First Avenue’s sweet vegan paradise

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Fernanda Capobianco By Alicia Bynum The Upper East Side just became a little crunchier. Fernanda Capobianco recently opened Vegan Divas Bakery at 1437 First Ave. and 75th Street featuring items that are baked with love. “Our goal is to satisfy your taste buds by using healthy and fresh ingredients,” she said. Capobianco said that the time is
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Last Glass with the Penniless Epicure

Written by Josh Perilo on . Posted in Dining Our Town, Dining west side spirit, Eat & Drink, Our Town, The Penniless Epicure, West Side Spirit

thepennilessepicure-150x60 A few bits of ageless wine wisdom to drink by And so we have come, dear reader, to the end of the road. Yes, I am sad to report that you are reading what is to be the final installment of Penniless Epicure published by Manhattan Media. I don’t know if I’ve actually picked up
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Do This Now: Labor Day BBQ Edition

Written by Regan Hofmann on . Posted in Blog, Eat & Drink, NY Press Exclusive

Sure, you’ve got plans for Labor Day—on Monday afternoon you’re going to clamber out onto a friend’s rusty old fire escape or share the cement median strip your neighborhood calls a park with 37 strangers and say you’re having a barbecue. If you’re lucky, someone will bring a package of Hebrew Nationals; if not, it’s Oscar
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Make Casual Friday More Casual

Written by Josh Perilo on . Posted in Dining Our Town, Dining west side spirit, Eat & Drink, Our Town, The Penniless Epicure, West Side Spirit

thepennilessepicure Looking on the Sunny Side of South African Wines Many years ago, when I moved to New York City, I was forced to earn my living from temp work. I say forced, but really I was lucky to have a job, with the limited skill set that I had. Unfortunately, though, it meant I was
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Making, Then Breaking the Mold at the East Village’s Northern Spy Food Co.

Written by Regan Hofmann on . Posted in Dining Our Town, Eat & Drink, News OTDT, Our Town, Our Town Downtown

Dining-NorthernSpyInteriors Northern Spy Food Co. sounds like one of a thousand similar restaurants, but it’s on another playing field altogether It’s almost embarrassing trying to explain Northern Spy Food Co. to friends. “I found this fantastic little restaurant in the East Village,” you start. Already you can see their eyes start to glaze over, but they
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Three of Julia Child’s Most Elaborate Recipes in Celebration of One Refined Lady

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Today would have been, famed American chef and author, Julia Child’s 100th birthday. Child was most famous, perhaps, for introducing French cuisine to the American culinary scene, but she was also an endearing television personality and former spy. In honor of her birthday, we have featured a couple of Child’s more “garnished” recipes, remembering a
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Yoga for Wines

Written by Josh Perilo on . Posted in Dining Our Town, Dining west side spirit, Eat & Drink, Our Town, The Penniless Epicure, West Side Spirit

thepennilessepicure Whatever your politics are, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that there are some pretty huge problems inherent in the current business of agriculture. Way back in the 1920s, before anyone was yammering on about corn subsidies or crop rotation, an Austrian scientist named Rudolf Steiner developed a revolutionary treatise concerning the growing
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Dopo Teatro East: Authentic Italian on 62nd Street

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Dining-sea bass By Amanda Woods With so many Italian eateries in New York City, it can be difficult to find an “authentic” one—offering 100 percent home-cooked food and an ambience that transports diners to Italy, if only for an hour or two. Dopo Teatro East, which opened on East 62nd Street between First and Second avenues at
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