Does good-quality, cheapish olive oil exist? We tried nine grocery store-bought olive oils—nothing over $20 per liter, with most bottles hugging the $10 price point. They ranged from buttery and mellow to peppery and cough-inspiring. Check out the results.
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Kaitlin Bell of Hungry Magazine profiles Bill Owades, the kosher buyer for Fairway Market since 1998: "'I'm friggin' good at what I do,' Owades said, without embarrassment."...
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Here in New York, one of the most expensive cities in the world, good deals on food can be hard to find. After all, this is the home of the original World's Most Expensive Cocktail, not to mention a $1,000 ice cream sundae that is only available by appointment. Ask any Manhattanite or Brooklynite, however, and they are sure to tell you—in hushed tones, lest others find out—about their favorite place for a steal of a meal. My number one bargain buy? The lobster roll at the Fairway Café in Red Hook, Brooklyn. For just $7.99, you get a buttery bun filled with big, sweet chunks of lobster meat (light on the mayo), chips, coleslaw, and a snappy deli pickle....
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I love artisanal farmstead cheeses as much as anybody, and though I appreciate and understand that said cheesemakers do not get rich off their endeavors, sometimes I don't feel like springing for a piece of Vermont Shepherd's or Cato Corner's cheese that costs over $20 a pound. So I am thrilled to report that I have just tasted a truly delicious, less expensive ($11.96 a pound) cheese, Butler's Rothbury Red. If you like cheddar cheese in general, and raw milk cheddar in particular, you will love this cheese. Here is what Fairway Market cheesemonger supreme Steve Jenkins wrote about Rothbury Red on its wrapper:...
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Ommm vs. Yummm: Foie gras battle sizzles on; politicos and celebs face off. “Over the past few years, protests in New York over the rich, velvety, and controversial bird livers have been limited to piecemeal pickets here and there. But emboldened by legislative victories in Chicago and California, groups like Farm Sanctuary, the League of Humane Voters, and the Humane Society of the United States have united locally under one No Foie Gras umbrella, hiring former Spitzer fund-raiser Lawrence Kopp and a full-time staffer to build a movement. (...) “If it weren’t so funny, it would be sad,” says Fairway partner Steven Jenkins, who claims the “foie gras weirdos” are “doing nothing more than preying on the guilt-ridden liberals of...
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Bottled blue cheese dressings are generally a really sorry lot, so when I came across one that is truly delicious I was thrilled. Point Reyes Original Blue Dip and Dressing (which comes in a shallow plastic tub) is made from Point Reyes Farmstead Blue Cheese, mayonnaise, sour cream, lemon juice, cider vinegar, dijon, worcestershire, sugar and pepper. Nothing else, nothing to gum up the works or make it last longer. It tastes as good as any blue cheese dressing I've ever had at a fancy restaurant. Point Reyes dressing tastes creamy and tangy and, well, like great blue cheese. It costs more than Wishbone or even Marie's, but those two awful concoctions don't even deserve to be mentioned in the...
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