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It’s a classic Abe story — there are so many classic Abe stories — set at one of those panel discussions that crop up periodically about the death of delis, which seem to have been dying as long as the theater. Abe is Abe Lebewohl, who started the Second Avenue Deli on the Lower East Side in 1954 with 14 seats, bought out his partners and turned it into a beloved New York institution.
He was at that conference of food writers, in the mid-1990s, along with Mark Federman, the owner of Russ & Daughters, which is to “appetizing” what Second Avenue was to deli. Appetizing refers to smoked fish — lox, herring, whitefish — and even though it’s not corned beef or pastrami, it’s still Old World Jewish food loaded with salt, so he fit right in. Federman went first, speaking from copious notes, about how fish is good for you. When it was Lebewohl’s turn, he got up, noteless, and looked at the audience. “What am I gonna tell you?” he said. “My food will kill you.”
10 Things Your Restaurant Won't Tell You
what every kid wants to be for halloween this year.
with the end of times select also comes an additional bonus, they've opened up the archives. i always wanted to link to this previously expired story :
Kentucky Doctors Warn Against a Regional Dish: Squirrels' Brains
dont fear fig beer
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Garrett Oliver, the brewmaster of the Brooklyn Brewery, is the author of “The Brewmaster’s Table.”)
this is the last of the old school italian delis in down town jersey city. 2nd street bakery
I thought Folgers tasted like poo until I heard of this
Score one more for the flexitarians:
"A person following a low-fat vegetarian diet, for example, will need less than half (0.44) an acre per person per year to produce their food," said Christian Peters, M.S. '02, Ph.D. '07, a Cornell postdoctoral associate in crop and soil sciences and lead author of the research. "A high-fat diet with a lot of meat, on the other hand, needs 2.11 acres."
"Surprisingly, however, a vegetarian diet is not necessarily the most efficient in terms of land use," said Peters.
The reason is that fruits, vegetables and grains must be grown on high-quality cropland, he explained. Meat and dairy products from ruminant animals are supported by lower quality, but more widely available, land that can support pasture and hay. A large pool of such land is available in New York state because for sustainable use, most farmland requires a crop rotation with such perennial crops as pasture and hay.
Like many New Yorkers, or probably like anyone who lives in a small space, I have occasional dreams where I find an extra room in my apartment that I never knew existed. I guess it would be even better if the room was filled with rare old wine. And if it wasn't, you know, a dream.
NY Times Dining Out section has a feature article on Portland.
I am not one for Indian food in NYC as its too heavy for me, greasy....
But last week went back to my old fav, Vatan!! and It did not disapoint.....
Not cheap at $40per (pre-fix, one beer, big tip), but yummy.....
29th and 3rd ave, south-west Indian, setting is a village in the restaurant.....
was overfed and over indulged by the new manager at gemma last night, the new restaurant at the bowery hotel. would have been a pleasant meal were it not for my bloated obnoxious boothmate. oh wait, that was me. very nice space. thought the food was good but not spectacular. and the service was helpful although slightly clueless. timeout was supremely unimpressed. im probably a little bit easier to please. the remnants of the nutella calzone will go well with the coffee ive left steeping in the french press for 20 minutes.
http://www.goodgrape.com/index.php/articles/comments/2007_dictionary_new_word_entries/
help nominate spoofulated
spicy meatball
Liver Flush #3
Started the apple juice and vegan food diet Sunday, I am looking forward to #3 as I feel that I am ready to really purge the toxin's......
#1 was better than #2 to me, but my body feels ready to get let go....
Liver Flush #4 will be 4 weeks after followed by 2 Master Clease's #3/4 (as my last one failed so I will not count that) in Nov/Dec....
So 8 programs in 2007, maybe I will meet my grandkids.....
The Flexitarian Table @ 171 East Broadway
Ron Castellano and Joel Barkley’s new restaurant inspired from chef Peter Berley’s “The Flexitarian Table” cookbook. The dishes from the book appeal to a sophisticated palate that may or may not want a meat free dinner (think mix and match meat). Slated to open October 2007
brewpubs and pa
the rains and flloods of august 2007 will impact wisconsin and minnesota organic produce farmers for quite some time.
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I guess this is a couple months old, but I just saw a story on CNN and that's the first I heard of it: Grant Achatz diagnosed with cancer of the tongue. Traditional surgical methods would most likely result in the loss of his palette, so he's trying some other things first. Achatz founded the Chicago molecular gastronomic restaurant Alinea, often named as the top restaurant in the U.S.