January 2009 - Posts

• Spotlight: Putting Capital at the Top of the Menu

  With the economy in a tailspin and credit tight, restaurants across the country are feeling the pinch, but perhaps nowhere more so than in Manhattan. Read More... Posted Jan 31 2009, 03:55 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, Manhattan (NYC), Subprime Mortgage Crisis

• Diners to Get a Quick Guide to Cleanliness

  For the first time, the health department will compel New York City’s nearly 25,000 restaurants to publicly post inspectors’ cleanliness ratings. Read More... Posted Jan 30 2009, 11:09 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, Ratings and Rating Systems, Health and Mental Hygiene Department (NYC)

• Shaken & Stirred: Name Your Drink

  The Murricane is named after someone funny, but the drink is downright serious. Read More... Posted Jan 30 2009, 09:39 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Alcoholic Beverages, Cocktails, Aykroyd, Dan, Murray, Bill

• Good Eating/east 60s: The Power of Prix Fixe

  Some restaurants in the East 60s set aside room on the menu for bargains. Read More... Posted Jan 30 2009, 09:16 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Cooking and Cookbooks, Restaurants, Upper East Side (NYC)

• Reading New York: The Bagel, the Lobster and the World’s ‘Luckiest Man’

  A new book celebrates the bagel as cultural phenomenon as well as culinary delight. Read More... Posted Jan 30 2009, 09:15 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Books and Literature, Bagels, Balinska, Maria

• The Moment: Tastemaker: Pastry Chef Christina Tosi

  Christina Tosi is known for her inspired interpretations of sweet treats, such as something called the Compost Cookie, at the Momofuku Milk Bar. Read More... Posted Jan 30 2009, 02:48 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine

• Diner's Journal: Sacre Bleu!

  Federal tariffs will make the price of Roquefort cheese soar. Read More... Posted Jan 30 2009, 02:38 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine

• Diner's Journal: Skin Deep Beauty

  Tofu skin worth blogging about. Read More... Posted Jan 30 2009, 02:37 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine

• The Pour: Drinking With a Deer

  Wines with venison. Read More... Posted Jan 30 2009, 02:37 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine

• The Moment: Worst Ever In-Flight Food?

  This unappetizing in-flight meal and broken monitor inspired an amusing letter to Virgin Atlantic. I gave up on airline food a long time ago, at least in economy, which is generally my lot in life. I mean, even before the flight-as-commodity-rather-than... Posted Jan 30 2009, 02:36 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine

• Bitten: Flavorful Pasta - and No Work

  This easy pasta with gorgonzola is a good fast winter dish. Read More... Posted Jan 30 2009, 02:36 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine

• Upper West Side Journal: Going Up? Don’t Be So Sure

  Shoppers at the Fairway on the Upper West Side seem willing to put up with its notoriously slow, cramped elevator. Read More... Posted Jan 30 2009, 12:08 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Fairway Supermarkets, Upper West Side (NYC), Elevators and Escalators

• Bites: Restaurant Review: Mondo Konoba in Croatia

  This is what eating in the Old World should feel like. Just be warned that you’ll have to work for it. Read More... Posted Jan 30 2009, 10:11 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, Travel and Vacations, Croatia

• A Good Appetite: Braised Rabbit, Easier on the Fat

  A combination of rabbit, carrots and mustard, slowly cooked, eliminates the need for large amounts of fat. Read More... Posted Jan 30 2009, 10:10 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Recipes, Cooking and Cookbooks, Meat, Rabbit

• An Appetite for Venice

  Though this novel is steeped in Renaissance arcana, it’s the food that really counts. Read More... Posted Jan 30 2009, 09:10 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Food, Books and Literature, Book of Un­holy Mischief, The (Book), Venice (Italy), Newmark, Elle, Electronic Books and Readers