A few months ago, I was contacted to audition for an upcoming cable food show called The Bucket List. It was all about food you got to try before you die. The instructions were to follow the script and pick a favorite restaurant that I thought was worthy of this distinction. No question that the [...]
For all you meat fans out there (you can skip this post if you’re a vegan, vegetarian, or pescatarian), there is an exciting event taking place this weekend. The Big Apple BBQ gets a lot of press in June, but on Sunday, July 11, the first public Meatopia will take place on Governor’s Island. It [...]
If you’re ordering a corned beef and pastrami sandwich, you better be prepared for some fat. No matter how hard you try to only eat half a sandwich or order the meat extra lean (and I try both), you’re bound to clog an artery or two. It’s just part of the game. But now, I’d [...]
New York is known for its small spaces. For lots and lots of money, you can get a tiny cupboard of an apartment. And if you have ingenuity and some design talent, you can figure out a way to squeeze out as much space as possible. That’s how skyscrapers eventually grew in this city. We [...]
Fortunately, my parents never kept kosher. So growing up, I was allowed to indulge in things like cheeseburgers and baby back ribs. But when I’d travel somewhere with my Jewish youth group or spend the summer at sleepaway camp, I had no choice but to keep kosher for the duration of the trip. As much [...]
There haven’t been too many surprises on my corned beef/pastrami journey. The popular spots have pretty much been the best and the ones that don’t get as much love, aren’t quite as good. But way up in the suburban Jewish community of Riverdale, in the Bronx, I found a deli far from the crowds at Carnegie [...]
Episode two is finally here: Brian is forced to choose between the affections of two girls during his search for the best corned beef/pastrami in NYC. Eat This NY: KOSHER MEAT MARKET from Eat This NY on Vimeo. Tweet This Post
Ask anybody who knows anything about New York food to name the 3 most popular Jewish delis in the city and you’ll probably get the same answers: Katz’s, Carnegie, and 2nd Avenue Deli. They’re like the kosher triumvirate. Over the years though, one spot has been trying to sneak its way into that coveted group. [...]
Before I began this crazy caloric search for the best corned beef and pastrami in the city, there was only one place I thought deserved that title. How could you not go to Katz’s Delicatessen? It’s the oldest delicatessen in the city (dating from 1888) and it just reeks of New York history (and cured [...]
When I decided to do corned beef and pastrami, I set some ground rules for myself. First and foremost, I couldn’t get one without the other. Well, rules are meant to be broken. Especially when they’re broken with such unique style and deliciousness as at Mile End. If you read any New York publications or food [...]
