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Egullet member docsconz has been cooking on coals for a while and writing about it too.

I think for Manhattan dim sum, it's all pretty average. Jing Fong. Oriental Garden. Maybe try some hand-pulled or peel noodles instead?

I'd certainly be more than willing to meet you at Mission Chinese. Fung-Tu might be another interesting choice. Booker & Dax is great, as is Dead Rabbit. By the time you get here, Kenta Goto's Goto should be open on Eldridge St., and that will be a good place, I'm predicting. There are so many serious cocktail places, that it's hard to pick one or two. From Pouring Ribbons, to mace, to my old favorite Pegu, you really can't go wrong. Semilla is taking a fair amount of flak from some knowledgeable food people. Dim Sum - Nom Wah, if you must in Manhattan. DS Go Go is as patrick said above. Contra's people have opened a new, a la carte place right next door...WildAir. Dined there Saturday night, and liked a lot of the food. Great wines. What about some classics, like Gramercy Tavern - the Tavern Room is awesome, with great cocktails? Or the NoMad Bar or EMP? Rebelle is one of my favorite openings of the year. Others say it's Chevalier. And Gabriel Kreuther's opened a new place, while his last place, The Modern, still gets lots of happy people. They're not new, but still good are Ssam Bar and Noodle Bar, and Ko, at a different level, is excellent. Roberta's (and Blanca) are great. Can you bring me some Hatch chiles? Eataly is a fun stop, early in the day.

pizza bianca

My point is that to disregard things like lavash, pide, focaccia, pizza, etc. is to disregard what millions of people eat as their daily bread.

Yep, good old lazy testing and reporting.

Why? In my opinion, pizza is a much a bread as Wonder Bread is. It's a yeast risen dough, correct? What about lavash? Pide? Pita? Focaccia? Are they not "commonly consumed as 'bread'?"

Watermelon, tomato, cucumber, parsley and feta salad. Served with: Za'atar and olive oil pita crisps. And - Watermleon Salad.

Pizza's not bread?

Ditto. This is pretty great too:

New Haven, Ct. - Pepe's Clam Pizza Isn't there a tomato pie from New Jersey as well?

New York City - as mentioned above, bagels. But also - Bialys. Real Jewish rye bread - back in the day - corn rye. And NY style pizza. San Francisco - sourdough made famous by Boudin Bakery.

Simo Kuusisto's Finnish Ruis Bread - Nordic Breads. Available at various locations around NYC and elsewhere. Photo from Nordic Breads website:

Hot Bread Kitchen's Grindstone Rye, Challah, etc. Available at various places around NYC and greenmarkets. Store Hours: Monday-Saturday, 9:00am-4:00 pm; closed Sunday Location: La Marqueta, 1590 Park Avenue (at East 115th Street) Subway Directions: The 6 train to the 116th Street stop Phone: 212.369.3331 Here's the rye - photo from their website...

Balthazar Bakery's Pain de Seigle. 80 Spring St., NYC for retail.

Gabriele Bonci's pizza at Pizzarium, in Rome.

Jim Lahey's pizza bianca at Sullivan Street Bakery.

It's becoming a weekly thing... Wild gulf shrimp and chicken. Shrimp stock combined with chicken stock for liquid. Possibly best yet, except for lack of socarrat. One of these days...

Thanks! It really is a nice, little shop they've set up there. Tell 'em I said hi!

And I really think the quality of the new, younger Overholt isn't near as good as the previous, older iteration of Overholt (4 year).

No one was on either of those boars. They're just moored there - they pay the town to have the space to moor their boats. Look at what happens at low tide!

Hatch indeed.

"505" is the area code of Albuquerque, NM, where they met in college and where they spent most of their youths. "212" is the NYC area code. II was asking them to put a club sandwich on the menu while we were there and was keeping my fingers crossed they'd name it the "212." It's the "505" however, because the mayo used on the club sandwich is spiked with New Mexico green chile.

A couple of young 'uns in our family (she is Significant Eater's oldest, and hence first, niece) just had to open a general-store-cum-sandwich shop in Provincetown last summer. After living in Gowanus/Park Slope for the previous 5-6 years. He managed Court St. Grocers; she wrote about food stuff for Huff Po. They love the Cape. They got married on the Cape, in Truro. Going to their wedding was my first ever visit to the Cape. His family's been New Englanders/Cape Cod people for a long time. As a matter of fact, his last name is among the names that are listed on the Mayflower. The Mayflower, as you all know, landed in Provincetown Harbor. Two years ago, we visited (my 2nd ever visit) and stayed at his dad and stepmom's house in Chatham. His dad, retired, now captains a small charter fishing boat, and that was my first time catching striped bass. I blogged...Lab Day's Ovah. We wanted to make sure they'd ironed out all issues, so we only waited a year and then visited last week. Pop + Dutch is their grocery on Commercial St. We spent 3 days and nights at the gorgeous Red Inn right at the end of Commercial St; they were mostly working, but we did get to spend some quality time together eating around town and playing. This was the view from our room... And we ate a bunch of this... That's from PJ's Family Restaurant in Wellfleet, and it was great. Since I think it gets really crazy crowded and partying to the max in July and August, our trips in June and September have been perfectly timed. Of course, I'm blogging about everywhere we ate once again... Provincetown - The "Outer" Cape

That might drive him over the edge. I think it's a great idea.