Local Gourmands

Dear Local Gourmands,
Here are the staples of fall cooking that I look forward to each year: butternut squash, apples (of course), braised purple cabbage and Brussels sprouts. There is nothing cozier to me than returning to old favorites (friends and food) who have dispersed for a frantic summer only to return to the table [...]

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Dear Local Gourmands,
This weekend I was lucky to land in the middle of the Old Tobacco Warehouse in DUMBO to sample the fine foods served up from some of the city’s best street cart vendors at the Vendy Awards. While the Vendley Brothers of Calexico took home the trophy, I have to say all [...]

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Dear Local Gourmands,
This weekend the Times Magazine blew apart an ear of corn and blew up some favorite names of mine in their Food Issue. Read Michael Pollan’s letter to the next president, or click to the link on-line to listen and look inside the refrigerators of a few famous local gourmands. The [...]

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