Featured Stories

Best Of The Best: World's 50 Best Restaurants 2012
05/02/2012
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Noma, a Danish restaurant has been awarded the top spot once again on The World's 50 Best Restaurants list for 2012. Spanish stalwarts El Celler de Can Roca and Mugaritz remain at numbers 2 and 3 r [ ... ]


RECIPE: Chicken Under A Brick
04/30/2012
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Chicken under a brick is an old Italian method (so the story goes) for pressing a chicken while it cooks by weighing it down with heavy bricks. This technique produces excellent results and seems t [ ... ]


RECIPE: Pork Osso Bucco
04/24/2012
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We love Osso Bucco. It is a rustic Italian dish which is wonderful to eat as a nice Sunday meal. We decided to prepare it a little bit differently by substituting pork shanks in place of the typical [ ... ]


Spring Time For Kitchen Gardens
04/20/2012
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Now is the time to start growing fresh herbs and other small kitchen garden staples that support fresh and delicious home cooking. If growing from seeds, buy a pack of cardboard cups from any garde [ ... ]


Big Dining On Long Island
04/11/2012
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Large and lavish hits the spot for many diners on Long Island these days and we're not describing the size or style of the food on their plates. We're talking about those grand, well polished mega- [ ... ]


All Roads Lead To Legends
03/27/2012
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One place you must eat when you visit the North Fork is Legends on the water in New Suffolk. It's not as easy to find as all the signs would indicate, and once you do find it you may feel like you' [ ... ]


Tasteful Hits ...

  • Arugula
  • REAL Grilled Cheese
  • Mango Juice
  • Artisanal Charcuterie
  • Tatziki
  • Smoky Paprika
  • Aged Rhone Reds

Call It Quits ...

  • Cheese on Steaks
  • Ditzy Post-Teen Hostesses
  • Taco Bell/Dorito Combinations (isn't one layer of junk food junk enough?)
  • Hydroponic Boston Lettuce (that's about $.85 per leaf, wabbit)
  • Plastic Corks
  • Gluten Free (what did you eat 5 years ago?)