Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 1:30PM 
Pitchfork has a remix from Avey Tare of Animal Collective. The original song is called "Egyptian Peaches." Avey's odd, choppy rework is called "Cold Oranges" and features strange samples of some guy talking about growing oranges in Claremont. Weird.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 3:00PM 
Num Pang is a Cambodian sandwich shop with Greenwich Village (21 E 12th) and Midtown (140 E 41st) locations. Today marks the start of the shops "Guest Chefs Give Back" campaign that sets to raise money for the New York City Food Bank and the Cambodian Children's Fund.
Mario Batali is the first featured chef and his "Batali Pang", available starting today, will run for the next month, through March 15th. The sandwich is one of cotechino, which is a slow cooked Italian sausage, balsamic braised onions, Cacio di Roma cheese, and the rest of the fixens you'd find on a sandwich under the Banh Mi blanket; pickled carrots, cucumber, and cilantro. It can be yours for $9.75 - 60% of that cost will head to above mentioned charities.
If the the cotechino is anything like the Prosecco braised version Batali's Greenwich Village pizza spot Otto does for New Year's, I'm there. If it's any different, I'm there.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 2:30PM 
Pete Wells heads to Il Buco Alimentari e Vineria for this weeks review and leaves quite happy. While the 3 stars put the restaurant at the same caliber as Babbo, Craft, Marea, and Gramercy Tavern, it also leaves many a bit concerned.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 12:09PM 
As spring gets closer, event producers Jennifer Louise Lyons and Joann Kim-Nunez are excited about what the beer garden will do for the Dekalb Market.
Oh, and you can shop there too.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 11:44AM 
Starting next Monday the 20th, Harold Dieterle over at Kinship will be offering a 5 course crab tasting. The tasting will run $60 a head and will see variations over time.
Maybe Harold should consult Forrest's friend Bubba?
Crab kabobs, crab Creole, crab gumbo, pan-fried, deep-fried, stir-fried, pineapple crab, lemon crab, coconut crab, lemon crab, cave crab, crab stew, crab salad, crab and potatoes, crab burger...
Monday, February 13, 2012 at 2:47PM 
Fonda is a 3-year-old Mexican restaurant serving some of the better cuisine of its type to Park Slope residence. Roberto Santibañez will now take that template to the East Village. Set to open February 21st at 40 Avenue B (btwn 3rd and 4th), the menu will be geared more towards a late night crowd; heavy on the bar food and Mezcal options.
The East Village is becoming quite the Mexican food mecca.
Monday, February 13, 2012 at 2:09PM 
Gothamist brings us inside the New York City food world in 1938 while Eater runs us through a look into Greenwich Village food spots of the 30s.
Let's take a moment to give thanks to places like Delmonico's, Peter Luger, Katz's, and McSorleys for maintaining the sense of a timeless NYC experience.
Monday, February 13, 2012 at 11:38AM Who would have thought?