If you live in Brooklyn and haven’t adopted some sugar-free (or vegan) diet, then you should have heard of Cake Man Raven and his famous red velvet cake.  Well, he wants you loyal sweet fiends to know he appreciates your business and this Sunday the Fort Greene shop will host Eighth Annual Family & Friends
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Love at first sight at Elettaria—until the second course
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As if the world needed reminding that the United States is a country full of senseless consumers with no real grasp on 1) the rapidly deteriorating ecology of the planet or 2) reality, a dubious company/beauty pageant called Miss New York City (their grammatically incorrect slogan is “the most pretty girl”) announced today that they are selling bottled tap water to the public (something Tokyo's Metropolitan Government Bureau of Waterworks started doing as a public awareness campaign). Lesson to learn: Stupid people will buy anything.

“There’s a market for it,” replied a man affiliated with Miss New York City who goes by Nzomo and whose official title is “operations.”

Continue reading "NYC tap water" here.
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A visit to one of those old Village restaurants that somehow m
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Mother nature keeps throwing us curve balls this summer, with a rampant salmonella outbreak through June, contracted from contaminated tomatoes, taking the wind out of everyone’s lunch salads. This month, at the most inopportune time possible, E. Coli has been found in the all-American necessity, beef – Just when you thought it was time to
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This past weekend Florent Morellet’s Meatpacking diner Florent finally closed. A man known for his typographical flair and design flourishes removed one letter from the restaurant’s name for an appropriately punny ending. Photo thanks to blog Pica + Pixel
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Mushroom margaritas and absinthe gummy bears: a liquefied gastro
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Which sounds better, tables laden with top-notch Belgium chocolate bars and specialty olives from Greece? Or a bar teeming with locally produced “mind-altering meats” and creamy ricotta?  Maybe both?  Tasty option number one is just a small example of over 180,000 specialty foods that will be featured at the Fancy Food Show at the Javits
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In an effort to save itself, Chelsea's Empire Diner has decided
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OK, OK, I know: you love cheese. But do you love it enough to eat almost half-a-pound in a cheese-eating contest? Oliver Butler does (or did), and he won the contest last year at Stinky Bklyn’s cheese eating competition.  Will he be the champion this year as well?  Find out Sunday, June 22 at Stink-Fest
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