Posts in February 2015

Chase the Winter Cold Away with a Hot Bowl of Ramen at Ramen Lab

  February 27, 2015  //  Ramen Lab

Winter has decided to overstay its welcome. It lingers, like family who keep prolonging a sudden stay to spend “just a couple more days” camped out in your guest room. Icy, freezing weather is worse than guests who just won’t go (your mileage may vary), but easier to escape for a little while. A hot…

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See Helen Mirren Don the Crown in “The Audience” on Broadway

  February 26, 2015  //  The Audience

Royalty holds a curious appeal for plenty of people around the globe, but perhaps especially Americans. We elect a person to head our government (which is often like nominating someone to stand in front of a dart board), but they don’t get a crown with the position. We tell fairy tales about paupers discovering they’re…

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Famous Sushi Restaurant Zuma Opens in New York at Last

  February 24, 2015  //  Zuma

Sushi brings the world together and unites it in the love of fancy fish. All right, that might be an exaggeration (just maybe), but sushi does have a tremendous international appeal. Restaurants that serve excellent sushi enjoy undeniable celebrity attention, and with some big-name restaurants prominent in the culinary spotlight. Until recently, New Yorkers have…

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You’ll Be Glad to Eat Your Vegetables at Dirt Candy

  February 20, 2015  //  Dirt Candy

Everyone loves candy. Our favorite generic confection sees use as a delicious temptation in songs, where lips are as sweet as the stuff, or in metaphors, where we’re taking it from hapless infants. All this positive press gives restaurants with the word “candy” in the name a leg up when it comes to appeal. Even…

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Taste True Naples Pizza at Prova

  February 17, 2015  //  Uncategorized

Pizza. If we were to build a metaphorical temple to New York cuisine, pizzas would make up both the brick and the mortar of the foundation floor. (Cheese makes a pretty good glue.) With pizza playing such a central role in our food culture, it’s easy to forget we didn’t come up with it. The…

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