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Howard Portnoy is formely food editor of the East Side Express, Westsider, Chelsea-Clinton News, Battery News, and Brooklyn Paper. In his 17 years in that position, he wrote weekly restaurant review columns and food and recipe features. His other published works include a novel (Hot Rain, G. P. Putnam’s Sons) and book reviews for the New York Daily News. He resides and does most of his eating in New York City.

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Critic's Notebook: This holiday season eat high off the hog without paying through the nose

Thursday, December 24th, 2009

If you plan to do any holiday entertaining between Christmas and New Year's, here is an opportunity to treat your guests to something...
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New York City's best cheap prix fixe French menus: Part IX (Madison Bistro)

Thursday, December 24th, 2009

Madison Bistro offers one of the most expansive prix-fixe menus in New York. Madison Bistro A prix fixe menu that offers cassoulet? Be still my...
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New Year's Eve dining guide: sky's the limit edition: Second of a two-part series

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009 · 4 comments

Having given some space here to New Year's Eve dinner options with a price ceiling of $50, I now turn my attention to New Year's Eve dinner options...
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New New York restaurants for the New Year

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 · 1 comment

A new year brings a new crop of restaurants to the New York scene. Here's a glimpse at a few. New Yorkers are a spoiled lot. They know that each...
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New York's 5 best savory pie houses

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 · 1 comment

The perfect meat pie has a tender lard crust and an abundance of tender braised meat. As the mercury plummets...
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New Year's Eve dining guide: shoestring edition: First of a two-part series

Monday, December 21st, 2009

You can take a bite out of the Big Apple this New Year's Eve without fear of being bitten back. The time to ring in another year is almost upon us....
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Stocking stuffers: Restaurant gift cards

Sunday, December 20th, 2009 · 1 comment

A gift card to Del Frisco's of New York can make a good stocking stuffer. Del Frisco's Double Eagle Admit it: There are still people you need to...
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Eat, drink, and be merry Christmas

Saturday, December 19th, 2009 · 4 comments

The dining room at Murals on 54th in the Warwick Hotel will be the scene of a Christmas brunch buffet. Murals on 54th The holidays can be a joyous...
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Having your eggnog and eating it too: Terrence Brennan's Eggnog Crème Brûlée

Friday, December 18th, 2009 · 2 comments

Chef Terrence Brennan of Picholine shares his holiday recipe for Eggnog Crème Brûlée Terrence Brennan 'Tis the season to...
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REVIEW: Bob's Place in Floral Park, Queens--something old, something new, something eclectic

Friday, December 18th, 2009

Bob's Place, in Floral Park, Queens, is a happy blend of old and new. Bob's Place A homily on the website of two-year-old Bob's Place in Floral...
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