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Blogs
April 30, 2012
The Wall Street Journal Gets Africa Wrong
There's an interesting story in The Wall Street Journal about how we should get ready for a "Nigerian P.F. Chang's" because African food is the next big thing.There is only one largely unexplored continent left -- and it isn't Antarctica. With the exception of North African and Ethiopian cuisine, th ... More >>
Books
March 28, 2012
Spring Guide 2012: Granta Eyes the African Short Story
Continental rift
Dining
March 21, 2012
Kaia: Please Boer Me
Happily, New York gets some more South African food
Voice Choices
March 21, 2012
Nneka
Happily, New York gets some more South African food
Blogs
March 13, 2012
Choice Eats 2012: A Few Snapshots
One innovation this year was the appearance of cafeteria trays, enabling one to amass several dishes at once, and then enjoy them. This guy told me, "I got mine on the Bowery for $2." The Fifth Annual Choice Eats tasting event was underway in one form or another from 5:30 to 9pm this evening. Ther ... More >>
Blogs
March 2, 2012
French Smash Comedy Hits NYC!
The Rendez-Vous With French Cinema series at Lincoln Center kicked off last night with a gala showing of the French smash The Intouchables, with Francois Cluzet as a disabled rich aesthete who bonds against all odds with his boisterous, lowbrow, lovable Senegalese caretaker (Cesar winner Omar Sy). ... More >>
Blogs
February 29, 2012
Andy Rourke of The Smiths to DJ at Choice Eats; Sixth and Final Group of Participating Restaurants Announced
Fork in the Road is proud to announce former Smiths bass guitarist and veteran DJ Andy Rourke will be spinning the wheels of steel at this year's Choice Eats tasting event. Which raises the question: Can you pogo while eating?
Blogs
February 23, 2012
Oh, Happy Day! Choice Eats Unveils Even More Restaurants
The Village Voice's fifth annual tasting event is rapidly approaching, and if you haven't yet purchased your tickets, here are seven more reasons why you should. Choice Eats has just announced that Despaña, Four & Twenty Blackbirds, Jimmy's No. 43, Nunu Chocolates, Peppa's Jerk Chicken, Xe M ... More >>
Blogs
February 15, 2012
Updated: Choice Eats Announces Additional Participants, Still More Coming Up
Mile End's legendary smoked-meat poutine, with curds and gravy, of course. Choice Eats proudly announces the fourth group of restaurants, bakeries, and other purveyors of delicious foodstuffs to its Tuesday, March 13 festival line-up. Newcomers include: Bep, Brooklyn Brine Co., Fay Da Bake ... More >>
Blogs
February 8, 2012
More Choice Eats Restaurants Revealed!
It's time to invest in that pair of elastic sweatpants you've had your eye on. The third round of restaurants participating in The Village Voice's tasting event, Choice Eats, is out -- and, boy, is it a tasty bunch.
Blogs
January 31, 2012
Choice Eats 2012: Second Group of Participants Announced
The celebrated stuffed eggplant at Bay Ridge's Tanoreen, one of the festival participants The Village Voice has announced a second group of 17 restaurant, bakery, and chocolatier participants for its Choice Eats food festival. These join the 21 announced last Wednesday, bringing the total to 38 so ... More >>
Blogs
January 5, 2012
Chopped Dollars And Screwed Emails: Songs Of The 419 Scams
If you have an email address, you've probably received at least one poorly written message that promises you a cut of some large sum of money if you'll just be so kind as to help out with a quick loan that will pay some of that windfall's processing fees. These attempts at fraud—known a ... More >>
Voice Choices
October 26, 2011
'Que Bajo'
If you have an email address, you've probably received at least one poorly written message that promises you a cut of some large sum of money if you'll just be so kind as to help out with a quick loan that will pay some of that windfall's processing fees. These attempts at fraud—known a ... More >>
Film
October 19, 2011
Dream Act: Town Rallies to Help an Immigrant in Utopian Le Havre
If you have an email address, you've probably received at least one poorly written message that promises you a cut of some large sum of money if you'll just be so kind as to help out with a quick loan that will pay some of that windfall's processing fees. These attempts at fraud—known a ... More >>
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October 7, 2011
Nobel Peace Prize Goes to Three Women
The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to three women: Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian activist Leymah Gbowee, and Yemeni rights campaigner Tawakkul Karman. They're being recognized "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full partici ... More >>
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July 28, 2011
Live: Seun Kuti Heats Things Up At S.O.B.'s
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 S.O.B.'s Wednesday, July 27 Better than: FELA! on Broadway. It's not hard to see why Oluseun Anikulapo Kuti—"Seun" (SHAY-oon) for short—was asked to star in the musical about his bandleader father that, after a stint on Broadway that ended this year, is now ... More >>
Dining
July 6, 2011
Chelsea's Banana Leaf Sails to the Island of Strange Starches
A new Sri Lankan restaurant slings hoppers, woodapples, and pittu
Voice Choices
June 15, 2011
PRAISE IN THE TERMINAL
Mbalax's finest stops by the Blue Note Jazz Fest
Blogs
May 20, 2011
Ask the Critics: What Are Some Good Online Resources to Send Food Gifts?
FoodzieWho doesn't want a big box of food?Maya L. Asks: I'm looking for a birthday gift for my food-loving partner. If it were up to me, I'd send him a picnic basket full of lobster rolls from the Lobster Pound and booze to his workplace in Midtown...but I'm in Senegal and out of the loop. D ... More >>
Blogs
May 10, 2011
Download: Blitz The Ambassador's Sun-Drenched "Best I Can"
"It ain't where you from, it's where you at," intones Chuck D himself on the fourth album by rapper/producer Blitz The Ambassador. Blitz is originally from Ghana's capital city of Accra, and currently resides in Brooklyn, but the otherworldly rhythms and triple-speed rhymes of Native Sun (Emb ... More >>
Blogs
May 6, 2011
Our 10 Best West African Restaurants in NYC
The peanut-dusted lamb kebabs called suya from northern Nigeria, available at Brooklyn's Buka In the late 80s, the typical Senegalese immigrant was a guy who furtively sold counterfeit watches and handbags on the street. He took his meals at temporary restaurants set up in SRO hotels rooms ... More >>
Blogs
February 26, 2011
No. 19: Cheb at Dibiterie Cheikh
What a colorful heap of food is Senegalese cheb! Known more formally as tiebou dienn ("cheb-oo-zhenn") in the Wolof language, cheb is the national dish of Senegal. Consisting of a massive heap of red rice topped with stuffed fish and a vegetable cornucopia, cheb seems almost a modern dish, ... More >>
Blogs
February 11, 2011
Get Your Ticket and Start Dieting Now: A Choice Eats Update
Time to invest in a pair of pants with an elastic waistband. The good folks over at Choice Eats have informed us that 82 restaurants and eateries are currently participating in what's shaping up to be the best tasting event of all time.
Music
November 10, 2010
Janka Nabay, the Bubu King, Grows in Brooklyn
A Sierra Leone superstar finds a new place to preach his country's musical gospel
Voice Choices
September 22, 2010
Jay-Z+Alicia Keys+Janelle Monae+Sade
A Sierra Leone superstar finds a new place to preach his country's musical gospel
Blogs
August 16, 2010
Dish No. 73: Baklava at Güllüoglu
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: Baklava at Güllüoglu.
Blogs
August 1, 2010
Dish No. 86: Fried Chicken with Two Sides at Soul Fixins
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: Fried chicken with two sides ($8.95) at Soul Fixins
Blogs
July 30, 2010
Dish No. 87: Katsudon at Ennju
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: Katsudon with miso soup ($9) at Ennju
Blogs
July 28, 2010
Dish #89: First Prize Pie's Peanut Butter Pretzel Pie
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: Peanut butter pretzel pie ($6) from First Prize Pies
Blogs
July 27, 2010
Dish No. 90: Spicy Miso Ramen at Ramen Setagaya
Spicy miso ramenWelcome 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: Spicy miso ramen ($10.50) from Ramen Setagaya.
Blogs
July 26, 2010
Dish #91: Porchetta's Roasted Carrots
While Porchetta is far from a vegetarian paradise, Sara Jenkins applies the same thoughtful care to her vegetable sides as she does to the lusty hunks of pork that are her tiny shop's main attraction.
Blogs
July 25, 2010
Dish #92: Sausage and Egg Breakfast at La Bonbonniere
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: Sausage and Egg Breakfast ($9.40) at La Bonbonniere
Blogs
July 23, 2010
Dish #93:The Terrine Board at the Breslin Bar and Dining Room
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: The Terrine Board ($42) at the Breslin Bar and Dining Room
Blogs
July 21, 2010
Dish #95: The Beauty at Mile End
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: The Beauty ($11) from Mile End.
Blogs
July 18, 2010
Dish #98: Nigerian Goat Stew From Baku
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: Nigerian goat stew ($7) from Baku
Voice Choices
July 13, 2010
AFRICAN BEAT
Bring your vuvuzelas to Prospect Park
Blogs
July 13, 2010
Fwd: Excessive Emailing Is Bad For the Environment
Apparently, it's time to reduce your Unsolicited Carbon Footprint -- spam emails release over 20 million tons of CO2 per year, approximately .3 grams per message, as this Woork Up infographic tells us. Though the exact science of the whole process isn't revealed, this is good validation again ... More >>
Film
July 6, 2010
Predators, a Robert Rodriguez-Produced Sequel
This action-flick's pretense is like "Satisfaction" for bar cover-bands—if you hit most of the notes, it'll do
Blogs
June 30, 2010
Buka Gets a Liquor License in Time for the Big Ghana-Uruguay Match
Chantal MartineauBuka gets booze. It may be positioning itself as "the most authentic Nigerian restaurant" in the city, or so say the business cards, but Buka in Clinton Hill actually has more of a Brooklyn bar feel. Instead of your usual African restaurant accoutrements -- masks, colorful p ... More >>
Blogs
June 4, 2010
Buka Invites You to Sweat It Out Over Nigerian Pepper Soup
Some like it fiery.On a sticky summer's day, the last thing you are likely to be craving is hot soup. But, like Indians with their tea, Africans will sip a steaming bowl, which causes the body to perspire and, eventually, cool down. At the newly opened West African restaurant Buka, on Fulton ... More >>
Blogs
May 5, 2010
Robert Sietsema at Maima's; Sarah DiGregorio at Paulie Gee's
This week in the Voice, Robert Sietsema has the "one of the hottest things" he's tasted all year: Liberian pepper shrimp at Maima's in Jamaica, Queens. Sarah DiGregorio samples the pie at Paulie Gee's, where the crust "burrows into your brain -- a stretchy, bubbly, char-spotted pillow of a bread, th ... More >>
Dining
May 4, 2010
Set Sail for Maima's Pepper Coast
Munching shrimp heads at New York's only Liberian restaurant
Blogs
April 19, 2010
West African Buffet at Fatima in Crown Heights
Served with polished white rice, sauce de feuilles is the national dish of Guinea. When Fatima opened in Crown Heights six years ago, it was the city's best Guinean restaurant, offering two or three home-style dishes per day, served with a massive plate of polished white rice. But in common ... More >>
Blogs
April 2, 2010
West African Pepper Shrimp from Maima's in Jamaica, Queens
The incendiary, mouth-searing, mind-bogglingly-hot pepper shrimp at Maima's. It always happens. No sooner had I assembled a collection of the hottest dishes available in city restaurants for the Spring Supplement, than I stumbled on another that put the others to shame.
Blogs
March 12, 2010
Say Hello to Betel; Goodbye to Blarney Stone
The owners of Westside Market have opened Vareli, a Mediterranean restaurant and wine bar in Morningside Heights. Expect Italian-flavored small plates, panini, and lotsa wine. [TONY] Betty's has opened in the space formerly known as Boucarou, featuring a retractable-roofed husk, red banquettes, and ... More >>
Music
November 17, 2009
West Africa Story: Fela! on Broadway
A fantastic new musical will soon find out just how fantastic it has to be to survive
Voice Choices
June 24, 2009
Oumou Sangare+Les Nubians+Asa
A fantastic new musical will soon find out just how fantastic it has to be to survive
Voice Choices
May 27, 2009
Earl Greyhound+Simi+SwEEtie
A fantastic new musical will soon find out just how fantastic it has to be to survive
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