http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/ en Copyright 2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:57:13 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/archives/2009/11/posts_of_the_we_34.php http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/archives/2009/11/posts_of_the_we_34.php It's Friday afternoon, and thus time for a round-up of the best posts of the week: We listed Our 10 Best Williamsburg Restaurants. Our Man Sietsema stalked the single white truffle. Coolio talked about his new cookbook, Cookin' with Coolio,... Featured Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:57:13 -0500 http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/archives/2009/11/vegetarian_deli_26.php http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/archives/2009/11/vegetarian_deli_26.php ​ ​Even though there's seating upstairs in the tiny shop, many would prefer to eat their sandwich al fresco. Num Pang is a sandwich shop whose purpose is to tweak the banh mi formula in unexpected directions. If you go... Featured Sietsema Vegetarian Delights of NYC Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:28:47 -0500 http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/archives/2009/11/check_out_new_y.php http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/archives/2009/11/check_out_new_y.php ​Tune in to the CBS Sunday Morning Show from 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m. this Sunday, when their annual food show airs, including a segment on sliders.... DiGregorio Featured The Talking Furniture Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:17:07 -0500 http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/archives/2009/11/an_italian_wine.php http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/archives/2009/11/an_italian_wine.php ​ The Iris Cafe isn't the only new tenant of the Riverside Apartment complex on Columbia Place: Down the block, the old River Deli space will soon be home to an Italian wine bar, according to one of Iris's proprietors.... Featured Marx Restaurant News and Notes Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:39:09 -0500 http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/archives/2009/11/a_peek_at_the_n.php http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/archives/2009/11/a_peek_at_the_n.php ​ The pocket of Brooklyn Heights located almost beneath the BQE is now home to the Iris Cafe, an airy, high-ceilinged place that opened yesterday on Columbia Place near Joralemon Street. It's one of several storefronts in the historic Riverside... Featured Marx Restaurant News and Notes Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:17:32 -0500 http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/archives/2009/11/chicken_soup_fo.php http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/archives/2009/11/chicken_soup_fo.php Fred R. Conrad/The New York TimesChicken soup from Russ and Daughters​ Over at the New York Times, Sarah Kramer has penned a piece on the best chicken soups in New York, a perennial topic this time of year. She calls... DiGregorio Featured Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:43:09 -0500 http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/archives/2009/11/the_blogroll_ga_33.php http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/archives/2009/11/the_blogroll_ga_33.php This week in food blogs... Eat Me Daily sent the Big Gay Ice Cream Truck's Doug Quint and Bryan Petroff to the Guy Fieri Road Show to witness flair bartending and a pork-cooking encore. The Food Section unearths a new... Blogroll Gazette Featured Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:13:33 -0500 http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/archives/2009/11/on_staten_islan.php http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/archives/2009/11/on_staten_islan.php ​ Being passed over for a job can lead a man to make drastic decisions. For Martin Olsen, the result was Taza Churros, a bathroom-sized Latin donuts shop he owns with his younger brother Miguel Llinas in the Port Richmond... Featured Restaurant News and Notes Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:23:18 -0500 http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/archives/2009/11/when_restaurant.php http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/archives/2009/11/when_restaurant.php ​ In the annals of bad restaurant behavior, this past week has been a doozy. Scarcely a day has gone by without news of stolen wages, indictment for tax evasion, or just plain crazy-ass behavior. Obviously, shady business practices and... Featured Marx Restaurant News and Notes Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:12:50 -0500 http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/archives/2009/11/housing_works_c.php http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/archives/2009/11/housing_works_c.php ​'Tis the season of cooking... but don't let yourself get caught without a proper manual. Housing Works Used Book Cafe is celebrating the holiday season with a cookbook sale, which runs through this Sunday.... Events Featured Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:52:51 -0500 http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/archives/2009/11/meet_brooklyns.php http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/archives/2009/11/meet_brooklyns.php The Historic Gastronomist: Giving Recipes an Afterlife from SkeeterNYC on Vimeo. Ever wonder what people were eating at the turn of the century? Brooklynite Sarah Lohman does every day. Her blog Four Pounds Flour chronicles her "retro-innovative" exploration of what... Events Featured Meet the Maker Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:43:45 -0500 http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/archives/2009/11/the_new_amsterd_2.php http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/archives/2009/11/the_new_amsterd_2.php Cameron Nordholm/flickr​The New Amsterdam Market is back this Sunday, just in time for the pre-Thanksgiving frenzy.... Events Featured Marx Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:10:43 -0500 http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/archives/2009/11/incredibly_chea_49.php http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/archives/2009/11/incredibly_chea_49.php ​Stepping out of the Center Street entrance to the Canal Street subway station, you run smack into a small cart that peddles rice noodle rolls. For $1.50 you can get a bowl of the plain noodles, squirted with soy sauce,... DiGregorio Featured Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:01:40 -0500 http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/archives/2009/11/open_closed_say_12.php http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/archives/2009/11/open_closed_say_12.php Bouley Bakery now has a wine bar. By the Ounce serves wines, well, by the ounce, as well as snacks by Chef Shea Gallante, like charcuterie, cheese, and caviar, also sold by the ounce. [NY Times] A new taqueria on... Closing Times Featured Open! Open! Open! Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:01:38 -0500 http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/archives/2009/11/gourmet_dining.php http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/archives/2009/11/gourmet_dining.php ​Mimi Sheraton will host a series of dinners beginning early next year that combine a concert by the New York Philharmonic and a meal prepared by such chefs as Alain Ducasse, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Lidia Bastianich, and Daniel Boulud. [Reuters] More... Edible News Featured Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:49:19 -0500