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German Food and Cooking

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2011

    Robert Sietsema at Littleneck

    Don't clam up.​ This week in the Voice, Robert Sietsema bites into bivalves at Littleneck, a Gowanus clam shack: "The most spectacular appearance of Brooklyn's iconic bivalve is on a clam roll ($16), featuring full-belly littlenecks with creamy tartar sauce and a few shreds of lettuce for colo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2011

    Our 10 Best Things to Eat on 23rd Street

    Lauren ShockeyLa Maison du Macaron makes cookies in every color you can imagine​23rd Street isn't necessarily considered a gastronomic thoroughfare. More likely, it's thought of as being home to various chain eateries (Pret, Chipotle, etc.) catering to the office worker lunch crowd and, of co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2011

    What's Happening This Week: Schnitzel Fest, Meat Week

    Our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the hottest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! Schnitzelfest Loreley Restaurant & Biergarten November 5-10 Get all the schnitzel you can handle at this five-day fest. Chef Torsten Ziebold has come up with a menu of 11 different ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2011

    NYC's Most Obscure Restaurants: Schnitzel Bar in Sunset Park, Brooklyn

    ​Way down below the Gowanus lurks Schnitzel Bar. We really only ever hear about a handful of restaurants out of the 50,000 that I estimate exist in the city. Even in Manhattan itself, there are vast swatches in Inwood, Washington Heights, Harlem, the Upper East Side, and around the fringes o ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    June 15, 2011

    The Juan Maclean

    ​Way down below the Gowanus lurks Schnitzel Bar. We really only ever hear about a handful of restaurants out of the 50,000 that I estimate exist in the city. Even in Manhattan itself, there are vast swatches in Inwood, Washington Heights, Harlem, the Upper East Side, and around the fringes o ... More >>

  • Dining

    April 27, 2011

    Hofbrau Bierhaus Is a Real Brew-haha

    Noisy-ass beer garden blasts into Midtown from Munich

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Top Chef: Still Not Over

    ​Yet another week in the Bahamas, and still, that light at the end of the tunnel is maddeningly faint. What can Top Chef's producers give us that we haven't seen before on a cooking show, aside from a virgin sacrifice? A Quickfire Challenge that's "different than anything you've experienced in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2011

    10 Postcards of Long-Forgotten NYC Restaurants

    ioffer.com​1. Divan Parisien Restaurant, 33 East 48th Street - Even to its frequenters, the meaning of "Divan" was somewhat unclear. Some said it was French for "meeting place," others claimed it was Turkish and referred to the furniture of the Sultan's palace. Others took it to mean, as "div ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    Schnitzel & Things Is Planning a Mini-Empire

    Rebecca MarxSome Schnitzel & Things things.​ Souvlaki GR isn't the only food truck with an imminent storefront opening on the horizon. Schnitzel & Things is opening a big, fat brick-and-mortar outpost on Third Avenue next Monday, and it seems that that's only the beginning.

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2011

    Businessweek Pits Food Trucks in a March Madness Bracket

    vendr.tvKeep on truckin'​March is in full swing, which means it's brackets season. And fortunately not just the sports kind. Now, Jezebel's Pie vs. Cake will surely live on as the best bracket ever (and still a timely debate up for heated discussion), but Businessweek has come out with its o ... More >>

  • Dining

    March 9, 2011
  • Voice Choices

    March 2, 2011

    COUNTER POINT

    Reflecting on our small kitchens through music and drinks

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2011

    No. 14: Bratwurst at Der Schwarze Kölner

    ​The bratwurst at Der Schwarze Kölner is one of the best bar-food deals in Brooklyn. Associated with the northern Bavarian city of Nürnberg, bratwurst is perhaps the quintessential German sausage, the leader in a crowded field that runs to dozens upon dozens of types.

  • Dining

    February 16, 2011

    Edi & the Wolf Invites You to Waltz on In

    Austria annexes a little bit of Avenue C

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    MeatWater is Brilliant, But Everyone is Too Stupid to Understand Why

    Till KrautkrämerLove MeatWater.​ There have been some recent reports going around the blogosphere about MeatWater, a new beverage that resembles VitaminWater but is flavored to mirror one's favorite porcine and bovine dishes (i.e., Dirty Hot Dog Water, Wiener Schnitzel Water, Tandoori Chicken ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    January 12, 2011

    'Let's Play House/Autobrennt Presents Jacques Renault+Slow Hands+Jakub Alexander'

    Till KrautkrämerLove MeatWater.​ There have been some recent reports going around the blogosphere about MeatWater, a new beverage that resembles VitaminWater but is flavored to mirror one's favorite porcine and bovine dishes (i.e., Dirty Hot Dog Water, Wiener Schnitzel Water, Tandoori Chicken ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2011

    Schnitzel & Things Is Going Brick & Mortar

    ​Following in the tire tracks of Calexico Carne Asada, the Dessert Truck, Cupcake Stop, NYC Cravings, the Treats Truck, and, most recently, Souvlaki GR, Schnitzel & Things is opening a storefront.

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2010

    The Early Word: Cafe Kristall

    Lauren ShockeyCrabmeat with marinated fennel​ Although its bona fide Austrian roots must please chef Kurt Gutenbrunner, the Swarovski store in SoHo is an unlikely setting for a full-blown restaurant. Yet we stopped by Café Kristall (70 Mercer Street, 212-274-1500) last week while holiday sh ... More >>

  • Theater

    December 15, 2010

    Egon Schiele Paints Again in Pass the Blutwurst, Bitte

    John Kelly revives his noted performance piece

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2010

    Co. and Frankies Spuntino Offer Opportunities to Drink Beer This Weekend

    apol3/FlickrDrink it, live it.​Between pickles, New Amsterdam, and the Grub/Hester Street festival, there are already plenty of ways to stuff your face this weekend. And now, in honor of Oktoberfest, here are two more.

  • Voice Choices

    September 1, 2010

    'Discovery Presents Marcos Cabral'

    apol3/FlickrDrink it, live it.​Between pickles, New Amsterdam, and the Grub/Hester Street festival, there are already plenty of ways to stuff your face this weekend. And now, in honor of Oktoberfest, here are two more.

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2010

    Posts of the Week

    It's Friday afternoon, and thus time to take a look over our collective shoulder, back at the week that was ... We ranked Our 11 Best Octopuses in NYC. Gabbana chef Ricardo Cardona talked modern Dominican food, why he hates being on TV, and how he manages six restaurants. This week's Top Chef: cr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 23, 2010

    Make Daniel Angerer's Wiener Schnitzel, from Klee Brasserie

    It's icky out. Make wiener schnitzel.​Daniel Angerer has had a busy year: he had a baby, made headlines with his wife's breast milk cheese, and started releasing details about his forthcoming sausage-centric restaurant. Today, he warms us up with a recipe for wiener schnitzel, just as he makes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2010

    The Liverwurst Renaissance Has Arrived: Brace Yourself

    stu_spivack, FlickrFor your chopped organ delectation.​ It is on the menu at Café Katja, where it is made by hand, paired with red-onion jam, and sold for $8. It is on the menu at the Upholstery Store, an Austrian-inflected wine bar, where it was deemed "excellent" by Our Man Sietsema. It is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2010

    Vyne Wine Bar's Kaasknöpfle

    ​Vyne recently opened in the West Village, offering a wine list that's weighted towards white wines, and a number of requisite small dishes and snacks.

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2010

    Organ Recital: Schaller and Weber's Blutwurst

    Housemade blutwurst from Schaller and Weber​Who knew The Odyssey could make you hungry? "As when a man besides a great fire has filled a sausage with fat and blood and turns it this way and that and is very eager to get it quickly roasted..." wrote Homer, proving that blood sausage has been ar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    The Early Word: Prime Meats in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn

    ​A homemade pretzel, served with butter and tangy mustard, is one of the glories of Prime Meats. With a name like Prime Meats, you think the place--spawned by Frankie's Spuntino, just down the block--would be a steak house, but it isn't...

  • Blogs

    December 31, 2009

    Chatting With Cafe Katja's Andrew Chase About Goulash, Why Good Vinegar is Underrated, and Fizzy Eggplant Salad at Bereket

    Erin Gleeson/The New York TimesCafe Katja's Andrew Chase, second from left.​ Two years ago, Andrew Chase and Erwin Schrottner opened Cafe Katja, a tiny Austrian restaurant and wine bar on Orchard Street serving big flavors and high spirits. Chase and Schrottner, who previously both worked at t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2009

    What's Happening This Week: A Fondue Feast & Christmas Eve

    Our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! Fondue: Hands-On Cooking & Wine Pairing Astor Center December 21 Is there anything more satisfying than a pot of hot cheese on a cold day? Join culinary instructor Emily Peterson fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2009

    The Blogroll Gazette: New Meat, Cheap Chicken & Good Schnit

    This week in food blogs... Eat Me Daily reviewed the Momofuku cookbook and found the hype justified. Midtown Lunch noticed that Schnitzel & Things, perhaps amped up by the TIWYF challenge, wrapped a bratwurst in pork schnitzel. The Atlantic Food Channel noted that Europe put a stop to crazy healt ... More >>

  • Dining

    October 13, 2009

    Brighton Beach's KeBeer Bar & Grill

    A Russian neighborhood gets a German beer garden and roadkill chicken

  • Voice Choices

    October 13, 2009

    'Wurst Record Release Party'

    A Russian neighborhood gets a German beer garden and roadkill chicken

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2009

    Schnitzel & Things Price Hike Illustrates the Real Cost of Street Food

    ​"Vendrification" may have entered the edible lexicon, but just because a new, artisanally-inclined wave of food trucks is redefining the way people think of street food, fancier food isn't synonymous with fancier finances. To wit: as Midtown Lunch reports, Schnitzel & Things, the much-publici ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2009

    Who Should Perform at The Michael Jackson Tribute?

    ​On September 26, Vienna will be home not to just mountains of high-caloric wiener schnitzel, but to scads of bad-for-you stars singing their love for Michael Jackson so they can gain a mass televised audience and revive their careers. It's basically the memorial all over again, but without al ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    August 11, 2009

    'The Wurst BBQ'

    ​On September 26, Vienna will be home not to just mountains of high-caloric wiener schnitzel, but to scads of bad-for-you stars singing their love for Michael Jackson so they can gain a mass televised audience and revive their careers. It's basically the memorial all over again, but without al ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2009

    Paul Grieco on What a German Wine Queen Does, Exactly

    ​Terroir is about to get the royal treatment. Tomorrow, as part of the East Village wine bar's annual Summer of Riesling Festival, German Wine Queen Marlies Dumbsky will be holding court from behind the bar. Paul Grieco, Terroir's eloquent and eccentric cruise director (he's otherwise known as its ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2009

    A Sausage Emporium in the East Village

    This week, check out my review of Wechsler's Currywurst and Bratwurst, a new temple to German sausage (and friends) on First Avenue. Andre Wechsler, a native of Germany, left his job in finance to open his little shop--a good move, as sausages seem a better (and happier) bet than stocks right now. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2009

    When Brunch Doesn't Suck

    Most of the time, I do not love brunch. Dim sum, yes, bloody mary, yes, smoked salmon, yes, sad omelet, no, waiting in line for sad omelet, no. Unfortunately, the fellow I live with loves brunch, all brunch, all the time. That's why I was very happy to discover that Eurotrip's brunch is so very good ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2008

    Eurotrip Opens Next Week (the Restaurant not the Crappy Movie)

    Most of the time, I do not love brunch. Dim sum, yes, bloody mary, yes, smoked salmon, yes, sad omelet, no, waiting in line for sad omelet, no. Unfortunately, the fellow I live with loves brunch, all brunch, all the time. That's why I was very happy to discover that Eurotrip's brunch is so very good ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2007

    Oktoberfest Starts Today at Klee Brasserie

    Most of the time, I do not love brunch. Dim sum, yes, bloody mary, yes, smoked salmon, yes, sad omelet, no, waiting in line for sad omelet, no. Unfortunately, the fellow I live with loves brunch, all brunch, all the time. That's why I was very happy to discover that Eurotrip's brunch is so very good ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2006

    Our Man Sietsema: "Reeling with Fat and Carbs"

    Most of the time, I do not love brunch. Dim sum, yes, bloody mary, yes, smoked salmon, yes, sad omelet, no, waiting in line for sad omelet, no. Unfortunately, the fellow I live with loves brunch, all brunch, all the time. That's why I was very happy to discover that Eurotrip's brunch is so very good ... More >>

  • Dining

    November 21, 2006

    Wurst in Show

    New German pork-and-beer joint in Bay Ridge delivers a winner schnitzel

  • Dining

    March 14, 2006

    Ein Eulogie

    Head for the headcheese at venerable Queens German restaurant

  • Dining

    November 8, 2005

    Death and Sausages

    Biergartens filling mugs a century after Kleindeutschland

  • NYC Life

    September 27, 2005

    At Last, the Big Question This Weekend:

    Would you wear lederhosen? Would you wear lederhosen for $3 beer?

  • NYC Life

    September 27, 2005

    October Feast

    The Best of the Wurst

  • NYC Life

    August 2, 2005
  • NYC Life

    November 26, 2002

    Close-Up on Yorkville

    The Best of the Wurst

  • Dining

    August 13, 2002

    Schnitzel Watch

    The Best of the Wurst

  • Theater

    September 22, 1998

    Puppet States

    The Best of the Wurst

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