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10 Things My Dad Taught Me About Food, Life, Etc.
June 15, 2012 in Fork in the Road
The writer's dadMy dad loves to cook, and to eat. Though he has a weakness for useless kitchen gadgets like plastic choppers and garlic-peelers, he's also the one who taught...
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New Collaboration from Dogfish Head and Brooklyn Brine
June 15, 2012 in Fork in the Road
Renee Comet Sam Calagione, founder of Dogfish Head, and Shamus Jones, founder of Brooklyn Brine, have joined forces to create beer-infused pickles. The brewer tells the Wall Street Journal that he...
Three Good Things: Fermentation, Falooda, Cartoons
June 15, 2012 in Fork in the Road
Grimacing Toy Chef Could Be Yours
June 15, 2012 in Fork in the Road
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Checking Up on Wendy's 'Foie Gras Rossini' Burger
June 15, 2012 in Fork in the Road
Curious about Wendy's Foie Gras Rossini burger? Sure you are. C.B. Cebulski, the food-loving talent scout for Marvel Comics, recently gave it a go in Tokyo. And it was so...
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Three Good Things: Flanken, Garlic, Gardeners
June 14, 2012 in Fork in the Road
1 Flanken! Fun to say and better to eat, it's a cut from the short ribs, sliced thinly across the bones, rather than along them. It's chewy, beefy, marbled, and...
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Malaysian Restaurant Week Kicks Off June 18
June 14, 2012 in Fork in the Road
If you're hearing the call of satay, roti canai, and mee goreng, we've got good news: Malaysian Restaurant Week kicks off next week, from June 18 to 24. Fatty Crab,...
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Mushroom Sex Is Beautiful, Complicated
June 13, 2012 in Fork in the Road
Nicholas Money believes that mushrooms are spellbinding, and he talks about them with a great and sincere passion. I mean, just watch him talk about mushroom sex! Money is a...
Listen: Food Is the New Rock, You Eat What You Are
June 13, 2012 in Fork in the Road
Review: Pok Pok Ny
June 13, 2012 in Fork in the Road
Catch Up with Florent, Queen of the Meatpacking District
June 12, 2012 in Fork in the Road
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'Gourmet Vegan Soul Food' Coming to Harlem
June 12, 2012 in Fork in the Road
Mother and son Brenda and Aaron Beener are raising some funds over on Kickstarter for Seasoned Vegan. The "vegan gourmet soul food" restaurant will be coming to Harlem if the...
Three Good Things: Oyster Edition
June 12, 2012 in Fork in the Road
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Scary Monsters, Super Freaks, Lobster Rolls
June 11, 2012 in Fork in the Road
Red Hook Flicks, the free outdoor film series on Red Hook's grassy Valentino Pier, has announced its summer schedule. The theme is Scary Monsters and Super Freaks (yesss!) and new...
Infotographs: Fat or Fiction?
June 11, 2012 in Fork in the Road
Three Good Things: Mad Men Edition
June 08, 2012 in Fork in the Road
Ask the Critic!
June 08, 2012 in Fork in the Road
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Our 10 Best Ice Creams in NYC
June 08, 2012 in Fork in the Road
New York is a city of ice cream lovers. And we have a pretty outstanding set of parlors to make our summer days sweeter. Here are our 10 favorite ways...
Ice Cream Love and Tomorrow's 10 Best
June 07, 2012 in Fork in the Road
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Three Good Things: Roast Chicken Edition
June 07, 2012 in Fork in the Road
1 Ian Knauer shares his recipe for Marmite-and-melted-butter-slathered roast chicken. Bonus: you'll learn how to harness the power of that underappreciated, umami-rich condiment in other dishes too. [Grub Street] 2 How...
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10 Foods to Pack in Your Zombie Apocalypse Go Bag
June 07, 2012 in Fork in the Road
One can only read so many stories about flesh-eating humans and the zombie apocalypse before considering a go bag. Here's mine:1 Nutella! 2 Jerky, lots and lots of jerky. 3 Fancy-ass...
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This Food Commercial Was Banned in South Africa
June 07, 2012 in Fork in the Road
A new ad for Nando's has been pulled by the South African Broadcasting Corporation. It begins, "You know what's wrong with South Africa? All you foreigners." It goes on to...
Ray Bradbury, Champion of Books, Writing Hero
June 06, 2012 in Runnin' Scared
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Sailor Jerry to Give Away Free Tattoos, Free Rum
June 06, 2012 in Fork in the Road
Norman Collins Norman "Sailor Jerry" Collins, the American tattoo artist and sailor, would have been 101 years old this year. To celebrate, the rum company named in his honor, Sailor Jerry...
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When American Chefs Cook Immigrant Food
June 06, 2012 in Fork in the Road
Archon6812If you read Francis Lam's story for the New York Times last week, maybe you thought about it for a few minutes: why do American-raised chefs who learn to cook...
