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Serious Eats Neighborhood Guides: Ed's Upper West Side
Meant to add: I love this new feature. Very handy (not to mention self-satisfying for those of us that live in the featured 'hoods!)
Serious Eats Neighborhood Guides: Ed's Upper West Side
Love seeing the neighborhood so nicely rounded up! This reminds me I have not had T&R pizza in way too long. Glad to see I'm not the only one who enjoys it. One place I'd add is Great Burrito (on the ever-more ubiquitous Amsterdam b/t 79 & 80). I don't love their tacos or burritos, but their specials are fabulous (tamales, chilaquiles) and excellent guac. Can't say I enjoyed Boulud Sud. Far too pricey for the resulting dish ($34 for four silver dollar-sized slices of lamb tenderloin over a meager spread of eggplant for example). I would do Telepan or Dovetail instead.
Pie of the Week: Sour Cherry Pie
I have such an addiction to sour cherry pie--thanks in part to my mother--thank you for featuring it! Recently tried to enter one in a competition and alas, failed (see my user name link for the whole sad tale). But, I remain convinced that sour cherry pie, particularly warm sour cherry pie with vanilla ice (or creme fraiche for something even more delightfully sour) is dessert's greatest gift to humanity.
For those New Yorkers trying to hunt down canned/jarred sour cherries in the off season: Trader Joe's and Pioneer (a bit sketchy, but great beer selection) reliably carry the jarred sour cherries. Note that Citarella, Food Emporium (at least the one on the UWS) and Fairway do NOT, so don't even bother trying to wade through the crowds at the latter to try and locate some. And naturally every other major grocery chain outside of NY carry them in either the fruit or pie aisle. I think the canned ones do a great job, but there is nothing like the color, taste, and texture of fresh. I found the oxo cherry pitter did a very good job, but the shield is pretty pointless, and yes, don't wear anything nice if you go the pitter route. The web-recommended "paper clip" method pretty much sucked.
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Favorite foods: Roast Duck. Sour cherry pie.
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@JustinH, try a deeper baking dish or a smaller, free-range chicken. I tend to buy ones under 3lb and they give off less fat/smoke
Agree the Keller recipe is perfection. I only wish I had multiple ovens so I could make for dinner parties more often (that is the problem with a smaller chicken)