Friday, May 6, 2011

Dining & Wine

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Yes, This Is Made of Celery

Brooks Headley, the punk-rock pastry chef at Del Posto, turns vegetables into decadent desserts.

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Pleasing Foodies and Regular Joes

Restaurant recommendations near Lincoln Center; meatpacking district meals to satisfy foodies and the less refined; and common ground for vegetarians and carnivores.

Ground-Level Tastings of the Best Food in the Sky

Airlines are giving potential fliers a chance to taste their best food at lounges and stands around the country.

On Small Farms, Hoof Power Returns

As diesel prices skyrocket, a number of small farmers are turning — or rather returning — to animal labor to help with farming, trading tractors for oxen.

Aboard the L Train, Luncheon Is Served

On Sunday, a moving subway car was quickly transformed into a traveling bistro with a six-course menu, served to a dozen diners.

Feed Me

Christina Tosi, a Border-Crossing Pastry Chef

The baker behind Momofuku Milk Bar, whose ingredients include cornflakes and chorizo, is nominated for a James Beard award as a Rising Star Chef.

Restaurant Review

Colonie

A new venture in Brooklyn Heights serves a solid farm-to-table menu of haute American food in a neighborhood starved for good restaurants.

Dining Briefs | Recently Opened

Buvette

A new spot from the chef Jody Williams is a miniaturized version of a true Paris cafe: easygoing but with just the right patina of formality.

Dining Briefs | Recently Opened

Jones Wood Foundry

A new restaurant on the Upper East Side is the very definition of a gastropub, where bar food with a bit of flair is even more important than drink.

Food Stuff
The Pour

A Little Brother for Pétrus

Christian Moueix, a French winemaker, is shifting focus away from his family’s Château Pétrus and onto the Château Trotanoy with a series of New York tastings.

New Tastes From Daniel Boulud, for Shoppers and Diners

The chef’s first takeout shop, Épicerie Boulud, sells finely crafted terrines and pâtés, cheeses and pastries.

A New Cookbook Devoted to Herbs

“Jekka’s Herb Cookbook,” by an English herb grower and expert, evokes spring from cover to cover.

A Whiff of Camembert, From Upstate

Kinderhook Creek is the first Camembert-style soft-ripening cheese that the Old Chatham Sheepherding Company in the Hudson Valley has made entirely with sheep’s milk.

A Good Appetite

Cooking Lamb With (Shh) Anchovies

Pungent garlic and anchovies bring out the sweetness of the meat, while a few sage leaves add a musky note.

Off the Menu

Among the restaurants opening this week are Spritzenhaus, a 6,000-square-foot beer hall in Williamsburg, and Stivale, an Italian restaurant in the Village.

Dining Calendar

Etiquette classes for mother and child; the last of a Catalonian feast; bites to benefit pediatric health; and more food and wine events.

T Magazine

Let Them Eat Choux

A pastry shop in Paris’s Marais neighborhood is devoted exclusively to pâte à choux, or cream puffs.

Cooking Up a Big Idea in Little Italy

The chefs at a tiny Manhattan restaurant are meddling with the sacrosanct traditions of Italian cooking and turning them into a brave new cuisine.

The Tipsy Diaries

In an Imperfect World, a Drink Made for It

It’s natural to think that a Negroni Sbagliato — literally, a “bungled Negroni” — is something of a mistake. But that would be wrong.

Restaurant Review: Spring Restaurant, in Paris

Daniel Rose’s 29-seat Spring restaurant, after its move from the Ninth to the First Arrondissement, still books up months in advance, and for good reason.

Recipes for Cinco de Mayo

Salsas, guacamoles, tacos and other snacks with Mexican flavors for marking the holiday.

Breakfast and Brunch Recipes

Spoil Mom this Sunday with ricotta pancakes, baked eggs with prosciutto, caramel-apple muffins or something else from this collection of featured recipes.

Colonie

Photos of the new Brooklyn Heights restaurant, reviewed by Sam Sifton this week.

The Subway Gets a Dining Car

For one half-hour luncheon, a car on the L train was transformed into a traveling bistro, complete with tables, linens, silverware and a bow-tied maître d’hôtel.

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