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October 04, 2005
On the Food Front
The magically low-priced organic health food store, Trader Joe's, is finally coming to New York (not Brooklyn, alas, but close enough). It's going in the old Palladium space, two blocks away from Whole Foods and the Greenmarket and across the street from a Food Emporium. This is truly an era of dueling grocery chains. So much the better for the food-obsessed public (of the lox-loving, taleggio-eating, organic-locally-grown-tofu-sauteeing variety).
We now have Fairway, Zabar's, the Union Square Greenmarket, Sahadi's, the Coop, Whole Foods, a multitude of other fine food establishments with fabulous cheese counters, and Trader Joe's. We also have epicurious.com, the Food Network, and food bloggers giving us recipes and tips 24/7. So why am I not an excellent chef? I place the blame squarely on the insanely good restaurants in the damned neighborhood. God we're spoiled.
A food-blogger version of Survivor is in its final round, with two bloggers' New Orleans-inspired dishes facing off for the prize. The Amateur Gourmet is responsible for this Iron-Chef-of-the-Internet.
Two restaurants I want to try: The Little Giant and A Pizza Napoletana. Other possibilities: Fatty Crab, Stone Park Cafe, and The Spotted Pig when it reopens. I'm also trying to find a suitable occasion to convince Derek to go back to Al Di La.
Posted by csageday at October 4, 2005 05:33 PM