Our Hot Topics
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Art
Andy Warhol’s famous cans, the mural at McSorley’s bar, sandwich scanners, cucurbit carvers and other painters, sculptors and artists who are inspired by food or just use it as their medium.
Artisans & Producers
The passionate folks that produce our food, from one-woman popsicle cart start-ups to the local dumpling factories that make potstickers and ship them around the world.
Back of the House
One of our favorite columns from the magazine: Here we go deep — via words and pictures — into the world of one of the beloved restaurants or food bizzes that make this city so damn special.
Books
From an ode to the deli to a history of cooks living in a Lower East Side tenement, we cover the books that in turn cover our city’s culinary scene.
Farms & Foodshed
Stories of the nearby farmers, local Greenmarkets and producers of everything from grain to grapes, as well as the issues they face.
Food & Dining
New York City restaurants, local chefs and cooks, their recipes and a few food products we love.
History
How did the hot dog become a city staple? Who created the original knish? How did New Yorkers keep ice before the Fridgidaire? What could you buy at the original Washington Market? How did Tim and Nina Zagat start their empire? Here’s where we’ll tell you.
In the Kitchen With
A peek into the pantries of local somebodies like Michael Douglas, Isaac Mizrahi, Mary Ellen Mark or Calvin Pace. This is one magazine column where we let our subjects (and the contents of their kitchen) speak for themselves.
Wine & Drinks
Stories of local coffee pourers and roasters, cocktail bars and makers, breweries, wine, spirits and other quaffs from horchata to frozen hot chocolate.
Super Markets & Shops
A look at some of the city’s outstanding food sellers and the shops they curate with the best edible goods.
Tastemakers
Profiles in culinary courage: A few of those folks that have changed the way this city eats, shops and cooks for the better.
