Monthly Archives: December 2009

Company’s Record on Beef Treatment Questioned

E. coli and salmonella have been found dozens of times in meat processed with a novel ammonia treatment.

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On Sales: Hoping They Buy, Whether to Celebrate or Forget

A specialty wine shop in TriBeCa has reason for optimism for the New Year’s holiday as its business has rebounded.

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Field Report: A Whey With Words

Goat cheese comes wrapped in political humor at Vermont’s Lazy Lady Farm.

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Choice Tables: In Miami, Chefs Are the New Stars

Food lovers no longer have to trade great meals for good weather in this sun-kissed American playground.

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Critic’s Notebook: Eleven Memorable Dishes, and Not Even a Full Year

Sam Sifton, the restaurant critic of The New York Times, selects his favorite dishes of 2009.

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Brooklyn’s Flavor Route to the South

For more than 40 years, vendors have hauled fresh black-eyed peas, ham hocks and other foods up from the South and sold them from the backs of trucks in Brooklyn.

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Bright Spots in a Year for Thrift

Some of the year’s best affordable places from the Dining Briefs and $25 and Under columns.

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Restaurant Review: Purple Yam

From the owners of the now-closed Cendrillon in SoHo, Purple Yam in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, is a perfect neighborhood restaurant.

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A Decade of Invention, and Reinvention

Some of the cocktails developed in the last 10 years stand out not only as culinary creations, but also as signposts of the decade’s most significant mixology trends.

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The Temporary Vegetarian: Baby Peas and Mushrooms With Mint

On a bone-chilling winter day, the chef Michael Psilakis can make a spring dish of braised mushrooms, pearl onions and tiny green peas taste startlingly fresh.

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Dining Calendar

Smoking Allowed.

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The Curious Cook: A Camembert That Pasteur Could Love

It’s possible to make a great version of Camembert without using raw milk.

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