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Mediavore

4/18/08

10:05 AM

Pope’s Meals Under High Security; Kosher Margarine Shortage

• The meal Lidia Bastianich is preparing for the Pope will have to be inspected by Secret Service agents before and after cooking. [NYDN]
Related: Pope Hungers for Shake Shack Burger, Lidia Bastianich’s Cooking

• The weekend countdown to the return of Gossip Girl on Monday begins with this slideshow of restaurants the show has been filmed in. [Metromix NY]
Related: The Box Appears on 'Gossip Girl,' Officially Jumps the Shark
Gilt's 'Gossip Girl' Grilled Cheese

• A judge ordered Patsy’s Pizzeria to post signs stating, “We are not affiliated with Patsy’s Italian Restaurant.” [NYP]
Related: And the Winner in the Patsy’s-vs.-Patsy’s Suit Is … Patsy’s

More: Mediavore »gossip girl, jeffrey chodorow, kobe club, kosher, lidia bastianich, passover, patsy's, patsy's pizzeria, pope, secret service

NewsFeed

4/14/08

1:30 PM

Eli Zabar Sells Grocery for $10

Eli Zabar, tzadik (righteous man).Photo: Getty Images

Talk about your fire sales! Bowing to pressure brought by Almighty God, Moses, Maimonides, and other powerful figures in the New York kosher-food establishment, Eli Zabar will sell his kosher bakery for the far-below-market-value sum of ten dollars as part of a religious ritual this Passover, Gael Greene reports. (Though legally binding, the sale is a token one, and Zabar will buy the place back at the end of Passover.) Now if only he could be persuaded to sell his coffee, lox, and rugalach for ten dollars! That would be an act of piety we could get behind.

Eli Sells the Store [Insatiable Critic]

More: NewsFeed »eli zabar, gael greene, passover, zabar's

Mediavore

4/11/08

10:00 AM

John McCain Likes Pepperoni Slices; Hung’s First Passover

• John McCain bought a slice of pepperoni pizza for $3 yesterday at Verrazano Pizza in Bay Ridge and, generous tipper that he is, left a $20 bill. [AP]

• In order to prepare his Passover menu at Solo, Top Chef winner Hung Huynh had to learn a lot, namely what matzo is and how to cook with it. [NYDN]

• As seafood prices rise, you might need to pick up some less expensive varieties. Tautog and croakers, anyone? [NYDN]

• If the British are throwing a third of their perfectly edible food away, then surely Americans are doing the same or worse. [Bitten/NYT]

More: Mediavore »bay ridge, fish, hung huynh, john mccain, m, matzo, passover, seafood, top chef, verrazano pizza

NewsFeed

3/27/08

4:50 PM

Matzo Snacks Unavailable for Passover? It Has to Be a Conspiracy!

Maybe we should go to Bar Matzo, in L.A.Photo: iStockphoto

Can someone please explain to us how Manischewitz was able to figure out a way to run out of matzo snacks during Passover? The company, the largest producer of Passover food and wine in the country, blames engineering problems for an especially untimely shortage of their beloved Tam Tam crackers. That would be like Brach's running out of candy corn for Halloween or a sports bar having a chicken-wing shortage on Super Bowl Sunday. Actually, it’s worse! And don’t think the irony of it is wasted on area Jews. The Times, which has the story on its City Room blog, quotes a blogger on Jewish news site JTA on the shortage of Tam Tam crackers as saying, “This is the single worst catastrophe…in recent memory.” Of course, it is! And Manischewitz is all to blame for it. As if the Jews hadn't suffered enough!

It’s ‘Hide the Matzo,’ for Real: Where Are the Tam Tams? [NYT]

More: NewsFeed »manischewitz, motzoh, passover

NewsFeed

3/11/08

3:30 PM

Get Your Seder on at Seymour Burton

Seymour Burton is liked by many Gentiles, as well.Photo: Jeremy Liebman

Consider the exiled East Village Jew: She sits in a 350-square-foot walk-up tenement inferior to the one her great-grandmother occupied a hundred years earlier. She hasn’t been to shul in years. Her Sri Lankan boyfriend took her for a whole hog feast at Daisy May for their anniversary. But there’s still a way for her to get back to her Jewish roots, because Seymour Burton is doing a Seder on April 20, the second night of Passover.

More: NewsFeed »east village, jewish, passover, seymour burton

User's Guide

4/ 3/07

2:07 PM

Easter Meals, Six Ways (and Five Days) From Sunday

Estiatorio Milos had a little lamb, and its fleece was removed before roasting.Photo: Associated Press

There’s more to Easter than binging on Peeps and throwing up in church — 2,000 years of beautiful history, for one, and special Sunday dinners for another. Last week, we told you where to have unusual Seders; this week, Rob and Robin tell us where to get the best Easter meals. Because our Borg-like database must continually grow — it will someday consume us all — we’ve nabbed you the menus. They run the gamut from old-school Easter antipasti and spaghetti with lamb ragù (at Lupa) to whole-roasted lambs (pictured above), rotated on the sidewalk in front of Estiatorio Milos. And none of them, we’re glad to report, include Peeps.

Easter Feasts: Uptown
Easter Feasts: Downtown [NYM]

More: In the Magazine, User's Guide »estiatorio milos, lupa, menus, passover, underground gourmet

User's Guide

3/26/07

5:08 PM

Seder Gets Spicy!

Don't have a rabbi handy? Levana's got you covered. Photo: A.J. Wilhelm and Carmen Lopez

Happening as they do at Uncle Marty’s and in church basements, Seder meals aren’t usually known for being very tasty. But if you’re not worried about the meal being kosher — we won’t say anything to Marty — you can go out and have an Italian, Mexican, or even Indian Passover celebration. Here’s where to go.

More: User's Guide »artie's deli, capsouto freres, carmine's, gabriela's, levana, passover, rosa mexicano, seder, tabla

Mediavore

3/22/07

10:53 AM

Were You Aware That Chinese Takeout Is High in Salt and Fat?

Shocking health news of the day: Chinese food, at least the kind we eat in New York, is outrageously salty and fatty. [NYP]

Meanwhile, Chinese buns are only getting more popular in the city’s better restaurants. [NYDN]

Bret Thorn, Nation’s Restaurant News’ restaurant blogger and a longtime observer of the scene, gives his Beard Award picks. [Foodservice Blog/Nation's Restaurant News]