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I was pretty excited for Week 9 of the challenge with its one color  theme. I love thinking about color and the colors of food, and am usua...

So now I know I've gone to Hunan Manor  a lot. Last time I went I thought the lady at the counter nodded as I was saying my name. Tod...

Our third dinner on the Quantum was at American Icon Grill. We had visited American Icon  during lunch the day before and had been quite ...

We're big fans of fast casual. A lot of the new ones that have been opening up lately follow the Chipotle mode of DIY combinations, bu...

We didn't pick up the February spotlight cheese at Trader Joe's (since I'm not that big of a fan of some Neufchâtel and you co...

Last week, as promised, I went back to Hale and Hearty to retry Chef Daniel Boulud's Curried Cream of Cauliflower and Apple soup when...

Continuing our journey through the Trader Joe's hummus department, next we tried the tomato and basil hummus dip  ($1.99). The main in...

For our second "chocolate night" during the Week 7 challenge, we went back to the Superfoods for Life: Cacao  cookbook and made ...

A couple of days ago, Times Square got its first permanent food hall, the 4,000 square foot City Kitchen in the Row NYC hotel (formerly th...

I feel like I've started being recognized at Hunan Manor since the same lady gives me my takeout each time, and I'm pretty sure t...

So yesterday I had every intention of going to Hale and Hearty to get Daniel Boulud's Chef Series soup offering as I admittedly didn...

We're always on the lookout for good banh mi spots, so when we were up by the north end of Central Park in the fall looking for a late ...

So I've been following the development of the Rhong-Tiam near my office for a bit now, and I've been anxiously awaiting its openi...

Back in early 2013, we visited Masak , a Singaporean (influenced) restaurant down in the East Village. Sadly, a few weeks after our visit,...