Monthly Archives: May 2010

Bites: Restaurant Review: Balsan, in Chicago

Rather than play it safe, this French-inflected brasserie in the new Elysian Hotel charts a different course.

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Discovering the Douro

The Douro winemaking region offers breathtaking views, cities that invite exploring and the delight of discovering it all for yourself.

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Food: Cooking With Dexter: Free Bird

With the cookbooks in storage, dinner is a gamble.

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Heads Up: Tastings With Craft Beers

A growing number of tasting bars in northern California and Oregon combine a hyperactive tap list with an exhaustive selection of bottled craft beers.

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The Tipsy Diaries: At P. J. Clarke’s, Meet the Bartender of Your Dreams

Doug Quinn has speed, stamina, dexterity, personality and an awe-inspiring memory: the essentials of bartending.

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Recipes: Butterflied Chicken With Cracked Spices

A recipe for chicken with spices.

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Dining Briefs | Revisit: Bar Americain

Five years into its run, Bobby Flay’s Bar Americain in Midtown is thriving.

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Dining Briefs | Wine Bars: The Tangled Vine

A wine bar with a detailed, wide-ranging and smartly chosen list makes life better on the Upper West Side.

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Test Kitchen: Testing 2 Recipe Apps for the iPad

The pros and cons of the interactive cooking apps Epicurious and BigOven Pro.

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Feed Me: In a Childhood Lacking Sweetness, She Made Her Own

Kate Moses’s memoir, “Cakewalk,” describes her obsession with baking as a refuge from a tumultuous family life.

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Making Soft Pretzels the Old-Fashioned Way

House-made pretzels — mahogany brown on the outside, with plenty of loft and pull — are now points of pride at many New York restaurants.

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Wines of The Times: Savennières, a Demanding Wine Worth the Work

The panel tasted Savennières, an unconventional wine that is a long way from chardonnay and sauvignon blanc.

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