Jell-O Desserts

Catch Up with Our Critics: Sietsema at Lotus Blue; Rao at Cocina Economica

This week, Robert Sietsema introduces his meal of crossing-bridge-noodles at Tribeca's Lotus Blue through a Yunnan folktale. Further uptown, Tejal Rao reminisces about the highs and lows of restaurant staff meals before exploring the Upper West Side's new Mexican comfort-food restaurant, Cocina Econ ... More >>

Holy Ship!! Day One: A Surprise Guest Whose Name Rhymes With Drillex

By Katie Bain On Friday afternoon, nearly 3,000 raver chicks, dude guys, scenesters, club kids and DJs assembled at a port in Fort Lauderdale and boarded the MSC Poesia, a.k.a. Holy Ship!! (There are two exclamation points because this is the second edition of the EDM party cruise put on by L.A.'s ... More >>

In Hotel Transylvania, A Comic Dracula Still Kills

Everybody knows I'm a movie-favorite monster

Meet Alan Scherstuhl, Your New Voice Film Editor

Good news, Voice faithful: we've got a new film editor!Please join us in welcoming Alan Scherstuhl to the Voice.Alan is a longtime critic and editor with "too many degrees and cities" under his belt. He's covered theater, film, books, and news around the country, including some incredible rants in L ... More >>

Tequila Cocktail Tutorial: Amateur Hour Is Over

Perhaps you made some killer Jell-O shots in undergrad, but if that's as good as your bartending game gets, The Cocktail Weenies are eager to teach you more -- and they'll put on a show while they're at it.

Little Pepper: Eat Heat

A favorite Sichuan place brings its fire to a new nabe

Diner Slang and Lunch Counter Lingo: A Quiz

Invented dialect spoken here... New York City is famous for several schools of what might be called waiter's lingo, or lunch counter slang. In the 19th century hash houses of the city - where a nickel bought a full meal that often included a plate of beans - a steak might be called "slaughter in t ... More >>

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Bill Cosby Flashed Outside of 5th Avenue Barnes and Noble by Holly Van Voast

Cosby responds, via Humans of New York​Today on the topless beat: From the blog Humans of New York (and photographer Brandon Stanton) comes a tale of two breasts and a man we all can't help but associate with our childhood and hideous but fascinating sweaters. Yes, we are speaking of Holly Van ... More >>

The 10 Greatest Trick-Or-Treat Halloween Candies

​With nothing between you and the sugar and artificial flavoring, lollipops have long been a Halloween favorite. Halloween is America's number one candy holiday -- way ahead of Christmas, and slightly ahead of Easter. Kids dream about it for weeks beforehand, and spend weeks afterward parsi ... More >>

South Carolina Barbecue: A Few Thoughts

Like the sign says, Dukes Bar-B-Q in Walterboro, South Carolina. The pig on the front lawn isn't real, but the people are. In two trips to South Carolina in the last decade, I've spent much of my time crisscrossing the state and looking at the barbecue there. Yes, sometimes just looking at it.

Live: The Rock Yard Persists In Bushwick

by Chris Chafin Karen Plemons​Rock Yard: The Growlers, Japanther, The Death Set, Cerebral Ballzy, The So So Glos, CSC Funk Band The Morgan Sunday, August 7 Better than: The all-ages punk shows you went to in middle school. Standing in the dirt parking lot of The Morgan in Bushwick for yest ... More >>

Live: Wiz Khalifa Smokes Out Central Park

Wiz Khalifa w/Big Sean, Chevy Woods Central Park Monday, July 25 Better than: Hanging out with your parents. In September 2008, Wiz Khalifa stood onstage in front of less than ten people on the Bowery, the whole of Crash Mansion abandoned after performances by Mickey Factz and Charles Hamilton. ... More >>

CB3 Rejects Piney Woods, Paves Way for a Fast Food Chain, Bank, or Bank

​In somewhat predictable but still discouraging news, Community Board 3 last night rejected Todd Patrick and Phil Hartman's proposal for a restaurant/performance space at 34 Avenue A.

Driggs Pizza in Williamsburg Offers Nutella Pie. Is Dessert Pizza the New Frontier?

Camille Dodero​Thanks to Camille Dodero for spotting this sign in the window of Williamsburg stalwart Driggs Pizza.

Todd P: Former Mo Pitkin's Will Have Pacific Coast-Style Mexican Cuisine, Won't be a Rowdy Club

​Following today's news of his involvement with the new performance venue that's planned for the old Mo Pitkin's space on Avenue A, Todd Patrick gave us a call to clarify a few things.

Native Society, a Country Club For Young Yuppies, Is New Yorkers Only, But In a Bad Way

The film Metropolitan​Thursday's New York Times features an article on Native Society, a collection of about 400 "preppy young men and women, mostly friends from the Upper East Side," who started a secret club so they can dress up and look down on people. It's like any social gathering in New ... More >>

Why Not Feast on Animal Hearts for Valentine's Day?

Enjoy a romantic meal of the Peruvian cow heart kebabs called anticuchos at Lima Limon.​ Let's face it. The tried-and-true methods of celebrating Valentine's Day have outlived their usefulness. A romantic restaurant? Forget it. The prices have been jacked up for awful prix fixe dinners, featur ... More >>

Castro's CIA Milkshake! Plus Other Tales From Edible Secrets: A Food Tour of Classified U.S. History

Microcosm PublishingZinn Foer​Milkshakes meet mind control, acid dropping, and American hegemony in Michael Hoerger and Mia Partlow's new book, Edible Secrets: A Food Tour of Classified U.S. History, which makes the case that food and government conspiracy go hand in hand.

Lievito Does Frank Pizza

Plus other unrepentant doings at this new Northern Italian joint

Battle of the Christmas Fruitcakes: Myers of Keswick v. Dean & DeLuca

That's Dean & DeLuca's Robert Lambert cake on the left, Myers of Keswick's Bryson's of Keswick cake on the right.​ Ah, fruitcake. Not only is it the red-headed stepchild of the Christmas table, it is also its Cher, seemingly impervious to time and a model of eerie self-preservation. The two s ... More >>

Momokawa Shares the Taste of Kyoto With Manhattan

It's the townhouse of raw firefly squid

On the Impious Mash-Up Whatever Heaven Allows (WHA?!)

Radiohole cracks open Milton and Douglas Sirk

Summer Guide: Salad Daze

Let there be light meals! Welcome to our choice summer fare.

DreamWorks, In Your Face: The 3-D Majesty of Monsters vs. Aliens

In this latest round of effects vs. storytelling, effects win. Big.

That Pretty Pretty; Or, The Rape Play Jell-O–wrestles for the Greater Good

Giving Credit to Rush Limbaugh's Grandmother

In a couple of posts yesterday, we credited the mother of Rush Limbaugh with authoring a recipe titled "Under the Sea Salad," a ghastly ooze combining Jell-O, Miracle Whip, and canned olives that looks something like what was left over when that one Gremlin got stuffed in the microwave.Thanks to the ... More >>

Does A-Rod Swing "That Way"?

Next year in Orlando! Nailing Florida's born-again theme park. Back here, the usual unholier- than-thou experiences.

Rap's 2008, Beyond Lil Wayne

Praising outstanding new hip-hop records sadly subsumed by Weezymania

Dr. John and Our Critic Embark on a Chile-Pepper Eating Contest

Our man Sietsema and the Night Tripper duke it out at Brooklyn Sichuan

Bill Cosby's Badfoot Brown

Woozy '70s kozmik grooves, brought to you by that guy who hates hip-hop

TABLOIDED: Ted Kennedy's Obama Endorsement

L-Bars

Double Jeopardy

Quiz show: Two books reveal the pleasures and perils of trivial pursuits

Shrimp Mountain

Kinky new Flushing Thai offers oddball cuisine collection

Kids Arise!

Punk's ever-expanding perimeter encompasses two protest bands

O, You Cosh-Boned Posers!

Awful poems sought and found: From spam to Google, flarf redefines random

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New Thugs on the Block

Next-Big-Thing Rappers Arrive With Wheeze, Breeze, and Cheese

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Close-up on Peter Cooper Village

Us Against Who?

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Yanks: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly

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Living a Full Life

The Ling Thing

'Ally McBeal' Uses Ancient Oriental Secret

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Advice from the ball circuit: 'This category is about your face, not your booty. Now ride your broomstick out of here, baby gorilla.'

Heat Seekers