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April 3, 2012
Covenant Wine Defies the Stigma of its Kosher Label
It has a stigma. Kosher wine that is. Super sweet, sticky, viscous, and usually poured from a square-ish Manishewitz bottle. Or wan and watery bottles picked up en route to a religious home or holiday dinner. But it doesn't have to be this way. Does it?A recent tasting (that sounds so formal, in rea ... More >>
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March 20, 2012
Eben Freeman's Greatest Hits; Tequila and You
What's interesting in the world of tipples this week: Eben Freeman, the man behind the drink program at The Butterfly, Michael White's restaurant opening this summer in SoHo, is planning a greatest hits cocktail menu for the bar, reports Diner's Journal. It would include drinks he conjured up while ... More >>
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December 14, 2011
Village Voice Vino: The Best Wine in New York City
Do you enjoy savoring your Village Voice every Wednesday morning with a steaming cup of coffee? Well, here's a much tastier, boozier way to start the day: Village Voice Vino. Yep, we got ourselves a wine.
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November 4, 2011
The Noble Rot Returns, Now a Little More Californian
Courtesy Jonny CigarJonny Cigar gets some Napa learning in him. He's baaack. For the past six months, Noble Rot founder Jonny Cigar has been sowing his oats (grapes) over in Napa Valley. He did a stint working in the cellar at Alpha Omega Winery, spent a little time pouring wines at Swanson V ... More >>
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October 27, 2011
OWS Kitchen Staff Launch a Protest of Their Own; More Diners Ordering Tap Water
Wegmans recalls 5,000 pounds of Turkish pine nuts sold in its bulk, due to possible Salmonella contamination. [Wall Street Journal] Not surprisingly, consumers want to see health inspection grades displayed prominently in restaurants. [Main Street] Napa Valley and New York City are the only ... More >>
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October 24, 2011
What's Happening This Week: A Talk and Tasting, a Halloween Menu
Our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the hottest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! Kutsher's Talk & Tasting Tenement Museum October 24 at 6: 30 p.m. In anticipation of Zach Kutsher bringing a taste of his Catskills country club to Tribeca this fall, he and his res ... More >>
Dining
August 3, 2011
Daniel Boulud Goes Cruising
All aboard as the noted chef circles the Mediterranean
Blogs
June 7, 2011
Obscure European Aperitifs Are All the Rage; The Bronx Spawns New Beers
Little-known European aperitifs are all the rage these days, from Rabarbaro Zucca, a rhubarb-flavored amaro, to Becherovka, a cinnamon herbal liqueur from the Czech Republic. [NY Times] Jack Daniel's is tweaking the look of its iconic black-and-white label. For one, the "Lynchburg: Pop. 361" ... More >>
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May 16, 2011
What's Happening This Week: Fundraisers Galore; Wine Dinners A-Go-Go
As you may know, our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! An Evening in Rioja The Tangled Vine Wine Bar & Kitchen Monday, May 16 at 7: 30 p.m. The wine bar dedicated to organic, biodynamic, and sustainable Old World wines, ... More >>
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February 15, 2011
Top Five Young, Hometown-Obsessed New York City Rappers
Roc Marciano, leading the chargeLast year a small, underground pocket of NYC-based hip-hop found its voice again. With Roc Marciano's unimpeachable Marcberg album as the catalyst, a crew of loosely associated artists shook off that tired cliché about our city's commercial-outsider status and ... More >>
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February 10, 2011
Yes, Foodies Are Ridiculous. But Then So Is B.R. Myers!
B.R. MyersIn the March issue of The Atlantic, vegan, curmudgeon, North Korea expert, and animal-rights activist B.R. Myers goes after foodies in an article entitled "The Moral Crusade Against Foodies." I've got to admit, we've given him a very broad target. He begins by extracting damning q ... More >>
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December 13, 2010
The Best Thing I Ate Yesterday
Welcome to The Best Thing I Ate Yesterday, where we endeavor to remember the very best thing we stuffed down our gullets over the past 24 hours. Why? Because the only thing better than enjoying a meal is wallowing in the memory of one savored in the recent past. Today's fond reminiscences ... Vict ... More >>
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July 30, 2010
Vyne's Inez Bon Talks Riesling Week, Seasonal Drinking & the Effing Merlot
Inez BonThere are wine bars that specialize in French wines, Italian wines, Spanish wines, even organic wines, but in all these cases the focus is usually red. Inez Bon wanted to create a wine bar specializing in the kinds of wines she likes to drink: in a word, whites. In more words, crisp, ... More >>
Blogs
March 16, 2010
'Hard Shake' Inventor Comes to Town; Drink a Pickleback this St. Paddy's
The effects of the recent earthquake in Chile are still being felt across the wine industry, especially by smaller producers, many of which may go bankrupt. [Bloomberg] Inventor of the "hard shake" Kazuo Uyeda will be in New York May 3 to lead a mixology seminar and promote the first English ... More >>
Blogs
December 24, 2009
Super Secret 'Nduja Hits the Sausage Big Time; Food TV Is Prime Time's Darling
Tabla is among a number of restaurants using psychological principles to overhaul their menus, such as dropping the dollar sign from prices or naming a dish after the chef's mom. [NY Times] 2009 was the year 'nduja, the spicy smoked meat with a cult following, became the "Lady Gaga of pork ... More >>
Blogs
December 22, 2009
Booze News: Bruce Willis Buys Into Belvedere Vodka; Red Hook Winery Release First Vintage
Movie star Bruce Willis is set to acquire 3.3 percent of Belvedere vodka, as part of a long-term investment, although the actor won't get a seat on the company's board of directors. [Wall Street Journal] The Red Hook Winery is selling its first vintage at Brooklyn Wine Exchange on Court Stre ... More >>
Blogs
August 1, 2007
Last Meal: Tom Colicchio Loves Spatchcock
Movie star Bruce Willis is set to acquire 3.3 percent of Belvedere vodka, as part of a long-term investment, although the actor won't get a seat on the company's board of directors. [Wall Street Journal] The Red Hook Winery is selling its first vintage at Brooklyn Wine Exchange on Court Stre ... More >>
NYC Life
July 24, 2007
Tom Colicchio's last meal
He's debonin' the spatchcock
NYC Life
October 4, 2005
An End to California 'Chablis'
Does it matter that new American wines can't be labeled with regional affiliations?
NYC Life
August 2, 2005
Drinking With Dr. Feelgood
Motley Crüe's Vince Neil, well-respected winemaker?!?
Film
February 22, 2005
Film
Motley Crüe's Vince Neil, well-respected winemaker?!?
Columns
February 1, 2005
Hotel Hard-On
Why sex in a paid-for room gives our intrepid reporter so much pleasure
Art
September 30, 2003
Human Comedy
A Bay Area conceptualist's antic, melancholy body of work
Film
September 11, 2001
New Thai Cinema Hits the Road
Mysterious Objects and Black Tigers
News
February 29, 2000
City on a Hill
Mexico’s Post-Apocalyptic Metropolis

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