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Nuts and Edible Seeds

  • Dining

    May 23, 2012

    La Vara: Thanks, Spanish Inquisition

    Try a delicious history lesson in Cobble Hill

  • Dining

    November 30, 2011

    Mas (la grillade): The Will to Grill

    Galen Zamarra plays with fire in the West Village

  • Dining

    August 3, 2011

    Daniel Boulud Goes Cruising

    All aboard as the noted chef circles the Mediterranean

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2011

    Make Sushi Samba's Heirloom Tomato and Seaweed Salad, Like Chef Fernando Navas

    Sushi Samba's Heirloom Tomato and Seaweed Salad​Wondering what to do with those heirlooms tomatoes you picked up at the farmers' market? Sushi Samba's executive chef, Fernando Navas, has a suggestion that involves doing, well, very little to them. He shares the recipe for his Heirloom Tomato a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    Make Jenny McCoy's Strawberry-Pistachio Clafoutis with Lavender Ice Cream, from Craft

    Craft's Strawberry-Pistachio Clafoutis with Lavender Ice Cream​Make the most of your summer strawberries with this refreshing take on clafoutis that incorporates strawberries and pistachios instead of the traditional cherries, courtesy of Craft's pastry chef, Jenny McCoy. "Clafoutis is one o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2011

    Stellina Is Open, And Here's the Menu

    Rebecca Marx​After a short delay, Stellina opened this morning for business. Staff at the bakery, located at 95 Allen Street next door to its sister restaurant Sorella, were just getting set up when we stopped by earlier. Nothing was available for take-out, but they gave us a menu, and given w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2011

    No. 8: Bean Curd Skin Noodles at Golden Palace

    ​What a strange looking dish! What did you say those noodles are made out of? Noodles can be made out of nearly anything: wheat, rice, corn, chestnuts, mung beans, chick peas, potatoes -- the list goes on and on. But some of my favorite noodles lately have been made out of tofu.

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2011

    Make Benoit's Seasonal Local Vegetable Cookpot with Fresh Black Truffle, Courtesy of Chef Philippe Bertineau

    Benoit's Seasonal Local Vegetable Cookpot with Fresh Black Truffle​For those who bemoan the scarcity of fresh produce at the farmer's market during the bleak months of a New York winter, don't forget that in France black winter truffle season is in full swing. Benoit is offering the illustriou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2010

    Recipe Exclusive: Make Back Forty's One-Pot Pozole Verde, Available Throughout December

    Back Forty's Pozole​Back Forty's One-Pot Dinner Series debuted last month and is slated to run through March. The idea was to feature one, soul (and body)-warming meal each cold-weather month, like Brazilian feijoada or Cajun gumbo. But November's Pozole Verde was popular with patrons that the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2010

    Fat Pants Friday: Shandaken Bake's Trail Bar

    ​ A couple of weeks ago, we got our first taste of Shandaken Bake, a Catskills-area baking company that recently began selling its wares at the New Amsterdam Market. Having already written about the abundant virtues of its maple-parsnip bread, we're today turning our attention to those of its ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2010

    Kin Shop Is Now Serving Lunch

    Photo courtesy of Kin ShopKin Shop's egg noodles in maitake mushroom broth with poached duck egg.​Since it opened in mid-October, Harold Dieterle's Kin Shop has been enjoying some pretty strong informal reviews from Yelpers, Chowhounders, and Serious Eaters alike. As of today, the modern Thai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 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 ... Chan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2010

    Make Spice Market's Ginger Butternut Squash Soup with Allspice and Soy Milk Cream

    Spice Market's Ginger Butternut Squash Soup​Spice Market launched its new fall menu at the beginning of the month, featuring the mother of all seasonal soups: Butternut Squash. Of course, true to the restaurant's name, executive chef Anthony Ricco adds a little kick to his version of the dish. ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    August 4, 2010

    Jon Shain & Bill Newton

    Spice Market's Ginger Butternut Squash Soup​Spice Market launched its new fall menu at the beginning of the month, featuring the mother of all seasonal soups: Butternut Squash. Of course, true to the restaurant's name, executive chef Anthony Ricco adds a little kick to his version of the dish. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2010

    Omak 'Honey Nut' at Brighton Bazaar in Brighton Beach

    ​Brighton Beach food stores abound with great gifts for your foodie friends, often available nowhere else. A case in point is Omak's "Honey Nut," a big jar of honey prettily lined with nuts, including almonds, hazelnuts, pistachios, walnuts, peanuts, and coconut chunks. There are also more cr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    Make Daniel Holzman's Lamb Meatballs, Mediterranean Style from The Meatball Shop

    Meatball madness.​Robert Sietsema raved about the house specialty at The Meatball Shop on the Lower East Side, declaring the only thing better than the beefy orbs to be the lamb special. Executive chef and co-owner Daniel Holzman shares his recipe for Lamb Meatballs, Mediterranean Style, which ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2010

    Make Eduard Frauneder and Wolfgang Ban's Mixed Wild Spring Greens From Seasonal

    Seasonal's Mixed Wild Spring Green Salad.​As spring morphs into summer, the mania over fresh, local produce is about to relax a little. For a few brief months, we'll get comfortable with our good, not mealy tomatoes and sweet berries until the cold returns and, with it, the shock of rather bar ... More >>

  • Dining

    June 1, 2010

    Tamarind Tribeca Upscales the Tandoor

    Tabla and Devi get a little company

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2010

    Make Patti Jackson's Cavatelli with Broccoli Rabe and Toasted Almonds from I Trulli

    Cavatelli with Broccoli Rabe and Toasted Almonds, from I Trulli​The latest happy-hour craze is aperitivo: a civilized couple of hours at the end of the workday during which you can sip a glass of wine and nibble a snack. At I Trulli, in Murray Hill, guests are served a small platter of cured m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2009

    Whole Foods Sells Bad Nuts; Drew Nieporent's Lazy Sunday

    ​Whole Foods CEO John Mackey talks about his supermarket chain returning its roots: health food. He's pulling things like the chocolate fountain and many indulgent foods, and adding more features like salad bars with oil-free dressing. [AP] Meanwhile, Whole Foods is recalling several products ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2009

    Season's Eatings: Street Cart Chestnuts

    ​ The sole reason to put oneself in the path of the rapacious hordes of tourists who stampede through Midtown during the holiday season can be found in a brown paper bag and is not a fifth of gin.

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2009

    The Early Word: Vegan Cheese and Truffles at Cocoa V

    ​ Cocoa V bills itself as the city's first vegan chocolate and wine bar. The brainchild of Pamela Blackwell, who owns three locations of Blossom, a vegan restaurant and cafe, it opened two weeks ago on a stretch of Ninth Avenue populated by upscale housewares boutiques and decidedly non-vegan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2009

    Recipe: Make Antonio Prontelli's Venison Stew With Chestnuts and Dried Apricots & Mascarpone Polenta

    Chef Antonio Prontelli gets his game on.​Seems like everyone is getting into game these days. It's wild, lean, and full of flavor. But cooking it isn't exactly a no-brainer -- the risk of ending up with a tough hunk of meat is high. Chef Antonio Prontelli of Rock Center Cafe avoids this proble ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2009

    Tiki Experiments at Home

    A Painkiller​ Tiki cocktails, when made with freshly squeezed juices, homemade syrups, and quality rums, are completely delicious--complex, stiff, and flavorful. But, with the exception of the now-closed bar at Elettaria, these classic cocktails, most invented in the '30s and '40s, have been n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2009

    Recipe: Make David Suarez's Panzanella de Calabaza con Hongos (Chopped Bread Salad with Pumpkin and Mushrooms)

    ​Halloween may have come and gone, but that doesn't mean it's time to start hanging Christmas decoration just yet. The Pan de Muerto is a traditional Day of the Dead recipe, ritually made every year in the weeks leading up to All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day on the first and second of Novem ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2009

    Strange Snacks of the World: Baby Coconuts

    ​ ​Nothing like eating a handful of crunchy baby coconuts for a snack. Known as coquitos in their native Chile, baby coconuts are the immature fruit of Jubaea chilensis, a palm tree that favors temperate climates, can grow to a height of 50 to 80 feet, and can live 100 years. The baby ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    Recipe Improv: Goat, Prunes, and Smoked Paprika With Craftbar's Lauren Hirschberg

    Give this man some goat​Welcome to Recipe Improv, in which Fork in the Road throws three disparate ingredients at a chef to see what he or she can come up with. (Check out the full series here.) This week's contestant is Lauren Hirschberg, chef de cuisine at Craftbar. Hirschberg has worked hi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2009

    Cookbook Tester: Quick and Easy Korean Cooking

    Left: Sauteed eggplant; Right: Spicy buckwheat noodles topped with boolgogi Quality, accessible, authentic Korean cookbooks are hard to come by. Ably filling that gap is Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee's Quick and Easy Korean Cooking, which just came out in March. It's filled with more than 70 recipes, most o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2009

    Scratchbread Just as Good as You Heard

    Matthew J. Tilden's Scratchbread was featured in New York magazine this week, the story written by the Robs. Tilden borrows the brick oven at Toby's Public House (a very good pizza spot) on Mondays, when the restaurant is closed, and after 11 p.m. on the other days to bake his focaccia, sticky bun ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2009

    Darbar Grill's Chicken Korma

    Chef Simon Gomes of Darbar Grill shares his recipe for easy, satisfying Chicken Korma. The latest Darbar Grill outpost opened on E 55th Street late last year. Ingredients: 1 lb chicken breast or thigh (boneless), cut into small pieces 2 large chopped onions 1 tsp red chili powder 1 tsp turmeric p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2009

    Another Food Scare: Now it's Pistachios

    More fodder for those who believe the FDA needs a total overhaul--another food recall! This time, it's pistachios. The recall involves one million pounds of the nuts, possibly contaminated with salmonella, produced by Setton Pistachios in California. The FDA recommends avoiding all pistachios and pi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2009

    Trail Mix That Tastes Good

    Usually, trail mix is just an excuse to pick the chocolate chips out of a bag of nuts. But these trail mixes, from Sahale Snacks, are delicious. There are six different varieties, of which my favorites are Ksar--pistachios, dried figs, sunflower seeds and harissa--and Sing Buri--cashews, dried pine ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2008

    A Fall Recipe from James, Brooklynite of the Moment

    Usually, trail mix is just an excuse to pick the chocolate chips out of a bag of nuts. But these trail mixes, from Sahale Snacks, are delicious. There are six different varieties, of which my favorites are Ksar--pistachios, dried figs, sunflower seeds and harissa--and Sing Buri--cashews, dried pine ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2008

    Cooking with Stephanie Izard

    Usually, trail mix is just an excuse to pick the chocolate chips out of a bag of nuts. But these trail mixes, from Sahale Snacks, are delicious. There are six different varieties, of which my favorites are Ksar--pistachios, dried figs, sunflower seeds and harissa--and Sing Buri--cashews, dried pine ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2008

    Recipe Improv: Chef Chris Cheung

    Usually, trail mix is just an excuse to pick the chocolate chips out of a bag of nuts. But these trail mixes, from Sahale Snacks, are delicious. There are six different varieties, of which my favorites are Ksar--pistachios, dried figs, sunflower seeds and harissa--and Sing Buri--cashews, dried pine ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2008

    Recipe Improv: Chef Harold Moore on the Hot Seat

    Usually, trail mix is just an excuse to pick the chocolate chips out of a bag of nuts. But these trail mixes, from Sahale Snacks, are delicious. There are six different varieties, of which my favorites are Ksar--pistachios, dried figs, sunflower seeds and harissa--and Sing Buri--cashews, dried pine ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2008

    The Great Cornflake Chivda Taste-Off

    Usually, trail mix is just an excuse to pick the chocolate chips out of a bag of nuts. But these trail mixes, from Sahale Snacks, are delicious. There are six different varieties, of which my favorites are Ksar--pistachios, dried figs, sunflower seeds and harissa--and Sing Buri--cashews, dried pine ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2008

    Most Creative Peanut Butter Sandwich

    Usually, trail mix is just an excuse to pick the chocolate chips out of a bag of nuts. But these trail mixes, from Sahale Snacks, are delicious. There are six different varieties, of which my favorites are Ksar--pistachios, dried figs, sunflower seeds and harissa--and Sing Buri--cashews, dried pine ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2007

    Live from Thanksgiving HQ: Spiced Nuts

    Usually, trail mix is just an excuse to pick the chocolate chips out of a bag of nuts. But these trail mixes, from Sahale Snacks, are delicious. There are six different varieties, of which my favorites are Ksar--pistachios, dried figs, sunflower seeds and harissa--and Sing Buri--cashews, dried pine ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2007

    It's a Good One: Good Old Grape Jelly

    Usually, trail mix is just an excuse to pick the chocolate chips out of a bag of nuts. But these trail mixes, from Sahale Snacks, are delicious. There are six different varieties, of which my favorites are Ksar--pistachios, dried figs, sunflower seeds and harissa--and Sing Buri--cashews, dried pine ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2007

    Anne Burrell Does Lunch

    Usually, trail mix is just an excuse to pick the chocolate chips out of a bag of nuts. But these trail mixes, from Sahale Snacks, are delicious. There are six different varieties, of which my favorites are Ksar--pistachios, dried figs, sunflower seeds and harissa--and Sing Buri--cashews, dried pine ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2007

    Pillows and Booze Come to Pratt

    Usually, trail mix is just an excuse to pick the chocolate chips out of a bag of nuts. But these trail mixes, from Sahale Snacks, are delicious. There are six different varieties, of which my favorites are Ksar--pistachios, dried figs, sunflower seeds and harissa--and Sing Buri--cashews, dried pine ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2007

    Mother's Day Round-up

    Usually, trail mix is just an excuse to pick the chocolate chips out of a bag of nuts. But these trail mixes, from Sahale Snacks, are delicious. There are six different varieties, of which my favorites are Ksar--pistachios, dried figs, sunflower seeds and harissa--and Sing Buri--cashews, dried pine ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2007

    A Sandwich to Cure Your Hangover

    Usually, trail mix is just an excuse to pick the chocolate chips out of a bag of nuts. But these trail mixes, from Sahale Snacks, are delicious. There are six different varieties, of which my favorites are Ksar--pistachios, dried figs, sunflower seeds and harissa--and Sing Buri--cashews, dried pine ... More >>

  • NYC Life

    July 18, 2006

    International Ice Cream

    Introducing Kulfi, India's favorite popsicle

  • Books

    September 20, 2005

    The Great Unknown

    Strong motion: tracking Richard Stern's seismic fictions and world-cramming ambition

  • NYC Life

    August 2, 2005

    Sesame Sweet

    Allergy news bad for sesame lovers

  • Dining

    January 21, 2003

    From Guerrero

    In Harlem, Mole Makes the Meal

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    July 18, 2000

    Kasbah Rocks

    In Harlem, Mole Makes the Meal

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