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Striking Oil
A local wine school now offers a primer on the history and mystery of olive oil making Robert Rispoli learned a lot from his Italian family, who hailed from a little town near Sicily ...
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Big Taste on the Small Screen
South Beach chef heats things up in Hell’s Kitchen When Clemenza Caserta Jr. was just a kid growing up in the South Beach section of Staten Island, bubbling pots of puttanesca and healthy mounds ...
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100% Homemade
HE SPENT SEVERAL SEMESTERS AT THE INSTITUTE OF CULINARY EDUCATION AND INTERNED AT MERCER KITCHEN WITH JEAN GEORGES, BUT FERNANDO LEITES’S LOVE OF COOKING WAS ACTUALLY BORN YEARS AGO IN HIS MOTHER’S KITCHEN “My ...
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Not JUST A Restaurant
JUST Restaurant takes the usual route 9 drive through aesthetic and injects both high-concept cuisine and a bustling nightlife scene Peppered with shopping malls, fast food restaurants, and dozens of franchise eateries, New Jersey’s Route ...
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The Taste Of Summer
THIS SUMMER, INDULGE IN A DELICIOUS ICE CREAM, FROZEN YOGURT, OR SHAKE FROM ONE OF THESE CHILL STATEN ISLAND SHOPS Ever since the Roman emperor Nero ordered ice to be brought from the mountains and ...
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Burga Meister
YOU’LL NEVER NEED TO LEAVE THE ISLAND TO GET TRANSCENDENT BURGERS EVER AGAIN Anthony Bellini, the power behind Staten Island’s cool new joint Burga, Inc., had his own recipe in mind when he dreamed ...
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A SWEET START
How Alor Cafe’s culinary guru found that starting as a pastry chef was the perfect way to spice things right When he was just 14, Aleksandr Orman had already found his passion for food. “My ...
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The Common Good
This restaurants motto of ‘eat good, do good’ – and its tasty fare- keeps customers coming Looking for a place to get a bite to eat while giving back to your community? While dining ...
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Chocolate Midnight Pie
Do you find this photo offensive? No, not THAT kind of offensive. But, picturing as it does a pie with a cracked top, do you feel, well… disappointed that it’s not perfect? I don’t. ...
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Irish Treacle Soda Bread
There is an unspoken rule in our household. The Captain does the bread and I do the pastries and cakes. I know how incredible the home made stuff is and even though I adore ...
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Chocolate Guinness Cake
Get in the mood for St. Patrick’s Day with this rich, chocolatey, moist, out-of-this-world chocolate guinness cake from Simply Recipes… I’m not a big chocolate person. Nor am I a huge stout drinker. Yet, ...
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