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Our 10 Best Restaurants Near Brookyn's Barclays Center

The Velveeta double burger at No. 7 is perfect pre-sports fare. One of the first impressions you'll get of the Barclays Center is how stunning the exterior of the building is, and how proud you feel exiting the subway and seeking out the front doors. But once inside, you'll find a cramped interior ... More >>

Bobwhite Gives You the Bird

In a nice way, with some Southern cooking

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 >>

Tacos Cachanilla: Pass Me the Pigskin

A visit to one of the city's most evolved taquerias

Farrah Abraham: The Salem Of Teen Mom?

This week's candidate for The Internet's Worst Song Ever (At Least Until The Next One) is the inaugural musical offering from an MTV reality star: Teen Mom's Farrah Abraham. The young mother released the more-processed-than-Velveeta "Getting Up From Rock Bottom" on Friday, and before you could say " ... More >>

Spring Guide 2012: Which 'Wich?

Spring for some one-hand sammy classics

Wrath of the Titans

La Mar Cebicheria Peruana: Raw Power

A Peruvian transplant is pleased to ceviche you

Our 10 Best Things to Eat on MacDougal Street in Greenwich Village, NYC

​The four-cheese mac-and-cheese at Macaroni, Macaroni is engagingly crunchy. If you haven't been on the stretch of MacDougal Street between Houston and West 4th in a while, you need to pay a visit. This student haunt and historic refuge of Bohos from John Reed to Bob Dylan has lately become ... More >>

Best of 2011 Eats & Treats: Dessert Edition

​It's finally here! Our Best of 2011 issue hit kiosks today. It's chock-full of great things to eat and drink. Wondering what the city's best Liberian and Hawaiian restaurants are? We've got you covered. New York's best uses for Velveeta and kimchi? Yep, we've got that, too. Space limite ... More >>

Cheesecake Factory Ranked Consumer Fave, Again; Only 2% of Food Imports Inspected

Kraft is recalling three flavors of Velveeta Shells & Cheese single-serve microwavable cups due to possible thin wire bristle pieces in the cups. [Chicago Tribune] In a widespread market survey, consumers ranked the Cheesecake Factory their favorite casual-dining restaurant for the second year in a ... More >>

That Tainted Turkey Is Still Out There; A Call for Global Salt Intake Reduction

​That salmonella-tainted turkey that's been going around? It's sickened more people, at least 107 in 31 states by now. [US News and World Report] Kraft is promoting its new Velveeta Cheesy Skillets, a line of just-add-meat pasta dinner kits, with a series of ads that invite women to "use thei ... More >>

Empellon--Alex Stupak's Big Experiment

Can a renowned pastry chef make a decent taco?

Donald Trump Was Sued By The Justice Department For Racial Discrimination

​Animated lump of Velveeta cheese Donald Trump has a bit of a race problem! The Huffington Post has a rundown of a number of racist things Trump has emitted from that smug little mouth, plus this big embarrassing blight: Trump's real-estate company, Trump Management Corporation, was sued by the Ju ... More >>

In a Salute to Eater's Burger Week 2011, Fork in the Road Offers 5 Off-the-Wall Burgers

​The #1 Veggie Burger at Elevation Burger is all orange and ricey. We've snuck peeks at Eater's week-long burger coverage somewhat enviously, but our peeking has also made us want to get into the act. Accordingly, here are some of the more perverse burgers we've encountered over the last few ... More >>

Mable's Smokehouse—We Meat Again

Williamsburg gets itself another good barbecue joint

Make Rockography's Deep-Fried PB&J, Like Ted Cipollone

Rockography's PB&J​The new rock-themed restaurant Rockography (504 Sixth Avenue) screams 'extreme.' Menu items include the Bad-Ass Veggie Burger, the F.U. Burger (topped with fried tomato, onion rings, maple bacon, pickles, fried egg, and Velveeta sauce), and Yo' Momma's Meatloaf. In your face ... More >>

Obscure Foods in Unexpected Places: Chili con Queso at Mable's Smokehouse

​Chili con Queso, a Texas staple served with corn chips. When I was a student at the University of Texas, everyone knew how to make chili con queso, and did. This Tex-Mex staple is arrived at by opening a can of Ro*tel chilies, ripping open the silver foil surrounding a brick of Velveeta, me ... More >>

Open & Closed: Say Hello to Bierhaus; Goodbye to Vince & Eddie's

Restaurants and bars, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week. Rocco Ancarola has ended his partnership in Greenwich Village gastropub Rabbit in the Moon. The place was quickly sold and renamed The State Room. [NY Post] The Chelsea location of 'Swich is c ... More >>

Sietsema's 10 Favorite SXSW Austin Area Restaurant Recommendations for New Yorkers Heading to the Festival

​Migas at Cisco's is a "don't miss" Austin dish if ever there were one, served with your choice of tortillas or piping hot homemade biscuits. (Ask for both.) Last year I made some Austin restaurant recommendations for friends traveling to SXSW, the yearly music and interactive extravaganza i ... More >>

Cholulita Sells Smut Under the J Tracks

Corn smut, that is. A Bed-Stuy bodega's authentic Pueblan food.

Veggie Burger #1 vs. Veggie Burger #2 at Elevation Burger

​On the left, Veggie Burger #2; on the right, Veggie Burger #1. It's de rigueur nowadays for any burger joint to offer a veggie burger, usually something surreptitiously pulled from the freezer case. Fourteenth Street newcomer Elevation Burger departs from the norm by offering not one but tw ... More >>

Burger King Jalapeno & Cheddar Stuffed Steakhouse — Reinventing Meatloaf

​Though the bun displays more buoyancy, the BK Jalapeno & Cheddar Stuffed Steakhouse resembles a standard burger -- minus the pickles and onions. For the last couple of decades, to make their products seem more "natural," fast-food franchises have shunned fillers and chemical additives. Befo ... More >>

Marketers Are Totally Judging You Based on the TV Shows You Watch

​AdAge has a fascinating little piece on what TV shows you watch and how that relates to the brands you like, based on information from "psychographic" (eek) "ad targeter" Mindset Media. The data was self-reported by about 25,000 TV viewers across 70-plus shows, most of which ended up attract ... More >>

He Sleeps With the Pringles: 'Tommy Shots' Gioeli, Colombo Crime Family Big, on Killer Diet

​Being charged with five gang land murders that could lead to the death penalty would make anybody nervous. So it's little wonder that Colombo crime family big Thomas (Tommy Shots) Gioeli has been craving a little comfort food while awaiting trial. But, as the Daily News' John Marzulli reports ... More >>

The Blogroll Gazette: The Vendy Effect & What Will Padma's Baby Look Like?

This week in food blogs... Eat Me Daily noticed a food corp-funded ad that asks "When did the Big Apple become Big Brother?" meant as a response to the city's "Pouring on the Pounds" ads. The Food Section discovered that Kraft has hired a team of mom-bloggers to come up with Velveeta recipes. A H ... More >>

Tipsy Parson Will Woo You With Pimento Cheese and Frozen Mint Juleps

New York PostTasha Garcia Gibson​For the past five years, Tasha Garcia Gibson and Julie Taras Wallach's first restaurant, Little Giant, has lured hungry hoards to Broome Street with the promise of chicken liver mousse, deviled eggs, and lots and lots of pork. Later this month, Garcia Gibson an ... More >>

Our Ten Best--Tacos

Rough-hewn corn tortillas constitute our connection with Mexico's remote past, when women slaked tiny ears of corn with lye procured from blackened seashells to make masa. To put in those tortillas, they made chile-rich sauces, while their husbands sojourned in search of wild boar, crunchy insects, ... More >>

How Can American Idol Still Be On?

Come on, people, how can that predictable parade of wannabes still be clogging my set on a regular basis? I mean, we've long known exactly what we're going to get with this show every week: Simon's robo-bitchiness, like a wind-up doll who tries to bite your head off. Paula's ditsiness--she's ba ... More >>

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