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February 7, 2012
Happy 200th Birthday, Charles Dickens! The Five Best Food and Drink Quotes From His Books
Charles Dickens (February 7, 1812 - June 9, 1870)Say hello to Charles Dickens on his 200th birthday, a man known for his appreciation of food, who was regularly feted at the best restaurants in the U.S. when he passed through on book tours. In New York he was a regular at Delmonico's, where a ... More >>
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December 28, 2011
TRACKING DEVICE
New works from around the world
Blogs
November 24, 2011
Thanksgiving Round-Up: Chef Reminiscences! Recipes! Crazy Stories!
Here at Fork in the Road, we've been hammering pretty hard on Turkey Day this year, and here is a summary of the pieces we've posted for your retrospective pleasure. Have a great holiday! Jacques Pépin Reveals His Thanksgiving Turkey Secrets Make Stephanie Izard's Green Bean Casserole Make ... More >>
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November 7, 2011
Turkey's Nest Tavern, Beloved Bedford Ave Bar, Closed for Health Violations, Plans To Reopen Wednesday
Creative Commons via BitchcakesBurrrrrp!Have no fear, Williamsburg lushes. Even though the Turkey's Nest, the Bedford Avenue drinking hovel made famous by its take-out margaritas and bathtub-sized beers, has been shuttered since last Wednesday, the old-school bastion of neighborhood degenerates is, ... More >>
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October 17, 2011
Where Can I Get Turkish-Style Bureks?
The boureka at Gazala Place, with a side of babaganoushA Reader Asks: Where can I get a Turkish burek? Not the little finger-shaped sigara bureka, but the kind my relatives in Turkey made -- little triangular ones made with filo dough. Dear Reader: That's a good question. Throughout the Balk ... More >>
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July 25, 2011
Marty Markowitz Fined $20,000 for Taking His Wife on Free Trips to Turkey, the Netherlands
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz is in trouble, to the tune of $20,000, for accepting free travel and other accommodations for his wife, Jamie, on recent trips to Turkey and the Netherlands. The city's Conflicts of Interests board ruled that Markowitz is allowed to accept free trave ... More >>
Film
March 23, 2011
Bal: Where Nothing and Everything Happens
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz is in trouble, to the tune of $20,000, for accepting free travel and other accommodations for his wife, Jamie, on recent trips to Turkey and the Netherlands. The city's Conflicts of Interests board ruled that Markowitz is allowed to accept free trave ... More >>
Blogs
January 3, 2011
The Opulent Organs of Western Beef
Here's looking at you, kid -- I mean piglet. Organ meats, also known as offal or by the more all-inclusive category of variety meats, form a perpetual topic of conversation among food fanciers. Some love 'em. Some hate 'em. But no one is completely indifferent. Many chefs have fooled around ... More >>
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December 1, 2010
Handy Fat Rolls Conceal Stolen Goodies for Enterprising Oklahoma Ladies
Here's one deserving the WTF tag, if there ever was. Two women have been arrested for shoplifting at a TJ Maxx in Oklahoma. This wasn't any boring old garden variety put-that-lipstick-in-your-purse shoplifting! Oh, no. They managed to shove four pairs of boots, three pairs of jeans, a wallet, ... More >>
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November 30, 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 ... Robe ... More >>
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November 24, 2010
The 9 Most Hideous Thanksgiving-Themed Tchotchkes
Happy Thanksgiving! Time to be thankful you don't own any of these items. Here, we've identified the 9 Thanksgiving-themed tchotchkes that frighten us the most. (Sorry to the creators of said items, but we are thankful that you possess the genius and home craftsmanship/manufacturing prowess t ... More >>
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September 8, 2010
STRING SEMINAR
The beauty of classical bows and plucks
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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 >>
Voice Choices
April 20, 2010
Que Bajo?!
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 >>
Voice Choices
February 2, 2010
New York Gypsy All-Stars & Husnu Senlendirici
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 >>
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December 31, 2009
Vegetarian (and Vegan) Delights of NYC: Samosas at Curry in a Hurry
One of the great cheap vegetarian meals of the city is a pair of potato samosas--it would be vegan, too, if you ignored the green sauce on the upper left. The samosa is one of India's great culinary achievements. Though it has antecedents in Turkey and Central Asia, the little hand-held pie ... More >>
Blogs
September 9, 2009
Orange 'Tomato' Eggplant Appears
Small pumpkins? No, eggplants! Recently arrived in area farmers markets is the orange Turkish eggplant, also known as the tomato eggplant for its resemblance to a tomato. The specimens gathered at Abingdon Square this past Saturday are firm-fleshed, and had to be set aside for a few days to ... More >>
Blogs
July 31, 2009
Smokers Fight, Kill for Rights in Turkey
Apparently smokers are way more protective of their rights in Turkey than they are here in New York. A fight broke out when a restaurant owner in Southwest Turkey ordered a group of customers to extinguish their cigarettes following a national indoor smoking ban, leaving the owner dead and h ... More >>
Voice Choices
June 17, 2009
'Istanbulive: The Sounds & Colors of Turkey'
Apparently smokers are way more protective of their rights in Turkey than they are here in New York. A fight broke out when a restaurant owner in Southwest Turkey ordered a group of customers to extinguish their cigarettes following a national indoor smoking ban, leaving the owner dead and h ... More >>
Dining
May 27, 2009
Getting Your Phreak On at Gazala Place
Unique Middle Eastern restaurant flowers in Hell's Kitchen
Voice Choices
March 25, 2009
JESUS IS MY HOMEBOY
Older than 33 need not apply
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February 22, 2009
Vegetarian Delights of NYC -- Boreks
Herein begins a new series highlighting the city's best vegetarian dishes. Spinach borek at Gazala Place, along with a side of the marvelous smoky babaganoush, laked with green olive oil (click to enjoy). The flaky pies variously called boureka, bureks, or boreks originated ... More >>
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December 22, 2008
Lynn Yaeger Gift Idea: Paul Mitchell Blago Brush
Herein begins a new series highlighting the city's best vegetarian dishes. Spinach borek at Gazala Place, along with a side of the marvelous smoky babaganoush, laked with green olive oil (click to enjoy). The flaky pies variously called boureka, bureks, or boreks originated ... More >>
Blogs
November 19, 2008
Post Claims Dive Bar Expertise, Produces Boring List
Herein begins a new series highlighting the city's best vegetarian dishes. Spinach borek at Gazala Place, along with a side of the marvelous smoky babaganoush, laked with green olive oil (click to enjoy). The flaky pies variously called boureka, bureks, or boreks originated ... More >>
News
July 23, 2008
At JFK, Erhan Yildirim Clears Corpses For Takeoff
A wing and a prayer
Blogs
June 23, 2008
World's No. 1 Thinker Lives in Philadelphia!
A wing and a prayer
Blogs
April 16, 2008
Our Man Sietsema and the Tough Old Cock
A wing and a prayer
Dining
April 15, 2008
Eating Cock at Brooklyn Greco-Turk
Yogurt and pine-nut delights in Bay Ridge
Books
February 13, 2007
Under Siege
Elif Shafak talks about her novel and the real trial of imaginary characters
Dining
May 9, 2006
Feta Blizzard
A real Bulgarian mehana touches down in Long Island City
Dining
May 24, 2005
Stinky Herb
The very best lamb chops in Astoria are not exactly Greek
News
April 5, 2005
Kurdistan Rising
For the pesh in northern Iraq, it's the birth of a nation—and they don't mean Iraq
Dance
September 21, 2004
Through Various Lenses, Dancers and Musicians From Across the Globe
For the pesh in northern Iraq, it's the birth of a nation—and they don't mean Iraq
NYC Life
September 14, 2004
Antique Motif: A New Bar Fit for a Prince (Or Even a Frog)
For the pesh in northern Iraq, it's the birth of a nation—and they don't mean Iraq
NYC Life
June 3, 2003
Don't Go in the Basement
For the pesh in northern Iraq, it's the birth of a nation—and they don't mean Iraq
News
March 4, 2003
The Price of Allies
Turkish Pols Caught Between Voters and U.S. Billions
News
March 4, 2003
Chronicle of a Gulf War Foretold
Did the Media Have a Choice?
News
February 18, 2003
Part Two: Code of the Kalashnikov
The Blood of Massacred Turkish Kurds Holds a Fearful Lesson for Those Who Would Flee Iraq
News
February 11, 2003
Part One: Crude Measures
At the Gates of a Global Oil Rush, Turkish Fishermen Threaten a Blockade
News
January 28, 2003
America, From Ally to 'World's Biggest Terrorist State'
Protesters in Turkey Tell Uncle Sam to Go Home
Dance
November 26, 2002
Far and Wide
Protesters in Turkey Tell Uncle Sam to Go Home
News
June 25, 2002
Sports
Protesters in Turkey Tell Uncle Sam to Go Home
Film
May 21, 2002
Waiting Games
Requiem for a Dream
Columns
August 21, 2001
Horoscope
Requiem for a Dream
Film
February 13, 2001
On the Map
International Geographic
Music
November 21, 2000
Where the Action Isn’t
International Geographic
News
September 5, 2000
Chaos Theory
In Pop Music, It’s Anyone's Guess
News
November 30, 1999
Nation
In Pop Music, It’s Anyone's Guess
News
June 1, 1999
Nation
In Pop Music, It’s Anyone's Guess
Dining
February 16, 1999
Royal Road
In Pop Music, It’s Anyone's Guess
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