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New York Times Dining & Wine in 60 seconds: New restaurants, corn, Slow Food
Filed under: East Coast, Vegetables, Newspapers, America, in sixty seconds, Local Eating, Food News  A preview of the new NYC restaurants opening this fall.
NYC restaurants take cost-saving measures to keep afloat. Smaller lobster?
The Minimalist takes on the chickpea.
Recipes for end-of-summer corn: chowder, corn bread, fried corn with bacon and chipotle.
The Slow Food movement throws itself a party in San Francisco.
Eric Asimov talks Côtes du Rhône.East Coast, Business, Vegetables, Newspapers, America, in sixty seconds, Summer
Eric Asimov discusses the new breed of lighter, subtler Napa Valley Cabernets.
Applebee's moves beyond the riblet in an effort to save itself from Bennigan's fate.
The Hamptons get real Mexican-style tacos. Yay?
The Minimalist makes tomato jam.
Recipes for icy summer mocktails. And not just virgin daiquiris - think homemade tonic with lavender, chamomile, fresh herbs and lime juice.
Meet the raspberry fig.Wine, Coffee, East Coast, Business, Vegetables, Recipes, Newspapers, America, in sixty seconds, Coffee shops, Celebrities
Vanity Fair's Graydon Carter picks up his second restaurant, Monkey Bar. His first, the Waverly Inn, has been luring a high wattage crowd for two years, despite not being officially open.
L.A.'s fast food moratorium raises questions about choice and personal responsibility.
The Minimalist makes chapati, Indian flat bread.
A recipe for slow-cooked green beans.
Eric Asimov sips the crisp white...
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The New York Times in 60 seconds: Ice, white wine and apricots
Filed under: Wine, East Coast, Farming, Business, Vegetables, Recipes, Fruit, Newspapers, America, in sixty seconds, Summer 
The Curious Cook discusses cooking with cold - liquid nitrogen-chilled foams, inside-out pancakes cooked on the icy "anti-griddle."
Eric Asimov sips the white wines of Greece.
Supermarkets add more varieties of fruits and veggies, to compete with farmers markets.
The Greenmarket debates grower rules.
China temporarily allows shipments of California strawberries. Strawberry shortcakes for all gold medalists!
Honey-apricot parfaits, with recipe.
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The New York Times in 60 seconds: Soft-serve, Slow Food and cheesecake
Filed under: East Coast, Restaurants, Business, Recipes, America, in sixty seconds, Local Eating, Summer 
Soft-serve gets a makeover at upscale ice cream joints. Think spiced cantaloupe topping, balsalmic cherries, a "creamsicle" of white nectarine granita and jasmine tea soft-serve.
The Slow Food movement plans a Labor Day Slow Food Nation festival, to be the "Woodstock" of food festivals. Hope they bring more porta-potties than the original.
The Rutgers Tomato Project brings back the Jersey tomato.
The Minimalist does a no-bake summer cheesecake with blueberries.
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The New York Times Dining & Wine section in 60 seconds: burgers, barbecue skewers, Big Easy cocktails
Filed under: East Coast, Business, Beef, Recipes, Newspapers, America, in sixty seconds 
Cheeseburgers are popping up in the three-star restaurants of Paris. Quelle Horreur!
Meanwhile, on the other side of the Atlantic: Sliders are invading New York!
iPhone's Urban Spoon program will tell you where to eat.
Which is the definitive Big Easy cocktail - the sazerac or the Ramos gin fizz? Eric Asimov ponders.
The Minimalist makes rosemary branches into barbecue skewers. The Minimalist is the MacGuyver of the kitchen, isn't he?
Make snail butter,...
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The New York Times in 60 seconds: Chocolate chip cookies, cold soup, Sweetmobiles
Filed under: East Coast, Business, Vegetables, Chocolate, Newspapers, America, Comfort Food, in sixty seconds, Food News, Summer 
Chocolate chip cookies are magic. Especially when warm. And sprinkled with sea salt.
Jim Mamary and Alan Harding were Brooklyn restaurant pioneers, opening a dozen restaurants in the past decade. But now people are mad because they say their restaurants are chains. Chains are bad. Yuppie fight!
If the above item makes you roll your eyes at New York, consider this: the city has roaming "Sweetmobiles" serving cookies, hot...
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The Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest
Filed under: East Coast, Beef, Books, Grilling, America, Festivals, Holidays, Guilty Pleasures, Summer  Philadelphia Magazine writer Jason Fagone spent one year profiling some of the most divinely outsized personalities in the world of competitive eating. While Akron house painter Coondog O'Karma makes a midlife grab at glory via rapid-fire pizza consumption, Bill "El Wingador" Simmons attempts to reclaim Wong Bowl supremacy from 90lb Sonya "Black Widow" Thomas, and day trader Tim Janus dons the mantle of the mysterious Eater X, it all comes down to one shared hunger. They all want to win the Mustard Yellow...
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The New York Times Dining & Wine section in 60 seconds: Picnics, rooftops, jerks
Filed under: Wine, East Coast, Recipes, Barbecuing, Newspapers, Lists, Grilling, America, Summer 
The Minimalist gives us 101 20-minute picnic ideas. Cold peanut noodles! Savory lentil salad! Cheese balls with fresh herbs! Thanks, Minimalist!
Jamaican jerk: an underrated form of barbecue. I agree.
Cold red wine? Eric Asimov says it's OK. So it must be OK.
Newsflash: rooftop dining is nice. But sometimes your napkins blow off the roof. Uh oh!
A book review of 'Beyond the Great Wall,' about Chinese dishes little...
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