April 2012 - Posts

• Recipes for Health: Oven-Roasted Mussels With Fresh Spinach

  Put away the steaming pot and roast the mussels for this beautiful and fragrant dish. Read More... Posted Apr 30 2012, 06:46 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Recipes, Cooking and Cookbooks, Seafood, Diet and Nutrition, Mussels

• Recipes for Health: Spicy Spanish Mussels

  A mixture of crunchy toasted almonds and hazelnuts adds richness to a steaming liquid made with tomatoes and white wine. Read More... Posted Apr 30 2012, 06:40 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Recipes, Cooking and Cookbooks, Seafood, Diet and Nutrition, Mussels

• In Transit Blog: United States Tops '50 Best Restaurants' List With 8 Spots

  The annual list of the 50 best restaurants in the world is out and the United States has the most spots on the list. Read More... Posted Apr 30 2012, 05:52 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, Spain, Travel and Vacations, France, United States, Eleven Madison Park (Manhattan, NY, Restaurant), Noma (Copenhagen, Restaurant)

• Recipes for Health: One More Reason to Love Mussels: Curry-Laced Moules à la Marinière With Fresh Peas

  These shellfish, apart from being easy to cook, tasty and more ocean-friendly than farmed salmon, are a great source of omega-3 fatty acids.] Read More... Posted Apr 30 2012, 04:16 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Recipes, Cooking and Cookbooks, Diet and Nutrition, Mussels

• The Pour: New Guidelines Lead to Great Matches

  It is simply untrue that red wine and cheese cannot complement and improve each other. Read More... Posted Apr 30 2012, 02:43 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Wines, Cheese

• North of the Border, It’s Everyone’s Mexican Food

  Gustavo Arellano, a journalist and Orange County native, is perhaps the greatest (and only) living scholar of Mexican-American fast food. Read More... Posted Apr 30 2012, 12:38 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Writing and Writers, PepsiCo Inc|PEP|NYSE, McDonald's Corporation|MCD|NYSE, Arellano, Gustavo, Mexican-Americans, Orange County (Calif)

• Diner’s Journal Blog: Food Trucks Get Vertical

  An office building in West Chelsea is bringing food trucks upstairs in its elevator. Read More... Posted Apr 30 2012, 12:30 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants

• Diner's Journal: ‘The Mexican’ Is Answering Reader Questions

  The columnist Gustavo Arellano is answering reader questions about Mexican and Mexican-American food. Read More... Posted Apr 30 2012, 12:28 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Mexico, Taco Bell Corp, Cooking, Mexican, Mexican food, Mexican-Americans, Gustavo Arellano

• Mosel bridge work halted

  Construction on the controversial Mosel bridge has been stopped due to missing or faulty documentation or calculations, according to reports. Read More... Posted Apr 30 2012, 11:30 AM by Wine News | Decanter

• Diner’s Journal Blog: Experimental Cocktail Club: American Drinks by Way of Paris

  A new bar on the Lower East Side is the work of three Frenchmen who are fascinated with American cocktail culture. Read More... Posted Apr 30 2012, 11:28 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Drinking, lower east side, Experimental Cocktail Club

• T Magazine: Edible Selby | Net Gains

  An urban fisherman lures foragers into San Francisco's waterways. Read More... Posted Apr 30 2012, 11:00 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Food, Fish and Other Marine Life, San Francisco Bay Area (Calif), Edible Selby, Sea Forager, Kirk Lombard

• T Magazine: Ristretto | The Daily Grind

  The secret to brewing excellent, flavorful coffee at home? Grind your own beans. Read More... Posted Apr 30 2012, 09:00 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Food, Coffee, Oliver Strand, Coffee grinder, Baratza

• Food Trucks Serve a Chelsea Building’s Upper Floors

  At the Starrett-Lehigh Building in Chelsea, trucks offering inventive dishes are put on a freight elevator and rolled out onto bays on the upper stories. Read More... Posted Apr 30 2012, 08:50 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Food, Chelsea (NYC), food trucks, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc|MSO|NYSE, RXR Realty

• White House gatecrasher runs for governor

  The Virginia winemaker who famously gatecrashed a White House dinner has announced his intention to run as state governor. Read More... Posted Apr 30 2012, 06:00 AM by Wine News | Decanter

• Westchester Dining | Eastchester: A Review of Burrata, in Eastchester

  Since it is the name of a fresh, creamy cow’s milk cheese currently in vogue, Burrata seemed like a perfect name for a wood-fired pizzeria. Read More... Posted Apr 27 2012, 08:31 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, Westchester County (NY), Burrata (Eastchester, NY, restaurant)