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Cook the Book: 'What We Eat When We Eat Alone'
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Book Giveaway: Mike Colameco's Food Lover's Guide to NYC
Mantao Chinese sandwiches in Midtown was a real hit when I visited last weekend.
Cook the Book: 'What We Eat When We Eat Alone'
lots of cheese and whatever fruit is lying around
Cook the Book: Easy Gluten-Free Baking
cupcakes! vegan or gluten free cupcakes are tasty as well.
Cook the Book: '660 Curries' by Raghavan Iyer
I didn't enjoy my first curry experience. I think I was overwhelmed with the flavors and expected something completely different. On the second try, I tried a tomato-based curry which was probably easier to warm up to. It's been love ever since.
Weird Food-Related Collections
I'm a PEZ collector.
Cook the Book: 'Modern Spice'
Indian! I try and try but it never tastes as good as my favorite restaurant dishes. Whats the secret?!
Cook the Book: 'Rustic Fruit Desserts'
Warm blueberry cobbler, no ice cream
Cook the Book: Eugenia Bone's 'Well-Preserved'
apricot preserves or fig jam
Cook the Book: 'Urban Italian'
I love a creamy pasta dish with fresh corn thrown in. Its rich with a nice sweet and crunchy zing.
Cook the Book: 'On the Line'
I had a tuna tartare last night that knocked my socks off. Give it to me raw -- tartare or ceviche style any day!
Cook the Book: The Essence of Chocolate
Just made flourless chocolate cake similar to David Lebovitz's recipe mentioned above...it was heavenly! Perfect for V-day or everyday...
Cook the Book: 'Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics'
Roasted baby potatoes, heavily salted and tossed with fresh herbs. Crisp on the outside, soft and creamy on the inside.
Cook the Book: 'Think Like a Chef'
braising, what a wonderful way to bring out tremendous flavor!
Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Two Peter Luger Steaks
a nice thick filet, medium rare
Cook the Book: 'Crescent City Cooking'
jambalaya hands down
Cook the Book: Asian Flavors of Jean-Georges
simple fried rice with pineapple and no soy sauce
Weekend Book Giveaway: 'The Amateur Gourmet'
In my impatience, I tried to make peanut butter banana muffins with too-green bananas and what came out tasted like how stewed oysters smell. Very weird, very bad.
Cook the Book: 'Beard on Food'
my mom, we spent many many times in the kitchen baking and trying out new things that helped me realize how innovative cooking can be
Cook the Book: 'How to Pick a Peach'
cooking: asparagus
raw: plums
Weekend Madness: Win an Autographed Copy of 'United States of Arugula'
the first time I had a arugula...I think it was mixed in with some other salad greens and I was shocked at how peppery and spicy something in my salad was. Then I figured out it was the arugula. Now I have it all the time in salads -- the baby leaves being my favorite. Something I use it to make pesto also.
No Substitute
I've read that if you don't have Thai basil you can substitute by adding fresh European basil and mint. I've tried it and thought the results were ok.
Book Giveaway: Mike Colameco's Food Lover's Guide to NYC
The Taco Truck on 30th Ave and 33rd St in Astoria
Book Giveaway: Mike Colameco's Food Lover's Guide to NYC
I really enjoy mamoun's falafel by Washington Square Park. It is so flavorful and the perfect amount of food.
Book Giveaway: Mike Colameco's Food Lover's Guide to NYC
i think piadina in the west village (10th street and 6th ave) is one of the best italian resturants in nyc- afforable, delectiable, amazing
Book Giveaway: Mike Colameco's Food Lover's Guide to NYC
I've lived in Macedonia, Sierra Leone and now the Netherlands. None of them do good mexican food ! I would love to visit New York City to eat proper mexican, but also bagels and bahn mi.
Book Giveaway: Mike Colameco's Food Lover's Guide to NYC
I second the Malaysian place on Doyers St.
Book Giveaway: Mike Colameco's Food Lover's Guide to NYC
chennai garden in murray hill
Book Giveaway: Mike Colameco's Food Lover's Guide to NYC
Never been to NYC but subscribe to Time Out New York and New York magazine mainly to learn about living there ESPECIALLY the food! It seems to me the vendors at the park in Red Hook would be the first place I'd hit.
Book Giveaway: Mike Colameco's Food Lover's Guide to NYC
I love Laut downtown. Great food and great prices. Plus everyone there is very nice, even when our one friend had a few too many Sake bombs they couldn't have been more welcoming.
Book Giveaway: Mike Colameco's Food Lover's Guide to NYC
I don't know any off the radar places as I only visit NYC 2-3 times per year, but I love Penelope Cafe for breakfast. Great food, and I really enjoyed eating breakfast at the bar.
Book Giveaway: Mike Colameco's Food Lover's Guide to NYC
Definitely not off the radar but I love:
* Banh mi at Baoguette, Murray Hill
* Chinese sausage at Kuma Inn, LES
* Bacon wrapped prunes (devils on horseback) at Freeman's, LES
* Red chicken curry at Rice, Murray Hill
* Soft pretzels at Zum Schneider, EV
* Brussels sprouts at Side Car (PJ Clarkes), Midtown
Book Giveaway: Mike Colameco's Food Lover's Guide to NYC
Royal Tangra Masala in Queens
Book Giveaway: Mike Colameco's Food Lover's Guide to NYC
Taco Mix in East Harlem. Best squash blossom and huitlacoche quesadills!
Book Giveaway: Mike Colameco's Food Lover's Guide to NYC
I really want to try DiFara's pizza in Brooklyn.
Book Giveaway: Mike Colameco's Food Lover's Guide to NYC
harriet's kitchen, which seems to have fallen off the radar since shake shack moved in on the uws burger scene.
Book Giveaway: Mike Colameco's Food Lover's Guide to NYC
Utopia Bagels in Queens- their bialys are SO much better than Kossar's.
Book Giveaway: Mike Colameco's Food Lover's Guide to NYC
Chao Thai in East Elmhurst for NYC's best duck larb. (Sripraphai is great, but in no way "off the beathen path", as anyone who has waited for a table there Thursday night - Sunday night knows...) And Güllüoğlu for the city's best baklava - used to require a schlep out to Coney Island Ave, but now conveniently at 52nd & 2nd. Finally, Petty Soo Chow on Anderson Ave in Cliffside Park for XLB soup dumplings!
Book Giveaway: Mike Colameco's Food Lover's Guide to NYC
I would love to try Caracas Arepas!
Book Giveaway: Mike Colameco's Food Lover's Guide to NYC
Kashkaval in Hell's Kitchen.
Book Giveaway: Mike Colameco's Food Lover's Guide to NYC
Lan in the East Village on 3rd Ave. They actually just closed for a "remodel"... tears.
Book Giveaway: Mike Colameco's Food Lover's Guide to NYC
I would love to try any of the stands in the Golden Mall in Flushing. One of my favorite places is Otafuku in the East Village...delicious Japanese street food in NY!
Book Giveaway: Mike Colameco's Food Lover's Guide to NYC
Off the radar, eh? I'd have to throw in Leo's Bagels in Hanover Square in the Financial District. Big Booty Bread Co. on 23rd Street between 7th & 8th Aves. for the Tres Leches cake and the Red Velvet cupcakes. The Lobels sandwich cart (with their own butcher!) at Yankee Stadium for the Prime Beef sandwich on an onion roll. Lexington Candy Shop on the corner of Lex. and 83rd Street for a chocolate egg cream done right. Camine's Italian Seafood Restaurant on Beekman Street near the old Fulton Fish Market. 106 years old and still cranking out great red sauce (lasagna, lobster fra diavolo, zuppa di pesce, etc...)
Book Giveaway: Mike Colameco's Food Lover's Guide to NYC
taco truck @ wyckoff ave and gates ave, brooklyn
Book Giveaway: Mike Colameco's Food Lover's Guide to NYC
I don't know the name because the sign is in Chinese, but there's a dim-sum-ish place on 8th ave in Brooklyn Chinatown with $1 pan-fried pork bun that make my life better every time I eat them.
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Mantao Chinese sandwiches in Midtown was a real hit when I visited last weekend.