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Every so often I find myself outside Midtown at lunch, and I try to take advantage of it by trying someplace new. Yesterday that was Wrapid...

I love getting Indian food for lunch. One place I tried recently is the new branch of Joy Curry and Tandoor on 39th Street (between 5th and...

I was looking for a light(er) lunch today after having my free hot dog , so I headed over to Chop't where I tried their Po' Boy sal...

It is yet another cold, wet day here, and that keeps my ideals of "need warm soup" alive. M has told me in the past about how muc...

Today was a dreary winter day but Norwegian Cruise Lines tried to brighten it up a little bit with an event in Times Square celebrating th...

I've seen this Portuguese Kale Soup a couple times on the menu, and I keep seeing similar soups offered everywhere that I'm traveli...

It was windy and chilly at lunch today - a delightful 6 degrees for a wind chill - which meant it was a perfect day for soup. (I know that...

M reviewed the Curried Chicken Chowder before , and she raved about it the last time we both went out to Hale and Hearty together. In fact,...

Another healthy lunch, another Chop't salad. This time I got the kebab cobb, the first non-seasonal salad I've gotten from Chop...

The other day at work, we had a catered lunch with sandwiches and salads from 'wichcraft.  I've only been to 'wichcraft a coupl...

The day after we went to Maison , we used another one of our vouchers at Artichoke Basille's Pizza in Chelsea, hoping that it would re...

It's been a very long time since I reviewed something new from IGK . That's more a product of me not trying anything new to be quit...

The way Hale and Hearty describes this dish: "The national dish of Brazil, this classic flavorful soup is a blend of black beans with ...

Located on 40th street close to 8th avenue is Piccolo Cafe . I remember when it first was opened I kept thinking I should try it because it...

One of the two recipes I picked for the cookbook project was roasted fingerling potatoes from the Williams-Sonoma A Taste of the World coo...

One of our 2013 food resolutions is to be better about our "cookbook project."  To refresh, the cookbook project is where A and I...

We don't go out that often for French food, but we bought a Groupon to Maison, a brasserie in Midtown, and last weekend, decided to en...

The other day I met my mom for lunch at Potbelly where we enjoyed some turkey and provolone toasted sandwiches. We also shared a co...

Every 60 days, Chop't introduces a new set of seasonal salads.  I went to check out the current seasonal salads online today and as soo...

Continuing my job as the unofficial taster of all Hale and Hearty soups, today I went with their Maryland Crab. I hadn't been inspired...