Archive for October, 2008

Bonnie And Friends

BOOOOO my sister is trying to steal my thunder by starting her own food blog!!!!! Well what can I say, she’s the one that inspired me to be more serious with photography. Go check her blog out!


More Than Cheese at Murray’s

I was walking around the West Village the other day when I found myself in front of Murray’s Cheese. Strange as it may sound, I had never been to Murray’s, though I had heard a lot of great things about it.
To my delight, Murray’s sells much more than cheese (although they have plenty of [...]


Amazing 66

Jess & Garrett were not wowed by Amazing 66 in Chinatown, despite the name of the restaurant. Click the quote for the full write-up.

It didn’t live up to its name — or our memories of meals at Hunan Gourmet and Panda Garden — but we’d still go back.


Secret Suppers

Secret Suppers falls into a specific category of books for me: I liked it a lot, but I don’t think it’s a particularly good book. Does that make any sense? Jenn Garbee, the author, ate dinner at private supper clubs and underground restaurants in places as diverse as a tiny Brooklyn apartment [...]


Market Watch: Cabbage

Cabbage has been on my mind a lot lately, and I’m not sure why. I recently watched an old episode of the Japanese “Iron Chef,” and also saw this great looking recipe over at the Amateur Gourmet. At the market this morning one of the vendors had these perfect little heads of cabbage [...]


Papacitos: Brooklyn Goes Veg! Day 4

Tucked away among the ethnic markets and discount stores in Greenpoint is Papacitos, which purports to sell “Mexican street food in Brooklyn.” Papacitos is different than the other restaurants I visited during the Brooklyn Goes Veg! week. It is the only restaurant that I went to that was not exclusively vegetarian, and [...]