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Friday, April 15, 2011

New York's Sweetest Passover Desserts | Journalist Alex Blumberg's N.Y. Diet

FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2011

Daily New York Food News from NYMag.com & MenuPages.com
FYI

Richard Blais Would ‘Love’ to Open a Restaurant in New York

He also says TV, restaurants, and a book are "every chef's big trifecta."

Eat for a Cause

Culinary High School Teams Up With Food Network for Fund-raiser

NYC's only culinary-arts school wants to feed you dinner.

Impero Building

Falai Keeps Expanding

Bottega Falai will open next week.

Lists

Better Than Boca? Here’s Another Veggie-Burger Roundup

The 'Village Voice' says Five Napkin's is best.

Openings

Little Branch Partners Will Open Silver Lining in Tribeca in Early May

The 125-capacity boîte will focus on classic cocktails and live jazz.

Passover

Grub Street’s Guide to New York’s Sweetest Passover Desserts

From towering cakes to delicate truffles, flourless dessert options that go far beyond the supermarket macaroon.

Crime Scenes

Vegetable Bandits Are a Thing Now

They're in ur cargo trucks, stealing ur tomatoes.

Mediavore

Kate Middleton on a Jelly Bean; McDonald’s Canada Taking Monopoly Money

Plus: Mexican Passover around town, over-the-hill actresses turn to food careers, and more, in our morning news roundup.

The Grub Street Diet

Financial Journalist Alex Blumberg Disdains ‘Hipster’ Tater Tots, Loves a Good Manhattan

"I don't understand the new hipster obsession with tater tots. They're never as good in practice as they are in theory."

Neighborhood Watch

Details on the Laurent Gras Pop-up at BLT Fish; a Six-Course Vegan Tasting Menu in the Financial District

Plus: a new flavor at the Lemon Ice King of Corona, Bierkraft celebrates their new outdoor space, and more, in our daily roundup of neighborhood food news.

Enough Already

Writer Calls BulliShit on ‘I Ate at El Bulli Pieces’

Which will heretofore be known as IAAEBPs.

Rebranding

Simply Peeled Is Reborn As the Soft Serve Fruit Co.

And its Fruizo frozen dessert will henceforth be known simply as Soft Serve Fruit.

TV Land

Make Way for Mario

'The Chew' is headed to ABC.

Other Cities

D.C. Critic Finds RJ Cooper’s NYC Pop-up ‘Infuriating’

Does the D.C. chef's NYC pop-up make him a reverse carpetbagger?

What to Drink

Care for Some Brisket in Your Brandy?

A local company introduces brisket bitters.

App-etizing

Meat Maneuvers: LaFrieda at Shake Shack D.C., DeBragga on Your iPhone

Will Shake Shack D.C. use local beef, or stick with a proven winner?

 

 

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