Gluten Free Options

A recent food trend is reliving your elementary school’s cafeteria theme of Taco Tuesday, and honestly I’m all about it. Yes, tacos deserve their own day and yes, Tuesdays could use a little more fun. Here is my list of places to head out and celebrate...

Chef Bahr Rapaport, originally from New Jersey, had dreams of being a chef ever since he was a young boy. His mother even framed one of his elementary drawings depicting him as a cartoon with the written words “I want to be a chef”. (See below) Cooking...

For this week’s Behind the Kitchen, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Bill Telepan of Telepan restaurant. He opened Telepan in 2005 on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Telepan keeps with Bill’s personal culinary philosophy, as it celebrates seasonal,...

For the Behind the Kitchen series, one of my favorite questions I ask chefs and restaurateurs is what catches their eye on menu? After hearing their answers, I’ve had time to reflect on what my own answer would be to that question. And without hesitation,...

After the wonder and excitement of the Untamed Sandwiches Beer Dinner and a little taste at Village Voice Choice Eats, Julie and I had to head to Untamed Sandwiches in Midtown to spice up our lunch hour. Do you ever feel like a restaurant just gets you,...

Bluestone Lane Collective is the picture perfect cafe in the West Village. Inspired with Australian flare, Bluestone Lane Collective café offers a unique menu that could not have been more up my alley. Its natural farm-to-table breakfast and lunch cuisine...

A recent restaurant opening in our area obviously calls for an Eat Up New York outing. EXKi NYC, which originated in Brussels, is bringing its fast casual and healthy appeal to Manhattan. Now with its second location open for business, we decided it was time...

What seemed to start out as a never-ending search for a lunch spot on Seamless ended with us taking a walk down to Forcella Pizza on Park Avenue. For those who have never heard about Forcella Pizza before there are three locations, one location on Park Ave,...

You wouldn't expect a restaurant called the Pickle Shack to be anywhere else besides Brooklyn. Pickle Shack, found in the Gowanus section of Brooklyn, is what any other pickle connoisseur, like myself, would call heaven. Jordan found the Pickle Shack My...

Senza Gluten is a Gluten Free Game Changer When you hear the words “Gluten-Free,” what usually comes to mind? Probably anything but pizza, pasta, bread, and other carb loaded deliciousness. Well what would you say if I told you that a brand new...