Hanukkah

10 Great Ways to Cater Your Passover Seder in New York

Joan Nathan would never cater her Passover seder. The famed cookbook writer known for her Jewish-American recipes usually cooks everything for the holiday, which starts on Monday, March 25. She even hosts a gefilte fish-making party for a few friends at her home in Washington, D.C. "If I didn't have ... More >>

Dee Snider Is Doing A Cabaret Act!

And you're gonna take it! Because it's gonna be good! The singer--best known as the big-haired, large-lunged Twisted Sister frontman--met with me yesterday at 54 Below, where he'll be doing an act of Broadway numbers and holiday standards. (True story.) He even explained to me why that's not so s ... More >>

Fat Chance: Michael Ruhlman Releases an iPad Cookbook on Schmaltz

Looking for 23 ways to use schmaltz in your holiday recipes? Michael Ruhlman's got an app for that. The Book of Schmaltz: A Love Story to a Forgotten Fat is the James Beard Award winning author's ode to the "heart attack food." Ruhlman, who details his new appreciation for self-publishing on his b ... More >>

Holiday Guide: Neil Young, John Cale, Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen Lead the Fogeycore Invasion

The lures and snare of following Rock Gods

Colt Cabana: A Wrestler Grapples With His Entrance Music

The life of an independent professional wrestler is busy enough, but for Colt Cabana, squaring off in the ring is only the beginning. A wrestler, actor (you may have seen him with legendary Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka in a recent Old Navy commercial), stand-up comic, and popular podcaster, his ta ... More >>

Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg's Wine Pairings for Candy Canes and Gingerbread Houses

Scott Abelman / FlickrFancy some Moscato d'Asti with your candy canes?​Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and New Year's are just around the corner, meaning holiday feasting is soon upon us. And with holiday eating comes holiday boozing. Now, some holiday celebrations call for downing whatever bo ... More >>

Our 10 Best Things to Eat at the Union Square Holiday Market

Lauren ShockeyA super cheesy pretzel makes for fine snacking while shopping​Well, we've saved the best for last. After visiting several of the bigger, non-pop-up holiday markets that have cropped up this season, we can say that the most varied and delicious culinary options can be found at th ... More >>

This Week's Specials: Booze, Brains, and Balls

And now, a look back at what was on the menu here at Fork in the Road this week. Use your noggin.​ Robert Sietsema slurps stews in this week's 10 Best Soups in NYC. From borscht to matzo balls, he offers up the city's tastiest picks. Lauren Shockey tells you what kind of booze to buy in her h ... More >>

We're Mad-off as Hell! There's a Site for Frustrated Mets Fans

​Are you as sick about the loss of Jose Reyes as I am? Have you had it with the bullshit excuses from the Mets front office about Reyes's injuries? (Didn't Mickey Mantle have a lot of injuries? Would you have signed Mickey at age 28, the age Jose is now?) Are you angry at the insult to the Me ... More >>

Paring Knives and Other Small Blades, Gift Suggestion No. 2

​There's quite a selection of small knives at Bowery Kitchen Supplies. Click on image to enlarge. I case we didn't mention it earlier, this feature will run sporadically until Xmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa. It seeks to suggest gifts of particular interest to foodies and cooks, things that they prob ... More >>

Holiday Guide: Arts Picks

Harold Dieterle Is Loving Himself Some Steakhouses

Courtesy of First Press PRA new restaurant maybe?​ Harold Dieterle was recently awarded a spot on Robert Sietsema's list: New York City's 17 Greatest Chefs . The first-season winner of Top Chef is tops in New York City for his command of two successful Greenwich Village restaurants, Perilla a ... More >>

Busta Rhymes Drags "The Little Drummer Boy" Into The Twitter Age

​"Drummer Boy," another song from the forthcoming Justin Bieber Yuletide album Under The Mistletoe, has made its way online; a rework of the classic hymn "The Little Drummer Boy," it's been retrofitted with sharper drums and rap verses to make it sound like it could be dropped into top-40 stat ... More >>

Q&A: Weird Vibes Mastermind Shirley Braha On MTV, Recycling Centers, And What Went Down With NYC-TV

​A nation (or, at least, a city) of music dorks called a day of mourning when the long-running indie-oriented video show New York Noise was unceremoniously cancelled by New York City's NYC-TV last year. But you can't keep a good fan down for long. Noise creator/curator/editor/producer Shirley ... More >>

If You Can't Eat Leavened Goods, You Might as Well Eat the Best Matzos: A Taste Test

Lauren ShockeyWWJE? (What Would Jesus Eat?)​Ah, Passover. When it comes to Jewish holidays, this one isn't as culinarily exciting as say, Purim (which involves getting drunkie drunk and eating hamentaschen), or Hanukkah (one word: latkes). However, food plays an important part of the ritual ... More >>

Live: Yo La Tengo (and David Byrne! and Glenn Mercer!) Come Together For Japan at Maxwell's

David Byrne and Yo La Tengo care. All photos by Jesse Jarnow.​Yo La Tengo Maxwell's Wednesday, March 23 Better than: Sitting home alone fretting about cataclysmic awfulness. It's been 26 years since Yo La Tengo played every Wednesday at Maxwell's, and a last-minute benefit for Peace Wi ... More >>

Live: Twin Sister Host A Very Chill Christmas Party At The Live With Animals Gallery

Christmas cheer thankfully trumps the show's . . . intimacy. Pics by Chris, more below.​Twin Sister/Blair/John K. Friday, December 17 Live With Animals Gallery Better Than: Taking Back Sunday's Extremely Emo Hanukkah Join us as ethereal indie-rock crew Twin Sister hosts the best really aweso ... More >>

Download The National's Opening Set For Yo La Tengo At Maxwell's

What they looked like, just for reference. So the big whoop during this year's slate of Yo La Tengo Hanukkah shows was the final night's long-rumored opening set from the National, deigning to play a venue just ever so slightly smaller than what they're used to these days. Even if you're still way ... More >>

Julian Medina Plans a Taco Triple Threat: Interview Part 2

Julian Medina loves his tacos​ Yesterday we interviewed chef Julian Medina about his Hanukkah traditions. Today he gives us a sneak peek of the menu at Toloache Taqueria, which opens Thursday at 83 Maiden Lane.

Four Loko Menorah Celebrates Hanukkah in the Best Way Possible -- Drunk!

Via NYU Local​Tonight, as we light the sixth candle on our menorah, one Jewish household will be drinking their sixth Loko -- at least, metaphorically. NYU student Samantha Jinishian and her roommates have constructed a work of art (religious iconography?) they've dubbed the "Four-Loko-norah." ... More >>

Shut Your Piehole! Desserts (Other Than Pie) That Deserve to Be the Next Big Trend

Gourmet​ Over the past several weeks, pie has been repeatedly touted as the next big trend in desserts. Yes, it's time for the cupcake to disappear within Dante's Third Circle of Hell, but is pie, America's iconic diner food, worthy of being the next big trend? No, and here's why.

The 6 Best Things You Can Bid On From WFMU's Benefit Auction

Inside the WFMU archives.​It's fundraising time again for awesome local freeform radio station WFMU, and rather than do another fall marathon, music festival, record fair, or art benefit, the station has organized an online auction, with all proceeds going to support the beloved and increasing ... More >>

Our 10 Best Food-Themed Children's Books

Where on the list will Maurice Sendak's controversial classic fall?​If some of our earliest memories of food are shaped by eating it, then plenty more are informed by the act of reading about it. After devouring Maurice Sendak's In the Night Kitchen, what child could look at a slice of toast w ... More >>

DANCE OF THE HALVAH FAIRY?

The Klezmer Nutcracker puts a Jewish spin on a Christmas classic

Orthodox Stance

Hope You Had a Merry Effing Christmas

On the holiday-concert trail with Ronnie Spector, Darlene Love, and . . . Twisted Sister

Big Girls, Don't Cry

The fight for the right to be fat, queer, and proud

Buzz-Worthy

In Memoriam: Sophie Maslow (1911-2006)

Honorary Jew

Hillary Clinton becomes kosher for a community that had its doubts

Rockie Weekly Horoscope December 23-29

Eddytor's Dozen

Holiday Bargain Shopping With La Dolce Musto

Italo Don

DJ Dan Selzer of NYHappenings reveals his dark secrets

NY Mirror

People Are Strange

Irwin Chusid presents a film fest of the musically bizarre

Fiddling With Fiddler

Can the Broadway Revival of Everyone's Favorite Jewish Musical Ignore Today's Radically Different Cultural Context?

Christmas Gilt

A Bounty of Chestnuts and Gift Boxes

Film

Cheap Cheer

NY Mirror

Seasonal Brew

Holiday Happenings

Antichrist Superstar

What the Devil Made Adam Sandler Do

Music

headline

Too Sweet To Die

Twisted Misters

A Year of Ill Repute

Blight To Life

Antiabortion extremists and another murdered doctor

Consumer Guide