By Sarah Emily Gilbert
RedFarm
529 Hudson between West 10th & Charles Street; 212-792-9700
2170 Broadway between West 76th & West 77th; 212-724-9700
Website: http://redfarmnyc.com
By Sarah Emily Gilbert
21 West 52nd Street, New York
(212) 582 - 7200
This week’s “Plate to Date” comes from a restaurant steeped in NYC history, the 21 Club. This reformed prohibition-era speakeasy has been a Midtown hotspot since the 20s and has been featured in films like Rear Window and Breakfast at Tiffany’s. more
The renowned charcuterie chef tells Urban Agenda Magazine the places and products he can’t live without.
By Sarah Emily Gilbert
Jamie Bissonette is a former vegan turned award-winning nose-to-tail chef. Needless to say, the restaurant owner of Toro NYC and Coppa and Toro of Boston, is a fascinating character full of irony, wit, and delicious recipes. Bissonnette’s whole career is based off of his desire to make seemingly disgusting or inedible things delicious. In fact, his favorite thing to confront in the kitchen is offal and other animal parts that are usually disposed of by other cooks. more
By Sarah Emily Gilbert
Images courtesy of Marea Ristorante
240 Central Park South; (212) 582-5100
Located in the quintessential cosmopolitan area of Central Park South, Marea Ristorante has awards to match its luxurious surroundings. Recipient of the 2010 James Beard Award for “Best New Restaurant”, deemed “Best Italian Restaurant” by Zagat in 2013, and rated two stars by Michelin, Marea is renowned for its superb Italian seafood cuisine. more
By Sarah Emily Gilbert
This week’s “Plate to Date” comes from one of NYC’s finest dining experiences: 11 Madison Park. Renowned for its impeccable staff and service, 11 Madison Park features upscale American cuisine from esteemed chef, Daniel Humm.
With a space that “titillates the imagination with a whimsical tasting menu in gorgeous art deco quarters,” there’s no shortage of reasons to indulge in this unforgettable restaurant (Zagat Rating). Among their “whimsical” entrees is the Strawberry Gazpacho with basil, black pepper, olive oil, and guanciale. Below, 11 Madison Park reveals the ingredients to this tasty meal, so that you can bring the best in NYC dining into your own kitchen. more
By Anne Levin
Ruth Reichl is sometimes asked the question: If you had a superpower, what would it be? For the author, food writer and editor — formerly the restaurant critic at The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times and the editor-in-chief of the late and lamented Gourmet magazine, the answer is a no-brainer: To have a heightened palate.
“I wish I had it, but I so do not,” she said during a telephone interview last week. “Especially in my business, it would be a great asset.” Ms. Reichl will speak this Friday at a sold-out Book Lover’s Luncheon hosted by the Princeton Public Library and the Friends of the Library, at Springdale Golf Club. “The closest I’ve ever seen is Paula Wolfert, whom I traveled with once,” she continued. “She really does have an uncanny ability to pull flavors apart.” more
Photo Credit: www.narcissarestaurant.com
Narcissa, www.narcissarestaurant.com
Location: 25 Cooper Square (5th Street & Bowery)
Lacquered duck breast and carrot fries with jalapeno-tofu dipping sauce are among the American-style menu options with a focus on fresh ingredients from Andre Balazs’ Hudson Valley Farm.
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- Hop To It Cocktail (Photo by Maura McEvoy)
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- Chef Michael Anthony (Photo by Ellen Silverman)
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- Smoked Kielbasa Dish (Photo by Maura McEvoy)
For this week’s installation of the “Plate to Date” we go to New York’s Flatiron District, home of the Gramercy Tavern. Among Zagat Survey’s “Most Popular” list, this tavern with an upscale dining room has been a flagship of the New York dining scene.
Executive chef, Michael Anthony – who was awarded “Outstanding Chef” by the James Beard Foundations just this week – features farm fresh ingredients in his delectable plates. His cheese kielbasa with crispy potatoes, chicory and mustard chutney is no exception. Stop by 42 East 20th Street to indulge in this American-style restaurant’s take on a traditional Polish dish. Pair it with their “Hop To It” cocktail with Plymouth Gin, Stone Pine Liqueur, IPA, and Lemon, and you have yourself a matchless meal.
Jenna Park tells Urban Agenda NYC how she and her husband are spicing up the NYC baking scene with their innovative baking business.
By Sarah Emily Gilbert
Sugar and spice really does make everything nice for the inventive husband-and-wife team, Mark Sopchak and Jenna Park. Co-founders of the Brooklyn-based baking brand, Whimsy and Spice, they have made a living off of their outrageously delicious handmade treats that combine traditional flavored confections with a kick of unexpected spice. However, it’s another unusual mixture that has helped reap sweet success for Whimsy and Spice: Mark’s culinary arts background and Jenna’s work as a photographer and graphic designer. more
By Linda Arntzenius
It's all about food, friends, and family at this quintessential New York deli.
No trip to New York is complete without a visit to Zabar’s on Broadway. Located across Central Park from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, not too far from the Museum of Natural History, it’s the perfect detour on the way home from a daytrip to the city. Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman is known to enjoy Zabar’s and the late lamented Nora Ephron was a regular. My Manhattan friends swear they couldn’t live without it. And it’s easy to see why. The Zabar family members who run the business roast their own coffees, smoke their own fish (whitefish and cod as well as salmon and sturgeon), pickle their own herring, prepare their own meats (corned beef and pastrami), cook their own dishes and salads, and bake their own bagels, breads and pastries. Besides imported and domestic cheeses and salamis, they also stock an enormous selection of honeys, oils, mustards, and lemonades of every hue and flavor—how enticing does elderflower sound? Gift baskets can be had for all occasions, made to order for the holidays, or just to enjoy on a picnic or for breakfast. more
By Jamie Saxon
Photography by David Kelly Crow
Jennifer Esposito has fallen in love with jelly doughnuts -- twice.
Growing up in an Italian-American family in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn, actor/entrepreneur Esposito was immersed in a childhood defined by food—and her ravenous hunger for it. She ate everything in sight—bagels, cake, spaghetti, zeppolis at the Italian street fair, jam dot cookies she baked with her sister at Christmas. “Food is very tied to emotion and remembering events,” she says. more
By Jamie Saxon
Photography by David Kelly Crow
There is a certain poetry, an unspoken connection to a deep source of quiet, in wrapping your hands around a cup of hot tea, watching the swell of silent steam swirl skyward, and inhaling the scent of steeping tea leaves—with a clean bite of citrus, a secret whisper of fragrant floral, the earthy green breath of herbs, or the arranged marriage of pungent spices. more
By Anne Levin
You don’t have to be an avid practitioner of yoga to visit the Bedford Post Inn. But it seems a shame, somehow, to stop at this bucolic setting and not take advantage of the Yoga Loft, a light-filled former barn that overlooks a zen garden. And for those who spend a night in one of the inn’s eight rooms, a free yoga class is part of the deal.
Opened in 2007 by husband-and-wife actors Richard Gere and Carey Lowell and partner Russell Hernandez, the inn is known as much for its restaurants and related comforts as it is for its unique yoga program. Only a few years after opening, the Bedford Post Inn was named a member of the prestigious Relais & Chateaux organization of boutique hotels. more