With all the ramen craze going on around town for the last few years, it came to my attention that udon was the…

Onya

143 E 47th St, New York

(212) 715-0460

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I’ve insisted that I don’t really read restaurant reviews , and I swear that is true. That said, I agree completely…

Eleven Madison Park

11 Madison Ave, New York

(212) 889-0905

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A few trusted sources recommended Sarabeth’s as a must-stop for the New York City breakfast/brunch tour. Sarabeth’s…

Sarabeth’s Bakery

75 9th Ave, New York

(212) 989-2424

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In the magazine this week, we consider the now-maligned salt. Prune chef Gabrielle Hamilton puts up an impassioned defense of sodium, noting that “salt makes everything it touches taste more like itself.” Adam Platt tries seven varieties, from pink to black, and realizes that there really is a difference. After a week of salty living, guinea pig Joshua David Stein is thirsty, bloated, and down a weekend in life expectancy. But how salty are your favorite dishes? We sent a few to the lab to find out. (Fans of ramen, hot dogs, and other delicious things may want to cover their eyes.)

In his review this week, Platt took in some culture at two museum restaurants: the Wright at the Guggenheim and Robert at the Museum of Arts and Design. The Wright’s Rodolfo Contreras is “a veteran restaurant hand whose flowery, gourmet style of cooking is more in tune with the museum’s stodgy, Fifth Avenue neighborhood than is the spare, contemporary space,” says Platt, who “didn’t detect any artsy references in the generic, generally uninspired food at Robert.” Perhaps a cook-off will cheer Platt; Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld find two native Texans making their a chili con carne in Brooklyn. Or cool your palate with Charles Rodriguez’s recipe for blood-orange salad.

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Filed Under: in the magazine, chili con carne, in season, recipes, salt, the robert, the wright, user’s guide

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For my brother’s recent birthday, we went to High Pearl. High Pearl, which I may or may not have mentioned before, is…

High Pearl Restaurant

8222 45th Ave, Queens

(718) 478-3330

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Cafe Mei Mei, "an American restaurant", has been open since November and was named after the Chef’s dog. They don’t…

Cafe Mei Mei

231 Court St, New York

(718) 852-8571

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It looked good – the tables were full – the topping crisp – but in the final (tasting) analysis – another Columbus…

Francesco Pizzeria & Italian

186 Columbus Ave, New York

(212) 721-0066

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Set foot into the bright, airy foyer of Rouge Tomate and it’s a few short steps until you realize that you’re in for…

Rouge Tomate

10 E 60th St, New York

(646) 237-8977

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