Seafood

Cull & Pistol Opens in Chelsea Market; MP Taverna Hits Astoria

Michael Psilakis opened the latest version of MP Taverna in Astoria on Monday. Other outposts of the Greek restaurant have become popular in Roslyn, Long Island, and Irvington, N.Y. Psilakis told Flo Fab that lamb dumplings, a favorite from his original restaurants, and a Greek paella with seafood a ... More >>

Stock Dividends at Suzume and Ganso

Two new Brooklyn ramen joints break the mold

What's Happening This Week: Stone Crab Claw, Pre-Halloween Masquerade Party

Tuesday, October 16 Apple Festival. Alobar will be holding its first apple festival from now until the 21st in celebration of Cider Week. Chef Ian Kapitan will be offering a prix fixe menu for $35, available with an additional cider pairings for $50. It will also be holding a complimentary Glenmoran ... More >>

Fish Sangwich from Lake Trout, Dish #54

Welcome to 100 Dishes to Eat Now, the tasty countdown leading up to our "Best of 2012" issue. Tune in every day (weekends, too!) for a new dish from the Fork in the Road team. [See More 100 Dishes: Beef Hot Pot at Hou Yi, Dish #55 | Cellophane Noodles From Spicy Bampa, Dish #56 | Natu Kodi Biryani ... More >>

Peruvian Food Does Not Disappoint, Unlike New York's La Mar

Robert Sietsema​In 2008, I was working in Lima, Peru and had the unique opportunity to interview Gaston Acurio, the Limenan chef behind the wildly popular La Mar Cebicheria franchise. Acurio, who in 2008 was as famous in the Andean nation as Anthony Bourdain is in America, had already launche ... More >>

La Mar Cebicheria Peruana: Raw Power

A Peruvian transplant is pleased to ceviche you

Dish No. 51: The Red Hook Lobster Pound's Lobster Roll

Rebecca Marx​ Although lobster rolls have more or less hit their saturation point, truly excellent specimens remain a rarer breed. And so we're happy to have found one at the Red Hook Lobster Pound.

What's Happening This Week: Crayfish Celebration, Tomato Fest

Our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the hottest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! Krawfish Kräftor Party Red Rooster Harlem Monday, August 15 at 7 p.m. Join d.j. Kim Hastreiter, co-founder of Paper magazine, and chef Marcus Samuelsson in this celebration of cr ... More >>

Clam Chowder at Grand Central's Oyster Bar, One of NYC's Best Soups for 98 Years

​#22 of our 100 Days/100 Dishes count-up, and white like library paste, the Oyster Bar's New England clam chowder is one of the glories of Yankee cooking. Though not really part of New England (you have to go a few miles northeast to Connecticut to be part of that sainted realm), NYC can boa ... More >>

Top Chef: 'If Y'all Can Eat It, Y'all Can Fry It'

Paula just can't believe that Tiffany is from Beaumont, Texas.​ Oh, how we love Paula Deen. We may fear her food, her absolute media domination, and her line of wicker chairs, but we have nothing but respect for a woman who calls Richard Blaise "Mr. Hairdo" and makes sucking on shrimp "haids" ... More >>

No. 13: Brandade at Gottino

​The perfect wine bar meal -- salt-cod brandade and some char-striped toasts. Brandade is one of my favorite dishes. Its full name is brandade de morue, and it originated in Provence, though similar dishes can be found in many southern Mediterranean cuisines.

Jeffrey's Grocery Serves Up Lamb Shank and Toilet Paper

Gabriel Stulman offers you a seat at his high-end general store

What's Happening This Week: Countdown to Turkey Day

As you may know, our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! Thanksgiving Dinner Agua Dulce Thursday, November 25 Staying in the city this year? Spice up your T-Day with the flavors of the Caribbean, Central America, and Sout ... More >>

The New John Dory Will Be Bigger, Shinier, and Require You to Perch

The kind of John Dory that doesn't attract crowds.​With a mere seven days to go until the John Dory's second coming at the Ace Hotel, Diner's Journal has a few details to share. First, it will be bigger, shinier, and covered in black tile, with two fish tanks that will segregate fish from the ... More >>

Dish No. 20: Coleslaw at Pies 'n' Thighs

​ Welcome to 100 Dishes to Eat Now, Fork in the Road's handy list of some of our favorite dishes -- old standbys and new finds alike -- compiled daily. Today's pick: Coleslaw ($4) at Pies 'n' Thighs (166 South 4th Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn; 347-529-6090)

Bah Humbug: the DOH Bans Street Vendors From Selling Fish, Seafood, and Pre-Sliced Fruit and Vegetables

​ Just in time for the holidays, the Department of Health has gifted the mobile vending community with a big, fat lump of coal. Midtown Lunch has discovered that the DOH's newly repealed and reenacted Article 89 has prohibited the sale of fish, seafood, and shellfish by street vendors, as well ... More >>

'Top Chef': Consider the Spot Prawn

Bravo​After a week's hiatus, Top Chef was back in all its lurid glory, injecting viewers with its characteristic dose of pre-fabricated drama, grown-up babies with sleeve tattoos, and ill-prepared seafood. Last night's episode also gave us what was possibly Padma's worst choice of apparel yet ... More >>

The Fish in Your Filet-o-Fish is Both Ugly and Possibly Unsustainable

The hoki, known more commonly as a filet-o-fish.​The Times has a piece about the hoki, the homely yet delectable fish that's been the star of countless McDonald's filet-o-fish sandwiches and featured on the menus of chain restaurants like Denny's and Long John Silver's. The hoki, which lives i ... More >>

Appetizing in Borough Park, Brooklyn

From Schwartz Appetizing: Smoked sable, matjash herring and a whole smoked mackerel all for $23​ Found at Appetizing Plus: Smoked sable for $5 from local Brooklyn company Tuv Taam​ The best and most iconic New York appetizing shop is probably Russ and Daughters, but a few good alternativ ... More >>

Open & Closed--Say Hello to Superdive; Goodbye to Pere Pinard

Aureole, along with chef-owner Charlie Palmer and executive chef Christopher Lee, has relocated from its Upper East Side home to Bryant Park. A four-course prix-fixe for $115 is available in the main dining room, and a parallel a la carte menu is on offer in the bar room. [NY Times] Gus and Gabriel ... More >>

Under Review--Sietsema At Southern Spice; DiGregorio At Cure & Ballaro

This week in the Voice, Our Man Sietsema gets a hot spice injection at Southern Spice in Flushing, while Sarah DiGregorio goes cold-cut crazy at two new East Village charcuterie specialists. Bruni indulges in mussel mania at Canadian import Flex Mussels, which "approaches mussels the way Baskin-Rob ... More >>

Make Apiary's Citrus Cured Salmon Benedict

As promised in our weekly dining newsletter, we bring you the recipe for Citrus Cured Salmon Benedict with trout roe and hollandaise sauce on a grilled brioche from Scott Bryan, the chef at Apiary, which is still excited about its newish brunch menu. Says Chef Bryan about his dish: "I wanted to do ... More >>

Cleaning Oysters and Clams

Last week, our own Sarah DiGregorio taught us how to get cheap oysters and bubbles and shuck the oysters. This week, in our final cooking tip from Buddakan (75 Ninth Avenue) Exec Chef Lon Symensma,  we get advice on cleaning live oysters and clams. Symensma recommends placing the shelled creatu ... More >>

An Undercover Fish Market in Brooklyn

On an industrial block of Douglass Avenue between Third and Fourth Avenues in Gowanus, Brooklyn, you might notice a sign for DeMartino's Wholesale and Retail Fish Market outside one of the warehouses. Retail, sure, but it doesn't seem very welcoming--the one door into the warehouse is unmarked and ... More >>

Robb Walsh in the Oyster Bar with a Book

Valentine's Day is rife with cheesy, expensive events, but here's one that's different--both worthwhile and free--so put it on your calenders tout suite. On Thursday, February 12th, Robb Walsh, the superlative food writer on staff at our sister publication, the Houston Press, will be at the Grand Ce ... More >>

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Floundering

Sunset Park's most remarkable Cantonese justifies its reputation

David Pasternack's last meal

. . . will be made with crab goo

Grease Is Good!

Are lard, eggs, and fish tacos the new health foods?

The Big Easy Does It

Temptation awaits in New Orleans

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