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 Comfort Pasta Is Only Three Ingredients Away
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This foolproof sauce formula offers ease and consistency, no recipe required It's hard for me to answer the question "What's your favorite food?" without any caveats or follow-up inquiries (can it be a list of top five foods instead?), but I can confidently say that pasta is the food that I'm always, unfailingly in the mood for. Though eating pasta is a no-brainer (I truly don't discriminate between boxed mac 'n cheese...
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Twitter's Random Restaurant Bot Reminds Me the World Exists
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I'm living vicariously though @_restaurant_bot's photos of restaurants I'll never go to Remember places? I don't! I know travel is back for some, and plenty of my friends have flown internationally now that vaccines are readily available, but I have not been anywhere new since summer 2019. I had to look back through my calendar to figure that out, and now I'm depressed anew, mostly because I've been stripped of one of the great joy...
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The Thrill of Buc-ee's, Once a Texas Roadside Oasis, Is Gone
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The glorified gas station has lost its luster thanks to over-saturation of the market and the owner's ties to the state's worst politicians As gas stations go, there are few chains that have managed to capture the attention of travelers — and eaters — like Buc-ee's. The Texas-born chain is a highway oasis, boasting a slew of clean bathrooms, a dizzying array of snacks and prepared foods, and tons of merch emblazoned with t...
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The 26 Essential St. Louis Restaurants
Spencer Pernikoff
Where to find snow crabs in gochujang butter, chile fried tofu sandwiches, and Dr Pepper-glazed pork cheeks in Missouri's gateway city Residents of the Lou have long had an inordinate preoccupation with food and drink — and they take pride in being equal-opportunity consumers. In a restaurant scene that's not only impressive but expansive, diners spread the love, never reserving enthusiasm exclusively for James Beard winners and Mich...
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How a Family of Saffron Farmers Harvests the World's Most Expensive Spice
Gulzar Ahmad Kuchay and his family come together every autumn for the delicate and arduous process Gulzar Ahmad Kuchay has been farming, harvesting, and selling Kashmiri saffron — known to be the best variety of the spice — for over 30 years. Every autumn, his family comes together for the annual saffron harvest in the Pampore region of Kashmir, and embark on the delicate and long process of preparing the spice, which can sell for as much as $3,400 per ki...
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Grocery Store Shortages Are Back. Here's Why.
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A worker shortage exacerbated by the omicron surge has led to empty meat cases and moldy produce nationwide This story was originally published on Civil Eats.
At a Giant supermarket in Maryland this Tuesday evening, shoppers were surprised to discover that coolers and bins that normally held bananas, leafy greens, and onions were completely empty. "This is freaking me out," one man confided to another, as they circled the area ...
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A Peanut-Braised Chicken With Coconut Carolina Rice Recipe to Warm the Soul
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Caramelization and time are Chef Edward Lee's secrets to making chicken drumsticks that are fall-off-the-bone good "By the time we're done here," says chef Edward Lee, "all of this is going to commingle and mix and become one beautiful dish." The trick to making Lee's peanut-braised chicken with coconut Carolina rice — a dish he teaches in his class for YesChef, a subscription-based streaming platform offering cinematic cooking class...
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Why Would an LA Restaurant Keep Selling a Dish That Loses Money?
Wonho Frank Lee
Breaking down the food, labor, and fixed costs of Be Ù's caramelized pork with eggs We often presume to understand restaurant economics because we know what a chicken breast costs at the supermarket. "I could make this dish at home for $5," goes the refrain. Could we? Here, Eater looks at all the costs in a popular restaurant dish to see what goes into it, and how much profit comes out.
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The 38 Essential Kuala Lumpur Restaurants
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Where to find kung pao mantis prawns, pandan layer cake, curry fried chicken, and soft-shell crab burgers in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur is an experience of contrasts. Against the backdrop of the city's dizzying skyscrapers, including the iconic Petronas Twin Towers (the tallest buildings in the world at the turn of the 21st century), you'll find yourself wandering uneven back streets and navigating crowded...
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Where to Eat in 2022
Where to find the best food around the world in 2022
Destination meals are compelling.
They're delicious, too, but there's good food everywhere. Destination meals are different. They whisk travelers from their cooking routines and familiar takeout spots, drawing them out with flavors that can't be replicated, service that can't be matched, and most of all, a story that can't be told elsewhere. The cities, islands, neighborhoods, and regions that...
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The 26 Essential St. Louis Restaurants
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Where to find snow crabs in gochujang butter, chile fried tofu sandwiches, and Dr Pepper-glazed pork cheeks in Missouri's gateway city Residents of the Lou have long had an inordinate preoccupation with food and drink — and they take pride in being equal-opportunity consumers. In a restaurant scene that's not only impressive but expansive, diners spread the love, never reserving enthusiasm exclusively for...
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The 18 Essential Saint-Martin Restaurants
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Where to find salt cod-stuffed croissants, rhum-spiked foie gras terrine, goat curry, and classic johnnycakes on this Caribbean gem The Caribbean archipelago is dotted with islands offering azure waves, sugar-sand beaches, balmy nights — and not much to eat. Some are clogged with touristy resorts; others only offer haute cuisine at stratospheric prices. Visitors to Saint-Martin, however, often discover the opposite problem: It's impos...
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The 17 Essential Mallorca Restaurants
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Where to find classic fisherman's stew, spicy crispy duck, Argentinian gaucho-style beef pasties, and fresh citrus sorbet on the largest Balearic island Famous for its endless sandy beaches and hordes of selfie stick-wielding tourists (many sunburned to within an inch of their lives), Mallorca hasn't had the chance to develop a reputation for its gastronomy. But it turns out that the largest of...
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The 31 Essential Berkshires Restaurants
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Where to find wild-yeasted pizza, farm-to-cone ice cream, brisket mac and cheese, banh xeo in idyllic Western Massachusetts Nestled between two small mountain ranges — the Hoosac to the east and the Taconic to the west — Berkshire County, Massachusetts, is a year-round destination for city dwellers in the Northeast. Some come to leaf peep in the picturesque woods and stroll through small towns like North Ada...
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The 38 Essential Markham Restaurants
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Where to find Afghan kebabs, Hong Kong-style French toast, shiitake udon carbonara, and Sri Lankan mutton poutine in Ontario's dining powerhouse According to the most recent data, nearly 78 percent of Markham's residents consider themselves visible minorities. And while most of the Toronto suburb's population falls into the broader categories of Chinese, Indian, and Central Asian, that belies the regional variations tha...
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The 30 Essential Guadalajara Restaurants
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Where to find pork belly confit tortas, clam birria, roast suckling pig with mole, and tepache-tequila Old Fashioneds in Jalisco's capital Guadalajara, La Perla TapatÃa, is the archetypal Mexican city — the birthplace of son jalisciense music (the root form of mariachi), the center of tequila country, the historic home of charrerÃa (Mexican rodeo), and the reason many types of Mexican food are we...
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How the Sfoglini Pasta Factory Manufactures Cascatelli, a New Shape of PastaÂ
Co-founder Steven Gonzalez brought podcast host Dan Pashman's optimal pasta shape to life "It's not really common to make new pasta shapes," says Steven Gonzalez, co-founder of the Sfoglini pasta factory in upstate New York. "As people who are in the pasta business, sometimes it can be a little stale, it's just a lot of penne, fusilli, spaghetti — so I think that's kind of why this took so well."
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Garum
Sophia Pappas
A culinary star in ancient Rome, this fermented fish sauce transforms everything it touches Extremely tasty and frequently misunderstood, garum is a fermented fish sauce that traces its origins back to Roman times. Over the course of more than a dozen centuries, it has managed to sustain its influence in the culinary world, even if its preparation method may have changed: Unlike the Romans, today's garum makers don't typically use huge qua...
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The Coolest Place to Drink Is Your Local Bookstore
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New takes on the classic college-town genre offer guests the chance to curate reading lists, sip natural wines, and eat great food A bookstore with a bar is easily one of mankind's best inventions, up there with polar fleece and those potato chips that taste like ham. There's usually a big chair, and if you do it right, you can read for hours while sipping a coffee or a glass of wine. However, bookst...
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I Miss Few Things More Than Eavesdropping in Restaurants
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The looming specter of COVID has ruined my favorite hobby: being in everybody else's business I am, by nature, an exceedingly nosy person. I am the type of individual who reads hundred-comment-long Facebook threads involving people I've never met, and I absolutely cannot resist an in-public spat between lovers. For better or worse, if there's a conversation going on within earshot of me, I need to know what it's about.
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Emmy-Winning Docuseries 'The Migrant Kitchen' Widens Scope to the Entire Nation
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The PBS series highlights innovative chefs across the U.S. who've been inspired by the immigrant experience You might not immediately associate Portland, Oregon, with Russian food. Likewise, agricultural sustainability is probably not the first thing that comes to mind when you think of the fight for independence in Puerto Rico. That will change, however, after you watch The Migrant Kitchen, the PBS SoCal award-winning d...
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Who's Really Behind Joanna Gaines's Perfect Peanut Butter Brownies?
The New York Times credits the "Fixer Upper" star for this transcendent peanut butter and chocolate combination, but both the comment section and Gaines herself say otherwise It is important that I begin by assuring you that Joanna Gaines's brownies are delicious. More than delicious, actually, they are perfect. Like some of my favorite pastries, they benefit from a slight chill, which in this case further defines the layers; the frosting becomes like a hard...
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This Oysters and Grits in Bourbon Brown Butter Recipe Is an Exercise in Simple Decadence
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In partnership with YesChef, chef Edward Lee puts a briny twist on a Southern classic "Shrimp and grits is one of the iconic dishes of the South," says chef Edward Lee. Here, he puts a delicious spin on it with his recipe for oysters and grits in bourbon brown butter. "The flavor of bourbon and the flavor of the oysters is a pairing that really works nice together," explains Lee, a celebrated chef, restaurateur, and cookbook author based in ...
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How Master Butcher Dario Cecchini Created a 'Republic' of Meat-Lovers in ItalyÂ
The chef's infectious passion for meat is on full display at Antica Macelleria Cecchini in Panzano, Italy "I've always done this for the pleasure of it," says master butcher Dario Cecchini at his shop Antica Macelleria Cecchini in Panzano, Italy. "Because my dad, my grandfather, my great-grandfather were all behind this butcher stall. We need some money to live on, but when they ask me, 'you work everyday?,' I say I've never worked a day."
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'Influencer Network' the FeedFeed Hit With Lawsuit Alleging Workplace Racism and Sexism
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Filed by two women of color who formerly worked at the FeedFeed, the lawsuit alleges a hostile work environment, unequal pay, and "horrific mistreatment" Even if the FeedFeed cooking website and social media accounts are unfamiliar to you, its aesthetic has surely infiltrated your Instagram or Pinterest: endless pictures of glimmering pasta and molten cheese pulls, all under the #feedfeed hashtag, which has collected more than 19 milli...
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Season Two of 'Emily in Paris' Is Still Inedible Tripe
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The traditional dishes of France are unlikely to have a corporate sponsor, which makes them more of a device than a feature in the brand-laden Netflix series When the first season of Emily in Paris debuted in October 2020, the world was such a mess that one might be forgiven for overlooking the series' deep inanity for the sake of escape. No one was traveling anywhere. To see Paris, a beautiful city even in its debased form as a provincial paint-b...
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KFC's Beyond Meat Nuggets Taste Like Chicken, Eat Like Rubber
Amy McCarthy
The plant-based chicken nuggets mimic the flavor, but not so much the perfect texture, of a fast-food chicken nugget On Monday, Kentucky Fried Chicken's long-awaited fake-meat nuggets officially arrived at the chain's nearly 4,000 locations across the United States. The announcement couldn't have come at a better time for the chain, which is apparently struggling mightily with supply chain issues, at least in my corner of the world. In ...
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How to Avoid the Shameless Creep of Diet Culture's 'New Year, New You' Nonsense
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Whether it's sold as "wellness" or a new year's "reset," diet messaging is pervasive in January. Registered dietician Christy Harrison explains how to survive it. Once the clock strikes 12 on New Year's Eve and the champagne flutes are cleared, there's almost an immediate shift in mentality. After the decadence (and stress) of the holidays, millions of people resolve to create better versions of themselves, most often ...
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These Are the Worst Kinds of Viral Food TikToks
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On TikTok, users turn fast-food workers into content through viral stunts or videos designed to shame their behavior. Can we just not? At this point, it happens practically weekly. A video of a food worker or restaurant patron doing something ostensibly (or obviously) bad takes over TikTok, inspiring hearty debate over whether or not the particular behavior was appropriate. Back in December, video of a Chipotle location in Port Sai
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How a Jersey City Pizzaiolo Churns out Hundreds of Wood-Fired Pies a NightÂ
Razza chef Dan Richer knows it's all about fresh ingredients and mastering heat "Pretty much my entire life is dedicated to pizza," says Razza chef and owner Dan Richer. "For me, it's my profession, it's my craft, it's my art, it's the way I feed my kids." Other Jersey City diners can sense Richer's devotion to his craft; the busy restaurant churns out 400 to 600 pies a night.
Richer in part credits his wood-fired ovens for the quality of...
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Why Make Other Angry Dudechef Dramas When 'Burnt' Already Perfected the Form?
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Everyone's always ragging on "Burnt." But what if it was the last great expression of the art form? Remember the year 2015? NASA confirmed there was water on Mars. "Hotline Bling" was rudely inescapable. Taylor Swift welcomed every woman to the stage. Some depressing stuff happened that I won't list here because by now you get the point. 2015 was a year, like others, where many things occurred. But ...
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Will Restaurants Get Federal Aid During Omicron Surge? Probably Not
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The Biden administration has shut down any hope of imminent aid Many restaurants spent the final weeks of 2021 — when, in ordinary times, they'd be raking in profits from big holiday dinners and hungry tourists — doing the responsible thing instead: closing their dining rooms and giving staff time to take COVID tests as the omicron wave spread like an uncontrollable fire across the country. Around the same time that restaura...
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Who Is Responsible for Dessert Hummus?
Exploring the trend everyone loves to hate In 2009, Bonnie McLoud was thrilled at the reception for her new product at the Seacoast Home and Garden show at the University of New Hampshire. "This is our debut and we've already sold out of our peanut butter flavor," she told the Portsmouth Herald. "The crowds are really great." Aside from peanut butter, the product came in ​​flavors like chocolate mousse, caramel apple, and maple walnut, all of which w...
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It's Time to Get Rid of Calorie Counts on Menus
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They might not inspire healthier eating habits, but they do inspire guilt and shame This story mentions calorie counts, weight, and weight loss.
The panic started at Margaritaville. I was there reporting for another story, and ready to order the coconut shrimp I'd been dreaming about since I got the assignment. But next to the price was another number — 1370, the amount of calories in the entree. I felt a guilty flut...
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A Sunny Key Lime Cake Recipe to Chase Away the January Blues
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Bright, bold, and easy, this cake is a delicious way to combat both the weather and post-holiday baking fatigue I don't think I'm alone in declaring January to be low on the totem pole of "favorite months." By now, the post-holiday blues have set in, the weather is cold and gray (and snow doesn't seem quite as magical), and there's not too much to look forward to on the calendar year for a while (Valentine's Day doesn't c...
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Taco Bell Debuts the Only Good Fast Food Subscription
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For $10 a month, the Taco Lover's Pass gets you 30 tacos, and that's a steal Starting this week, people who love Taco Bell enough to have the fast food chain's logo tattooed on their bodies will be able to show their dedication in a whole new way: by signing up for a subscription service that entitles the subscriber to one taco per day for 30 days for just $10 per month.
Called the Taco Lover's Pass, the subscription...
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Is the 'Future of Food' the Future We Want?
At the Food on Demand conference in Las Vegas, the food service industry laid out its vision for a future in which customers never have to wait. Just don't think too hard about how that'd work. The conference room at the Bellagio hotel swelled with the horns of "Ride of the Valkyries." On a theater-sized screen set up at the front, I watch as a drone flies over a low, sunny suburb, bypassing highways and beaches and nondescript homes, where in the backyard...
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The Last Days of Mexico City's Cafes Chinos
The famous bread at Cafe Allende is displayed in the window.
At these working-class diners, chilaquiles sit on the menu alongside chop suey and cafe lechero. But these once-crucial footholds for Chinese immigrants are on their last legs. I'm sitting with a giant plate of chop suey beneath the painted gaze of Martin de Porres, the Catholic saint of racial harmony. His solemnity is mocked by the smiling, rosy-cheeked baby dressed for the Chinese New Year...
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Three Shots or Bust
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As Omicron sweeps across the country, some restaurants are turning to booster mandates alongside proof of vaccination The Omicron wave has forced much of the restaurant industry into a modified shutdown again. Case numbers are skyrocketing, and some restaurants are responding by temporarily closing or pivoting back to delivery and take-out only, in order to keep both patrons and workers as safe as possible. Many restaurants offeri
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It's a New Year. Cook Whatever You Want.
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The period of doing nice things for others is over. It is now nice to do what feels good to you.   Around the beginning of a new year, an inexhaustible drumbeat of self-improvement jargon begins to sound everywhere you turn. "New year, new you!" the Terry Crews cardboard cutout at the grocery store yells. "Here's the essential productivity hack you must try in 2022!" the C-list celebrity in a ...
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How to Get Everything You Need to Feed Your Kid From TargetÂ
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From one Eater editor and die-hard Target fan, a guide to buying all your mealtime gear, from high chairs and placemats to bibs and Bambas When I was pregnant, I found the whole stuff element overwhelming. What did we really need to bring into our little apartment and what would end up just wasting space? As I navigated through those early months of parenthood, I started sharing any expectant friends on a document I kept up-to-date with recom
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How the Pandemic Knocked Chefs Off Their PedestalÂ
In an excerpt from his book "The Next Supper," Corey Mintz calls for a future in which workers are celebrated above chefs For months now the restaurant industry has endured deep upheaval. The pandemic has changed the way restaurants need to operate on every level and, a recent book argues, many of these changes are ones restaurateurs should have considered well before a global crisis forced their hands. In The Next Supper: The End of Restaurants as We Knew...
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The Secrets Behind One of New York's Best Bagels
Utopia Bagel shop co-owner Scott Spellman is adamant that it's not just the NYC water that makes his bagels great "If water was the main thing that happened to a bagel that makes it great, there are about five bagel stores around my store here — they would make as good of a bagel as we make," says Utopia Bagel shop co-owner Scott Spellman on the myth that New York City water is what gives its bagels the reputation as the best in the country.
"It's w...
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Why 10,000 People Are on the Waitlist for Kora's Filipino Doughnuts
Glossy purple ube variaties and doughnuts stuffed with an entire flan have exploded in popularity at the Queens, NY-based shop "You just have to be super confident when you approach this task," says Kora founder Kimberly Camara. She's flipping a large tray of flan from one pan to another for the shop's flan doughnut. It's because of unique flavors like this that the New York-based Filipino doughnut shop has a 10,000-person waitlist.
"Kora is my grand...
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What Dates Have to Do With Christmas, the Temple of Dendur, and 'America's Arabia'
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Dates often get served up around the holidays, but the fruit's religious significance is bigger than you might think Dates — especially in the United Kingdom, but also in the U.S. — are often associated with Christmastime, showing up in fruitcakes, served stuffed with goat's cheese and wrapped with bacon, or just sharing a side plate with dried apricots and prunes.
On this week's episode of Gastropod, hosts Cynthia...
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Inside the Starbucks Collectors Cup Market, Where a Single Tumbler Can Sell for Nearly $2K
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The pandemic and social media have fostered an intense level of commitment from collectors, as well as fraudsters creating fake cups Most people who love Starbucks are in it for the drinks. Whether you're obsessed with dirty chai lattes or love the sugar rush of a white chocolate mocha Frappuccino, it's what's inside the cup that you care most about. But for a growing number of seriously devoted collectors, Starbucks's reusabl...
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A Hearty Southern Bouillabaisse Recipe, Just in Time for Winter
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Catfish, shrimp, Gulf oysters, and lump crab put a regional stamp on the Provençal fisherman's stew The onset of winter shifts something in me. Maybe it's the fact that after months of enduring oppressive heat, it's now time to break out chunky sweaters, firepits, and whiskey. It could also be that I know the holidays are just around the corner, and this year, I have a brand-new baby girl to introduce to the joy of the season. Eith...
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In West Bengal, Date Palm Jaggery Is a Winter Delicacy. It's Also in Danger of Extinction.
Cha Pornea
Valued for its seasonality and hyperlocal terroir, the beloved natural sweetener is facing an array of threats, from urbanization to climate change It's 3 a.m. in Nimpith, a tiny town in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. Sixty-one-year-old Chuno Mistry heads towards a row of wild date palm trees. Mistry is a shuli, or date palm tree tapper, and he carries earthen pots slung from a bamboo pole, known as a byank, on his shoulder. It's ab...
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Restaurants Opting into Proof-of-Vax Policies Find Happy Guests, Angry Commenters
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In cities without vaccine mandates, restaurateurs who require vaccination face online backlash — but diners aren't staying away A few weeks ago, as COVID-19 cases spiked across the state of Arkansas, veteran Little Rock restaurateur Capi Peck finally knew that it was time to implement a requirement that all diners passing through the doors of her 35-year-old restaurant, Trio's, show proof of vaccination. It was a decision that she knew wo...
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At 63 Clinton, a New Kind of American Tasting Menu Starts With a Breakfast TacoÂ
Chef Samuel Clonts and general manager Raymond Trinh created their version of the dish as an ode to their Arizona roots "When people ask us about what type of food [we serve], we kind of fall back on saying 'Modern American' or 'New American,' but I think overall it's very much a New York-style menu," says 63 Clinton co-owner Raymond Trinh. "There are things from all over the world and all over the country, and for me, that's very New York. This...
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Woman Finds Window of Hotel Room Opens Directly Into Operating Restaurant
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Tourist Desiree Baker shared her bizarre experience at Cassa Times Square on TikTok One of the best parts of eating in a restaurant is eavesdropping on dates. You may like to think you're better than that, but you're not, because the second you sense the tension in the voice of someone two tables away, it's next to impossible to ignore. Now, what if you had a one-way mirror and could watch random people chat over dinner for ...
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Could This New York Festival Finally Convince Americans to Love Panettone?
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A festival in Long Island City, Queens is on a mission to expose the U.S. to fresh, handcrafted versions of the Italian holiday favorite This winter, 250 made-in-Italy, naturally leavened panettoni got to partake in one of the birthrights of traveling to New York: Getting stuck at JFK airport.
Cafe owner and Italian foods importer Cristiano Rossi had shipped the panettoni to New York at the end of November for the first-ever New Yor
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Restaurants Nationwide Temporarily Close as Staff Test Positive, Case Counts Rise
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Restaurants are cancelling reservations and shutting down dining rooms as nation braces for winter surge Restaurants are suddenly in a situation not dissimilar to that of the early pandemic, as the omicron variant of coronavirus sweeps the the country: Case counts are shockingly high, staff and guests are testing positive, and restaurants — the responsible ones, at least — are choosing to close while staff are tested. Restaurants that would...
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Hosts Are a Restaurant's Front Line. It's No Wonder They're in Such High Demand Now.
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Some restaurants are packing their host stands to make the job more manageable On a Friday night last month, some friends and I walked into La Chinesca, a new bar and restaurant on Spring Garden Street in Philly, and were greeted by three smiling hosts at the host stand. We were heading to the indoor/outdoor bar, about 20 feet away, and all three hosts eagerly asked if they could help us find our way there. Compared to how short-staffed and ove
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Fast-Food Fashion Is Everywhere — Except on Fat People
Excluding fat bodies from food world trends is nothing new, but that doesn't make it any better Merch is trending. And while everyone from podcast hosts to niche astrology meme accounts is selling something wearable, the highest-profile drops are from fast food and "junk" food brands. There's a huge amount of '90s nostalgia at play — AriZona iced tea's jackets with the brand's classic patterns and Pizza Hut's plastic red cups are meant to hearken...
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A Creamy, Spicy Pasta Recipe Made With Shin Ramyun Seasoning
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Inspired by recipes that add milk instead of water to Shin Ramyun, I decided to try something similar with pasta One of my most prized home decor elements is my instant noodle shelf, its contents displayed just like what you would see in a convenience store. It takes over a whole section of my bookshelf and is always stocked with at least four to five different instant noodles, from spicy Korean ramyun to tart Thai noodles.
It's hard t...
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The Hottest New (Ghost) Restaurant Is TikTok
Make it go viral. | Virtual Dining Concepts
TikTok Kitchen will bring the internet's most viral recipes to your door On the day that TikTok is making headlines for uhh other reasons, the platform has also announced that you no longer have to cook feta pasta yourself. The video-sharing platform has partnered with Virtual Dining Concepts, the brand behind MrBeast Burger, to launch the delivery-only TikTok Kitchen. Quick, get a time machine and say "TikTok...
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The Hottest Pop-Up Is at Your Local Restaurant
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During the pandemic, restaurants have relied on pop-ups to fill quiet dining rooms When chef Libby Willis closed the doors to her beloved, queer Brooklyn diner MeMe's in November 2020, she did so knowing that now, more than ever, it's nigh impossible to open an independent food business in New York City.
By necessity, pop-ups have served as an important avenue for these businesses to thrive. In the ...
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A Reemergence So Fragile a Restaurant Closure Can Undo Me
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Mourning for everything we lost, including our favorite restaurants, doesn't happen all at once I wish I had taken more photos. It was a random weeknight in the Before Times, a celebration of nothing but friendship and free time, the kind of night you say, "Fuck it!" and order the special tasting platter. We had stuffed ourselves on taramasalata, then skordalia, and then keftedes. I wish I had captured the looks on my frie...
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A Running List of Everywhere Carrie and Friends Eat or Drink in 'And Just Like That...'
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Coffee Shop is closed and they can no longer go to Bed (what's the point without Samantha, anyway?), but the characters of "Sex and the City" are still swapping puns across the tables of New York restaurants There was a time long ago when gargantuan tour buses — splashed with pink and stock images of girlfriends sipping on cocktails — roved the isle of Manhattan. They transported women, mostly; huddled masses from across the middle America, al...
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To Avoid Holiday Baking Burnout, Be Your Own Prep Cook
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It's simple: just make as much as you can ahead of time Baking is known for its therapeutic benefits, but baking burnout is also real: there always comes a point during the holidays when all I want to do is sink into the couch and eat a cookie or three instead of whipping up another batch of brownies or that pie whose recipe I bookmarked last year. But through trial and error — and some lessons from my time working in restaur...
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How DoorDash and Postmates Make an Already Dangerous Job Worse
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The day-to-day realities of a gig economy driver for DoorDash and Postmates: 12-hour days, bad tips, customer abuse, and parking ticketsÂ
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In 2013, Saru Jayaraman founded One Fair Wage to put an end to the tipped minimum wage, which, One Fair Wage has found, perpetuates racial and gender disparities in the hospitality industry. Those disparities only worsened dur...
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Will Consumers Flake on the Kellogg's Cereal Boycott?
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Calls to boycott Rice Krispies and other Kellogg's cereals haven't swayed the company, which says it will "permanently replace" some of the 1,400 cereal plant workers who are on strike More than 1,400 Kellogg Co. cereal plant workers in Michigan, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee have been on strike since the beginning of October, protesting for improved working conditions including a better wage scale and better...
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For a Newly Unionized Starbucks in Buffalo, the Future Looks Grand(e)
Starbucks employees in Buffalo wait for the results of the union vote count on December 9, 2021. | Eleonore Sens/AFP via Getty Images
As the first-ever Starbucks store votes to unionize, one employee hopes to spread the momentum nationwide Last week, a group of Starbucks workers in Buffalo, New York made history as they became the first employees of the giant coffee chain to unionize, doing so through Workers United New York. Now, the union momentum at the
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This Festive Guava-Cream Cheese Thumbprint Cookie Recipe Puts a Cuban Spin on a Holiday Classic
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With their cream cheese-spiked dough and guava paste centers, these cookies are infused with my Cuban heritage As a teenage Latina immigrant newly arrived in the United States, I remember feeling that the act of making holiday thumbprint cookies was a part of the process of becoming a "real" American, as though mastering decorated cookies would somehow help me attain citizenship. While I did become an American, I don't think it was...
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The Status of Outdoor Dining Across the Country
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Sidewalk pods, parklets, and patios boomed during the pandemic. Now cities are grappling with whether or not they're here to stay. As the pandemic drags on, one thing is abundantly clear: Diners are still eating outdoors. Even though chilly winter weather has arrived, restaurant patrons are bundling up and continuing to sit outside, particularly as the omicron variant of COVID-19 brings its own uncertainties. ...
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An Eater's Guide to Visiting (and Drinking) ChampagneÂ
The patio at the Royal Champagne Hotel & Spa.
From tastings on a vintage bullet boat to farm-to-table feasts in an old train depot, here's where to eat, drink, and relax in France's most famous wine region While France's northeastern region of Champagne has always had its draws — picturesque villages, rolling hills, a labyrinthine network of underground chalk galleries, not to mention global name recognition — it's only relatively recently...
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All Ideas Are on the Table at Michelin-Starred NYC Restaurant the Musket Room
As she develops her winter menu, executive chef Mary Attea pulls inspiration both from her own background and what's exciting to the chefs in her kitchen right now  "I've been begging Chef to put pasta on the menu," says the Musket Room pastry chef Camari Mick. "She's getting her Christmas wish," responds executive chef Mary Attea. The two are testing out a new dish for the Michelin-starred restaurant's winter menu, and it's this kind of colla...
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