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Elaine Kaufman, the owner of the eponymous Upper East Side restaurant that for decades has served as a second home to legions of writers, died earlier this afternoon. The Post reports that Kaufman, who was 81, died from complications of emphysema.
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This week in food blogs ...
Eater took a look at what the chefs are wearing in and out of the kitchen.
Grub Street offered its holiday gift guide to regional food items.
Midtown Lunch noted that Boi changed its name to ... wait for it ... Foodie.A...
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No Asian fusion for now ...
The opening of Michael Huynh's new Vietnamese-Cuban-Mexican joint, Chinito, has run into some delays and still isn't open yet, despite previous reports. So when will it open? "I don't know ..." we were told when we st...
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Going south.
Just as Five Napkin Burger's eponymous offerings have been filling out waistlines for the past two years, its co-founder, Simon Oren, likewise has expansion on his mind.
The Times reports that Oren, who's also one of the partners behi...
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Food in Mouth has added more ammunition to the pie-vs.-cupcake skirmish that we in the food blogosphere like to pretend is laying waste to bakeries across the land:
Look, I love pies and all. They're neat. They come in circles or semi-triangles de...
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Have a tip or restaurant-related news? Send it to fork@villagevoice.com.
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But that isn't the case here: While Shandaken's proprietor Craig Thompson showers his bar with nuts (pistachios, pecans, and walnuts), seeds (pumpkin and sunflower), and shredded unsweetened coconut, he wisely builds its foundation out of caramel sho...
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Can we call you Ruthony?
CHOW is getting a new columnist in Ruth Bourdain, the elusive and still unknown Twitter persona whose Tweets are an amusing mash-up of those of Ruth Reichl and Anthony Bourdain. So what will Ms. (Mr.?) Bourdain be doing?B...
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Restaurants and bars, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week.
Chiam Chinese Cuisine, known for its tasty dumplings, has shuttered after 19 years in operation in Midtown East.
[Zagat Buzz]
Orologio in the ...
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Bees, the right color.
Remember the story about the mysteriously red bees? Well -- big surprise -- it turns out that bees are just as drawn to artificial sweeteners as humans are. Bees from several local hives were caught dipping into the red mara...
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I always have an amazing time when sojourning in Staten Island, but the experience often turns gothic at some point. That was the case recently when I recruited a friend who scouts movie and photo locations to join me on a re-visit to Killmeyer's, an...
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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 ...
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Having grown up in New York City (a whole three blocks from the esteemed Village Voice office), I suppose that I was once one of those "mysterious beings, rarely sighted and only occasionally understood, like pixies or magical small butlers." Really,...
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Queens food pantries have seen a 90 percent increase in demand this year, but almost 60 percent of them didn't have enough food to meet it.
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Dan Barber of Blue Hill is among a growing list of top chefs who are teaching food-sc...
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Better than a kitten calendar.
Going to a locavore holiday party this weekend and don't know what to get the hosts? Why, a seasonal produce calendar, of course!
This lovely 2011 calendar from Pie Bird Press features sleek graphic images of differe...
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Speaking of chains: It seems that Artichoke's recent expansion to Tenth Avenue and to MacDougal Street is but the tip of a very large ice pick.
In an interview with Grub Street, Francis Garcia, one of the pizzeria's owners, says that Pizza Hut "had ...
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Will the Odeon, bastion of '80s chic, make my list? After all, I was a pretty cool four-year-old.
The cult of the new is a sometimes sad yet omnipresent fact of life when it comes to food writing. It's imperative to know and report on the newes...
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Extra Place, 1978.
As of today, Extra Place is one step closer to becoming a consumerist fantasia, thanks to the opening of Oaxaca Tacos.
Bowery Boogie reports that the restaurant is the fourth opened by the Brooklyn-based company, which has lo...
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Ask away!
Wondering where to take your out-of-town grandparents for dinner when they visit? Want to know the city's best spot for drunk food? Dying to learn our favorite Four Loko flavor? Now's your chance to ask the critics! Email us at fork@vil...
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While trend forecasters have been eager to name a dessert-world successor to the cupcake, perhaps they should be looking at a map instead of inside a display case. Because if the fine folks at the Gap and Ford have anything to say about it, Brooklyn ...
