With Whole Foods and other food retailers selling locally grown greens, fruits, and other food products, it seems that locally grown may be going the way of organic. Mega-farms are producing many organic brands. Locally grown may be moving in that direction too. Is this a good or bad thing? Read my post on Huffington [...]
If you’re getting tired of eating all that Berkshire pork, here’s an unusual food to sample–humans. Ken Albala and Gary Allen have put together a terrific–if somewhat unsettling–anthology of literary writings on man dining on man, or woman for that matter. Chew on it and if gnawing on a human leg is your thing, or [...]
“Isn’t it the best?” asked a woman waiting outside of Itzocan Bistro, the modest Mexican-French eatery on a gentrifying block in East Harlem, a stone’s throw from Mt. Sinai Hospital. Well, actually, it wasn’t I had had a terrific meal at the spare bistro about a year ago and was looking forward to a return [...]
For the second year in a row, on June 29, Williamsburg will host a counter-Fancy Food Show, dubbed, with a less-than-original flourish, the UnFancy Food Show. For years, the establishment Fancy Food Show, which showcases specialty foods from around the world, has been held at the cavernous Javits Center on the far West Side of [...]
Since New York Magazine has anointed the Italian gelato maker, Grom, the city’s best, I had to go see what all the fuss was about. Problem: I’m allergic to the protein in milk. So I ordered the melon sorbet, which was sensational. My hubby chose the extra-noir chocolate, which was a bit weird. I was [...]
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