Dan Philips, the man who brought us Gatton Farms hickory smoked bacon for the BLT Fest is back with his annual Grateful Palate gift handbook. Every year, he features a variety of bacon as well as bacon-themed gifts for those who really love pig. I mean REALLY love it. This year he’s got a whopping [...]

A few weeks ago, I wrote about my favorite, and your favorite, French fries in Manhattan. In the passed weeks, I have found two more stellar fry experiences. Stop at decade-old Pommes Frites on Second Ave to have your share of a massive bowl of fresh potatoes on display that are fried upon request and [...]

Andrea Lynn, a Culinista for The Dish’s Dishes is a contributor this week. She’s just returned from New Mexico with a passion for pine nuts. Piñon, the New Mexican version of pine nuts, are the edible seeds of a pine tree. The nuts are inside the pinecone and must be heated to be removed, a [...]

Just one pie from Briermere Farms wasn’t enough for a group of four who recently dined al fresco on the North Fork. An apple pie ended the meal on a comforting note while a blackberry pie exemplified the season’s ripest fruit with just the right amount of tartness to balance the sweet, bursting berries. The [...]

I recently dined at Little Owl on Bedford Street with four of my friends. Though the wait was long, the dinner was well worth it. Fat scallops served over grapefruit slivers, duck resting upon spicy arugula, Parmesan, and almonds, and cavatelli laced with ricotta, fava beans, and bacon impressed us as our opening salvo. The [...]

Potluck in the summertime is the absolute best dinner to organize. What is sometimes burdensome—the responsibility of preparing a portion of a meal for admission—is immediately ameliorated by the sheer bounty of ingredients at the market. Stuck bringing an appetizer? Go to the Eckerton Hill Farms booth at the Union Square Greenmarket, buy a variety [...]

All this talk about the perfect BLT and no talk about sides? If you imagine a plate with a perfect BLT, you’ll likely dream up some pretty tasty fries and a crunchy pickle to go alongside it. The variety of delicious fries in this city span from thick to thin, spiced to truffled, roasted to [...]

With such a simple sandwich, the key to perfection lies in its ingredients and their relative proportions. 1 Blue Ribbon Bakery Pullman loaf 12 strips Grateful Palate bacon 4 leaves of green leaf lettuce 1 big Brandywine tomato Hellman’s mayonnaise 1.Fry the bacon over medium heat until the strips are very crispy but not crumbly. [...]

One man’s quest for the perfect sandwich has become an annual event at Union Square Wines, where wine director Jesse Salazar combines his passion for seasonal produce, great bacon, and New York’s finest bread to craft the ultimate BLT. This Saturday, August 19th, USQ Wines will be hosting its second BLT Festival. With bread from [...]

I recently had lunch in the West Village with an old friend. We each ordered tuna: one on a sandwich, the other on a salad. Simple as our lunches were, they were each the epitome of what we wanted. And, it was because of the superlative tuna. Certainly, this tuna came from a can, but [...]