Sardinia

Wine, Snacks, and Naps May Be Secrets to Long Life

A wonderful Times story about the residents of the small, self-sufficient Greek island of Ikaria explores the simple magic of getting together for good food and drink, and how the pleasures of the table may have something to do with the residents' long lives, good health, and sharp minds. Dan Buett ... More >>

Scientology on the High Seas: Posing as Archaeology Students for the Sardinians

In November we started a new feature here on Fridays: the Voice has obtained hundreds of copies of L. Ron Hubbard's previously unpublished "Orders of the Day," which he gave to crew members as he sailed the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Our documents cover the period from late 1968 through 1971, a ... More >>

Robert Sietsema at Boulud Sud; Lauren Shockey at Hospoda

This week in the Voice, Robert Sietsema is impressed by Boulud Sud: "Despite a few missteps, this is summer cooking par excellence, and the lightness of the food combined with the smallness of the portions means you won't drift away bloated into the sultry summer evening." Lauren Shockey falls for H ... More >>

River Deli: New Sardinian Food in Brooklyn Heights

Steamed asparagus with béchamel, prosciutto, and Sardinian bread​River Deli sits on a bucolic stretch of Joralemon Street just a block from the East River, where leafy trees obscure the rush of the nearby BQE. Last night the new restaurant was bustling with a steady stream of neighbors stoppi ... More >>

The Gramercy Pork Hotel: Maialino

Danny Meyer pigs out at his latest restaurant

Boom

An Italian Wine Bar in the Making for Brooklyn Heights

​ The Iris Cafe isn't the only new tenant of the Riverside Apartment complex on Columbia Place: Down the block, the old River Deli space will soon be home to an Italian wine bar, according to one of Iris's proprietors.

Our 10 Best: NYC Wine Bars

​ Tin ceiling, marble bar, rows of wine bottles glinting in the candle light--what could be cozier than a wine bar late in the evening? (Shown: Gottino, in the West Village) Menupages.com lists 110 wine bars in the city. From our perambulations around town, frequently stumbling on wine bars i ... More >>

Market Watch: Di Palo Dairy's New Italian Delicatessen

​ Nothing better for a picnic than a thick slice of porchetta. Along with other fans of the city's greatest Italian cheese store, I sat on the edge of my seat awaiting the outcome of Di Palo Dairy's historic expansion. A second storefront was to be incorporated into the cheese store, while a ... More >>

Morgenthau Nails Wire-Transfer Schemers; Bloomberg Yawns

Keeping It Real

An overlooked oeuvre harks back to Italian cinema's postwar heyday

Perfect Worlds: Nature House

Message in a Bottle

Rustic eccentrics wax philosophical and 'terroirists' denounce globalizers in wine doc

Where's Lardo?

East Village Roman attempts to answer the perpetual question

Early Spring

A Brooklyn waitstaff, a sullen teen athlete, and a crying camel step into the spotlight

I, JP

A Contest to Decide Who Looks Most Like the Fake Version of a Real Velásquez Portrait

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