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Thursday, February 23, 2012

Back Forty West Opens March 1 | 'Top Chef' Recap

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Daily New York Food News from NYMag.com & MenuPages.com
Quote of the Day

No Big Deal, But There’s a Sous-Chef With a Head Injury at Boulud Sud

Brain cell bisque.

The James Weird Awards

The James Weird Awards: Totes Amazeballs Cereal and Ski-In Starbucks

Plus: an all-pizza diet, and more, in this week's roundup of weird food news.

Video Feed

Why, Yes, There Is a Japanese Horror Movie About Killer Sushi

And it looks predictably outstanding.

Agenda

Back Forty West Opens March 1

Chef Shanna Pacifico’s menu is organized not sequentially, but by mode of consumption: "hands," "fork," "bread," etc.

Rap

‘My Milkshake’ ... and Other Amazing Foodie Rap Lyrics

"I love you like a fat kid love cake."

Overnights

Top Chef Recap: Getting Warmer ...

It's the second-to-last episode! (Probably? Maybe? Hopefully, anyway.)

Bookshelf

Day of Honey Author Annia Ciezadlo on Her Favorite Middle Eastern Restaurants, and the Importance of Trusting Your Butcher

"In Lebanon you have this, like, deep relationship with your neighborhood butcher; it’s almost like the relationship you have with your psychiatrist."

Rants

Glenn Beck’s Latest Soliloquy Is About the ‘Anti-Semitic’ Park Slope Food Coop

Oy, he's emotional.

Coming Up

Sushi Uo’s Replacement Will Be Another Japanese Restaurant, Yopparai

Focused on cooked dishes like chicken meatballs, rather than sushi.

Cigs

‘Loosies’ Running Loose Again

Cigarette with your toilet paper?

Mediavore

Pay-What-You-Want Panera Expanding; Re-creating Long-Lost Family Recipes

Plus: Connecticut might require labeling to identify genetically engineered foods, and more, in our morning news roundup.

Neighborhood Watch

Sons of Essex Rolls Out Brunch; City Grit Taps David Santos for Dinner

Plus: Sweetleaf Cafe plans a Williamsburg outpost, two-for-$2 pizza at Forcella, and more neighborhood news.

The Chain Gang

7-Eleven Plans to Take Over Basically Every Deli in New York

The enormous deli chain plans to open 20 new locations per year for the next five years.

Openings

What to Eat at Bellwether, the New One From the Anella Team

The menu invites you to eat a little or a lot, and there's plenty to drink, of course.

Chef Shuffle

And ... Ryan Skeen Leaves Pera Soho

The city's most notorious stove-hopper closes the door on yet another gig.

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