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Bagels of New York

Sunday, March 2. 2008

Really, there is no more quinessetially New York food than the bagel. And New York is the place to eat bagels; you have to be really unlucky to get a bad one. Even the bagels sold by the corner pastry cart near the hotel are pretty good. This is in contrast to my home, San Francisco, where the average "bagel" is bread with a hole in the center (blame it on Noah's). In fact, the only decent bagels to be found in the city are from House of Bagels on Geary.

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New York: the "Inter" in "International"

Saturday, February 23. 2008

One food area in which NYC is superior to San Francisco is the breadth of its international food offerings, and the pecularity of them. When most people think international food in NY they think Little Italy and Chinatown. Little Italy has been steadily shrinking for the last few years, now consisting of probably just 5 blocks of restaurants, and a handful of delis. Still, they still put up a nice Christmas display.

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Markets of Manhattan, Part III: Diverse Places

Thursday, February 21. 2008

Of course, since we were in NY, we had to stop by the original Dean & Deluca location. Sadly, at this point it looks like every other Dean & Deluca location. Worse yet, they had moka pot gaskets in every size except the one I needed. Perhaps fortunately for his larder, Dave did not find any more mustard here.

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Markets of Manhattan, Part II: Zabar's

Wednesday, February 20. 2008

Zabar's is the original gourmet market of New York, and is credited with inspiring Dean & Deluca, The Silver Palate and many of NY's pioneering gourmet markets of the 60's.

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