Beer Here:
Burp Castle

A house of worship for Belgian Brews.

Back of the House:
When Cupcakes Grow Up

Payard Pâtisserie & Bistro

Notable Edibles:
Inventing the Wheel

Lovely metro-area food wheels to help you write your farmers market shopping list.

Notable Edibles:
Chip ‘N’ Dale Dinner

At Rolf’s French Bavarian Brasserie, it’s all about the decor.

Notable Edibles:
Near Wall Street, A Different Kind of Shareholder

The CSA craze strikes southern Manhattan.

Notable Edibles:
Hard Candy

A feast for the eyes, not the tummy.

Notable Edibles:
Year of the Farmer

Let’s hear it for the Hudson Valley farmers who make our daily bread.

Food for Thought:
American Maverick

Raising Steaks: The Life and Times of American Beef.

Indigenous Industry:
Protein Paradoxes

Saving rare breeds from extinction by encouraging Americans to eat them.

Edible Experience:
Dinner in the Dark

Listening to toast, poking panna cotta and otherwise eating with my eyes closed and mind open.

November-December 2008

In the Kitchen
With Feliberto Estevez, Executive Chef at Gracie Mansion By Rachel Graville

Worth the Trip
Pastry Pantry Paradise By Maureen Brennan

Miles Per Gallon
The marathon, course by course – eating for the big run. By Tejal Rao…

Behind the Bottle:
A Riesling Takes Its Time

A slow process makes the best of less-than-perfect conditions.

The Art Section:
Hopper’s Nighthawks

City that never sleeps, speaks or eats.

Serious Eats:
Unsung Salumi

Salumeria Biellese has crafted mouth-watering salumi and fresh sausage since 1925.

Lavender Fields Forever

Turning over a new (hot chocolate) leaf.

Liquid Assets:
The Genealogy of Mixology Begotten of the Best Bartenders

How the best of the best keep the New York cocktail up to snuff.

Time Capsule:
Yesteryear’s Zagat

50 years later, Duncan Hines’ Adventures in Good Eating shows how Manhattan restaurants have changed – and how they’ve stayed the same.

Miles Per Gallon:
The Marathon, Course by Course

Runners share their refueling fantasies.

In the Kitchen With:
Feliberto Estevez, Executive Chef at Gracie Mansion

Tips from the man who keeps Mayor Bloomberg and his guests fed and happy.

Worth the Trip:
Pastry Pantry Paradise

From icing knives to sanding sugar, New York Cake and Baking Distributors has it all – somewhere.