Monthly Archive:: December 2011

Howard’s 2011: A Year of Food in Video

howard’s restaurant meals of 2011 from Eat to Blog on Vimeo. Here for your viewing and listening pleasure are many (though certainly not all) of the foods I ate in 2011, both the good and the bad. All restaurants are in NYC unless otherwise noted. Bonus points to anyone who can identify the restaurants whose

Howard’s Favorites of 2011

The Laphing at Phayul It’s hard to believe 2011 is almost over. I’ve eaten so much food over the past 12 months that it’s hard to narrow down the best of what I ate. This was also the year that I started writing for Serious Eats: New York, and you can see my best-of round-up

Shelsky’s Smoked Fish

The baked salmon salad in a toasted bagel at Shelsky’s Smoked Fish in Carroll Gardens is FREAKIN ADDICTIVE! I had saw my friend’s photo of the thing and for some reason I ran out and got the same thing. I’ve never been to Shelsky’s before until that day and so I didn’t even know how

Giovanni’s Brooklyn Eats

Howard: Even though Giovanni’s has only been open for a few weeks, we here at Eat to Blog already have a complicated relationship with the restaurant. Giovanni’s was opened by the people who ran the recently closed Sette; in fact, the website says that Sette has “re-opened as Giovanni’s”. So why is it a complicated

Late Dinner at Lupa

Lupa was one of the first upscale restaurants I went to in NYC, and although it was a long time ago I remember having a pretty good (though not great) meal. I haven’t been there in a long time, though I always kind of meant to go back. I recently had the chance when meeting

Sweet Potato Sandwiches On Court St

Let’s play a little game. You know that word association game that psychiatrists use? I’m going to say a word and you say the first thing that comes to your mind. Ready? I say: Sandwiches. You say: I can’t hear your response (feel free to leave it in the comments below), but I would bet

Piccoli Trattoria In Park Slope

When Piccoli opened in Windsor Terrace, I really wanted to go try it. They specialize in risotto and I do love a good plate of tasty risotto. Though, situated next to Bene Pizza, it was only a to-go spot. I still haven’t been to it yet but recently they opened a sit down restaurant in