chicory flavor that characterizes so many meat alternatives. Dry, floppy patties that can be more Soylent Green than green gourme ... More >>

Still Haven't Had Enough Meatballs?

Maggie Hoffman/FlickrThese happen to be turkey.​Reviews of the Meatball Shop are rolling in, with both the Times and Serious Eats offering their opinions on New York's latest assiduously compartmentalized restaurant. The Post has chimed in with its own round-up of the city's best balls. The ... More >>

National Archives Now on Flickr

Couldn't we all use a little good news right about now? Here ya go: the National Archives has just gone on Flickr. Not the whole thing -- they're just getting started, but they already have over 3,000 images up there. Ansel Adams, Lenny Bruce, Harry Truman and a turkey, Pat Nixon and Big Bird, our ... More >>

The Decapitator Strikes Again, Beheading Daft Punk in Shepard Fairey's DJ Hero Ad

All photos courtesy of the Decapitator's Flickr streamSpring Street on November 6, 2009 In case you haven't been following along, the street-artist known as the Decapitator has been in New York recently. And in addition to hiding headless Shakiras in the Union Square Barnes & Noble (one was found a ... More >>

"Store Front" Exhibition Celebrates Old New York

Photo by jimandkarlamurray on Flickr "Store Front: The Disappearing Face of New York," an exhibition by photographers James and Karla Murray, opens today at Clic Gallery on Center Street. The series of photographs of mom-and-pop storefronts, which spans ten years, includes a shot of the now shutter ... More >>

How to Greenwash Your Packaging

Image by Lunchbreath @ Flickr This graphic by Lunchbreath is timely, what with all the recent debate on Fork in the Road about so-called sustainable packaging. Sure, in some cases, "green" packaging can leave a lower carbon footprint than the conventional kind, but one must beware those excessively ... More >>

The New School of Food Speak

Photo by thebittenword.com @ FlickrThe Food Section rounds up its best Dictionary of Modern Gastronomy entries, a glossary of food and cooking terms that have been finding their way into the common foodie vernacular. Here is a sampling: arugulance (noun): a (perceived) attitude of superiority and ... More >>

Happy French Cocktail Hour!

Photo by JazarellaMozarella @ FlickrThe French have come to celebrate a tradition so ingrained in their culture that they have exported its commemoration to 19 different countries around the world. No, it's not Bastille Day or Napolean's birthday. It's l'heure de l'aperitif. French cocktail hour, un ... More >>

Rats! (And Other Tasty Treats)--How To Catch, Cook & Eat a Rodent

Photo by Phillie Casablanca @ Flickr Amid all the talk of politically-driven food choices and what a president's--and first lady's--role is in our kitchens, we thought we'd bring you something a little less polarizing... if not quite easy to digest: 18 rodent recipes, courtesy of Now That's Nifty. ... More >>

A Week Into the Pandemic... The Swine Flu Cocktail

Photo by Esparta @ Flickr You had to expect this one. Incorporating tequila (a not-so-subtle nod to Mexico), an absinthe wash (for its medicinal qualities), and bacon-infused bourbon (what would a swine flu cocktail be without pork, after all?!), NY Drinks Examiner Robert Haynes-Peterson offers up ... More >>

Save Your Sandwich--Invest in Leakless Tomatoes

Photo by jacki-dee @ Flickr It's the scourge of every great BLT: the T that leaks onto the bread and soaks the sandwich beyond repair. Luckily, Brits will now be able to avoid this terrible fate with the new leakless tomatoes developed by supermarket chain Tesco. Developed in Holland, the tomatoes ... More >>

Big Pork Blacklash--Times Op-Ed Writer Defends His Position On Small Farm Pigs

Photo by jere_me @ FlickrThe New York Times may have appended its recent op-ed piece on how small farm pork may be more prone to contamination than its industrially raised counterpart, but readers haven't quite yet recovered from the episode. And neither has the op-ed's author. James McWilliams cit ... More >>

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