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Bitter Homes and Gardens: 'Better Homes' at SculptureCenter

New Year's Eve Guide: Wild Card

10 Best Incredibly Cheap Eats in New York

Get this Korean fried assortment for less than $5 at Boon Sik Zip. [ See More of Our 10 Bests in New York: Our 10 Best Ice Creams in NYC | Our 10 Best Lamb Dishes in NYC | Our 10 Best Cheap Eats for Tourists in the East Village ] Despite the upscaling of restaurants in general, and common foodstu ... More >>

Edible Geometry by Carl Kleiner and Evelina Bratell

You might remember Swedish artists Carl Kleiner and Evalina Bratell from their work on the Ikea cookbook, Homemade is Best, which turned every recipe's ingredient list into an elaborate portrait. Their newest collaboration in Blend magazine also involves food and its geometry. (In cuter news, the co ... More >>

Was Colonial America 'Egalitarian'?

America might have had a lot more in common with Sweden than IKEA furniture and H&M clothing, according to new research. Two economists now say that the Founding Fathers' nation was "more egalitarian than anywhere else in the measurable world," reports Reuters (via New York Times.) Hm. This soun ... More >>

SONG OF BROOKLYN

An indie-rock ode to Whitman’s borough

7 Best Things To Eat at Elza Fancy Foods

Kuksu is a noodle soup whose name means "noodle soup" in Korean. This week Counter Culture rolls into one of the city's most unique restaurants, Elza Fancy Foods. The menu represents the Uzbek-Korean-Russian cooking of Uzbekistan's Korean population. Much of the food is cheap, fascinating, and del ... More >>

Swedes Flood Newly Opened Sockerbit; Others Scratch Their Heads

​How many of these Swedish candies can you identify? Cola snakes, lemon gummy hearts, strange chalky hard candies tasting mainly of salt, bi-color gummies that seem to claim medicinal properties, yogurt-covered candies, squishy fruit gum drops with strange menthol undertastes, stealth licoric ... More >>

Our 10 Best In-Store Dining Experiences

Robert SietsemaIkea: Good for cheap furniture and cheap food, like this meatball plate.​ Shopping can be an exhausting activity, and not just for one's wallet. Which is why it's so great when stores have on-site restaurants and cafés. Instant refueling to induce more shopping! So for this ... More >>

Red Rooster—the Swede Smell of Success

Superchef Marcus Samuelsson moves into his new uptown digs

The Radio Dept.

Red Hook to Get Adorable Old-School Trolleys? Only a $295,000 Transportation Study Will Tell

via Don Ross Group​A five-month study will determine if streetcars will be part of Red Hook's future transportation (rooted in its past). The study aims to find the best option to link Red Hook with surrounding Brooklyn neighborhoods to "support economic development," according to the Department o ... More >>

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LE SWEDE, C'EST CHIC

Sustainable fashion design from Sweden

IKEA--Real Meal Deals, Including Babyback Ribs!

​The iconic Swedish meatball platter at IKEA--now only $2.49 on Tuesday evenings, side salad extra. If pressed to name their favorite fast food restaurants in the city, most folks would point to Wendy's or Maoz or Chipotle Grill, but almost no one would recognize the IKEA Cafe in Red Hook, Br ... More >>

More On Drake/The-Dream's "Shut It Down": "Lonely Bloggers All Over The Internet Are Aroused"

​This young blogger gentlemen has an intriguing take on my new favorite song of all time: its status as a world-class "FTL" anthem, the charms of Dream shouting out TMZ, why certain "lonely blogger" types (ahem) have instantly gone nuts over it, and, most notably, whether this is a song for th ... More >>

The Meaning of "Cheap" to the New York Times, Who's $1B In Debt

​Dude. Bro. BRAH: Did you know that in a recent Styles section piece, there's an article about converting Bachelor Pads to Adult Homes? Protect the Beirut Table at all costs. But it's time we snag some wifeys, yo. What's this gonna run us?

The Blogroll Gazette: Bad Food at the New York Times Cafeteria; Is Chicken Skin the New Bacon?

This week, in food blogs... Diner's Journal noticed that Sam Sifton wasn't the only Times staffer going out for lunch: the cafeteria was closed by the DOH for potential food contamination. Grub Street noted that The Breslin has joined Restaurant Week -- if only for lunch service -- but suspects th ... More >>

EXPRESS YOURSELF

From ordinary item to one-of-a-kind rarity

Strange Snacks of the World: IKEA Kex Biscuits

​ ​IKEA has become more aggressive about selling Swedish food recently, and if you walk through their Red Hook redoubt you'll find dozens and dozens of branded products, none stranger than Kex Biscuits. These cookies--which are rather dull tasting--come in letter shapes. The only proble ... More >>

MODERN CRIBS

Furniture you can write home about

What If The Sexuality Tables Were Turned?

David ShankboneWhat if the gays were the majority in this country (not only at department stores) and had all the legal rights and as a result could willfully keep down the heteros? Wouldn't it be a fun M. Night Shyamalan-type twist if GAYS pulled all the strings and the straights had to dance aroun ... More >>

Mr. Cutlets on the Meatball Melee Aftermath--The Wrong Ball Won

Last night, Dish du Jour hosted the Meatball Melee of the Boroughs, and Bello Giardino's Nicky's Famous Meatballs were crowned best ball of all. We brought you event emcee Josh Ozersky's handicapping in advance, in which The Feedbag writer bet on Carmine's to win it all. Now we bring you his debri ... More >>

The Closet Still Rules Show Biz

I have long deluded myself that, because the media has made so many advances in reporting on gay issues and personalities, and because so many power figures have stepped out of the closet, things have totally changed in the biz, and being out and proud has become more popular than hiding out in fear ... More >>

Real Estate Shakeout: Share a Room w/ "Wardrobe Locker" for $795

True, luxury real estate is so moribund in New York that developers are auctioning off condos to the highest bidder. But this New Depression is trickling down very slowly to our end of the market. The BedStuy Blog reveals landlords are still getting big bucks out their way -- as seen at the swell Ch ... More >>

Strange Snacks of the World--Prawn/Cheese Tube

I found this industrial-sized toothpaste tube of cheese and prawn spread at Ikea. It's made by Milko, apparently one of Sweden's largest dairy companies. The spread contains cheese and prawns (tiny, pink bits of which are visible in the spread), along with shellfish stock, fish and prawn powders an ... More >>

Keep the Tip -- Advice to Restaurateurs II

In the previous installment, I bitched about two anti-consumer practices - slotting and herding - that upscale restaurants have developed to squeeze the maximum cash out of consumers. In a down-market economy, these practices must cease if restaurants hope to attract and keep diners, because most co ... More >>

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Fork in the Road Gorging in Red Hook

The Hook Cooks: Annabelle's, Le Bouillabaisse, and More

New restaurants in the city's most remote neighborhood

A SIGN OF THE TIMES

Something to spice up the Ikea furniture

Slow News Day: Low-Impact Stories from Around Town

Day of the Chicken, the Ikea Bus and More

Deconstructing The New Ikea in Red Hük

If they come you will build it

Rain Early, Skies Clear

A choreographer revisits her career with little help from her friends

Uncovered! The Manhattan Phonebook's Gayest Page!

New York: In Every Kind of Light, the Rapture, and More

Who's Buried in Atlantic Yards?

A resistance movement drowning its sorrows during a pub quiz in Red Hook

$10 and Under: Threadster's Guide to Stocking Stuffers

The Bothersome Man

No Ass

The return of a Park Avenue South northern Italian favorite

Come to Bed

Any Resemblance to a Drink on Our Menu Is Coincidental

Close-Up on Elizabeth, New Jersey

Features

Edward Brant, Graduate Student, Interior Design, Pratt Institute

Close-Up on Red Hook

Cold Sun

One-Bedroom Apartment in 1870s Building

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