Lower east side :

For He's A Jolly Good Butcher

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My favorite butcher in the world (well, if not the world, then on the lower east side of NYC) is Jeffrey Ruhalter, of Jeffrey's Meat Market in the Essex Street Market. For instance, check out this whole flat-cut brisket from Jeffrey, and the fat[...]

July 4th Cocktails - The 1920

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Last week, I happened by White Star, a fairly new cocktailian (and absinthe-centric) lounge that's right across the street from our apartment - at 21 Essex - and that's Essex Street just after the trees in the photo, looking west from our kitchen[...]

Bacon, Bialys and Bulkas, Oh My

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One thing I know is that if my maternal grandfather sees this post, he'll be rolling over in his grave - and isn't that the silliest thing you ever heard? I mean, do bodies really roll over in their graves? I used to hear that saying whenever[...]

When It's Hot, You Gotta Wing It

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Yesterday was a rare full Friday that Significant Eater and I got to spend together in NYC. I had been in DC earlier in the week, and because it was about 1,000 degrees there, I decided to drive us both back to NY Thursday night, because, you know,[...]

Blogger's Block? Have A Doughnut

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Wow. Here it is the end of September, and I'm realizing that I haven't "blogged" (god, that's a stupid word) in two weeks! Writer's block? Well, that would be true if I was a writer. Maybe just nothing really exciting to blog about? Who knows[...]

Pasta Duo...and Lupa and DBGB Too

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Yesterday, I was feeling kinda lonely after Significant Eater headed back to DC on the 10 AM. And since I had, with all good intention to cook, stocked up the kitchen with farmer's market goodies and then failed to cook any of them while she was[...]

Are You Going to Hester Street Fair?

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As if Significant Eater and I aren't lucky enough to live in the 2nd most desirable neighborhood in NYC, there is now a fabulous new addition to our 'hood - The Hester Street Fair.I say "our hood" because I can. Significant Eater and I actually[...]

G, G, Gertel's....Going, Going, Gone

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Gertel's Bakery, a lower east side institution for more than 90 years, closed in June, 2007. 50 years ago, its location on Hester St. between Essex and Ludlow Streets would draw crowds around the block for the challah and rugelach, which was some[...]

Painkiller Opens - Trader Vic Lives On

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Welcome to the neighborhood our new tiki bar, called Painkiller. Located right next to the Pickle Guys on Essex Street, in a space formerly occupied by the East Side Company Bar, Painkiller will help you do just that. Kill the pain, that is.[...]

Appetizing Events: Donuts and Dumplings

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An Saturday afternoon with Nicole Taylor's "Donut Crawl" with a detour of a dumpling house in NYC. Continue reading → www.MyLifeRunsOnFood.com is a sweet, savory, buttery, green and healthy food blog by Sanura Weathers. Related[...]