If you’re a hummus or dumpling obsessive, new shrines to your favorite foods offer a singular thrill.

Gael Greene cuts carbs at The Sea Grill, big salads return to Coco Pazzo, and Vietnamese sandwiches in the East Village.

Gotta love the French: As soon as you knock off the bûche de Noël, it’s time for a galette des rois—those flaky almond-cream cakes with a bean, or a good-luck charm, hidden inside.

Until your will is crushed by the aroma of a Corner Bistro burger, stick to your New Year’s diet at one of these vegan, vegetarian, or vegetarian-friendly restaurants.

Museum food is a necessary institutional evil. But if the second-floor canteen at the reopened MoMA is any indication, New York might be ushering in the new age of the cultural cafeteria.

After six years of hunting, Gray Kunz builds his own home—but he’s still sweating the small stuff.

The Gates might be gone, but “Ashes and Snow,” at the Nomadic Museum on Pier 54, has just begun. Which means that West Village restaurants become an even hotter ticket.

From Wall Street to Greenpoint, from pelmeni to pierogi, a discriminating tour of the surprisingly varied world of stuffed dough.

Savvy restaurateurs trying to fill seats will stop at nothing—even cutting their prices. Eat early, eat late, or eat someplace where they don’t give you a check.

Any southerner will say iced tea should be strong and sweet, but some Yankee versions get their oomph the old-fashioned way—from booze.