December 2009 - Posts

• Company’s Record on Beef Treatment Questioned

  E. coli and salmonella have been found dozens of times in meat processed with a novel ammonia treatment. Read More... Posted Dec 31 2009, 04:52 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Agriculture Department, Meat, Food Contamination and Poisoning, Salmonella (Bacteria), Lunch and Breakfast Programs, E Coli (Bacteria), Beef Products Inc

• On Sales: Hoping They Buy, Whether to Celebrate or Forget

  A specialty wine shop in TriBeCa has reason for optimism for the New Year’s holiday as its business has rebounded. Read More... Posted Dec 30 2009, 11:57 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: New York City, Recession and Depression, Shopping and Retail

• Field Report: A Whey With Words

  Goat cheese comes wrapped in political humor at Vermont’s Lazy Lady Farm. Read More... Posted Dec 30 2009, 07:55 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Agriculture, Cheese, Vermont, Goats

• 30 Second Wine Advisor: A toast to Cremant

  Looking for something to uncork on New Year's Eve that's as elegant as Champagne, but you don't want to pay Champagne prices? Consider a Cremant. Read More... Posted Dec 30 2009, 02:50 PM by WineLoversPage.com

• Choice Tables: In Miami, Chefs Are the New Stars

  Food lovers no longer have to trade great meals for good weather in this sun-kissed American playground. Read More... Posted Dec 30 2009, 01:55 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, Travel and Vacations, Miami (Fla)

• Food Stuff: Italian Food for Sale in Little Italy, This Time via America

  All the “Italian” food at Torrisi Italian Specialties has been made in the United States, with an emphasis on high quality. Read More... Posted Dec 29 2009, 04:59 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine

• A Decade of Invention, and Reinvention

  Some of the cocktails developed in the last 10 years stand out not only as culinary creations, but also as signposts of the decade’s most significant mixology trends. Read More... Posted Dec 29 2009, 04:53 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Alcoholic Beverages, Bartenders, Cocktails

• Food Stuff: Revolutionary Spirits, but Hardly a Tea Party

  “Gin and tonic” brings summer to mind. But take a whiff of a well-made dry gin, with its spices, piney juniper and hints of dried orange peel, and you are still deep in the winter holiday season. Read More... Posted Dec 29 2009, 04:49 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine

• Restaurant Review: Purple Yam

  From the owners of the now-closed Cendrillon in SoHo, Purple Yam in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, is a perfect neighborhood restaurant. Read More... Posted Dec 29 2009, 04:48 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, New York City, Brooklyn (NYC)

• Critic’s Notebook: Eleven Memorable Dishes, and not Even a Full Year

  Sam Sifton, the restaurant critic of The New York Times, selects his favorite dishes of 2009. Read More... Posted Dec 29 2009, 04:43 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, New York City

• The Curious Cook: A Camembert That Pasteur Could Love

  It’s possible to make a great version of Camembert without using raw milk. Read More... Posted Dec 29 2009, 04:25 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Cooking and Cookbooks, Milk, Cheese

• Bright Spots in a Year for Thrift

  Some of the year’s best affordable places from the Dining Briefs and $25 and Under columns. Read More... Posted Dec 29 2009, 04:23 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, New York City

• Brooklyn’s Flavor Route to the South

  For more than 40 years, vendors have hauled fresh black-eyed peas, ham hocks and other foods up from the South and sold them from the backs of trucks in Brooklyn. Read More... Posted Dec 29 2009, 04:22 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Cooking and Cookbooks, Vendors, Street

• The Temporary Vegetarian: Baby Peas and Mushrooms With Mint

  On a bone-chilling winter day, the chef Michael Psilakis can make a spring dish of braised mushrooms, pearl onions and tiny green peas taste startlingly fresh. Read More... Posted Dec 29 2009, 03:56 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Cooking and Cookbooks, Mushrooms

• Food Stuff: Lentil Bolognese for the High Chair Crowd

  Miles Florence’s daughter has had the full benefit of Sprout organic baby foods, made by a company in which her father is a partner. Read More... Posted Dec 29 2009, 03:50 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Children and Youth, Health Foods, Baby Foods