Monthly Archives: December 2008

At Butter Lane, frosting samples in various flavors and styles are set out for customers to taste.

Restaurant openings, closings and chefs on the move.

To the Editor:.

This was probably the best year for new restaurants in this city since 2004, when New York welcomed two four-star restaurants in one month.

Pizzoccheri packs so many calories into your body that you don’t need to eat again until summer.

Almond, a sibling to the restaurants Almond and Almoncello in the Hamptons, has limited ambitions and prices keyed to a drooping economy.

Fifth Avenue, which runs through the heart of Bay Ridge, is the place to witness — and taste — the changes seen recently in the neighborhood.

In 2008, salt caramel became one of those rare flavors that works its way from an elite culinary obsession to the American mass market.

To the Editor:.

A starter wine tasting, how they ate long ago, and a cassoulet demonstration.

Restaurant openings, closings and chefs on the move.

In a new line of flavored tequila, Tanteo, the flavors are subtler.