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Submitted by Visitor on Mon, 10/05/2009 - 9:00am
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I’ve been saying for years, “This year I’m going to take a trip to New York.” Well, I’m nearing forty, and it hasn’t happened yet. But, THIS year I AM going, and I’m going to use some of the periodicals here at the library to help me plan my trip.
For me, the first thing I do when I plan a vacation is figure out what I’m going to eat and where.
The New Yorker has a column every issue called "Tables For Two." They pick all different kinds of restaurants all over the city and review them in a honest, refreshing way, giving little tidbits you won’t find in other reviews. For example, in the July 20, 2009 issue the Lower East Side restaurant Sorella is described as an “uncommonly lovely new restaurant” and the fact that they describe bacon being used “liberally, as though it were merely a seasoning," is enough to get me there (you’ll see more about pork below).
New York does a Where to Eat issue in January of every year. This year’s issue, with an eye to the economy, has sections titled “Recession Gourmet," “Cut-Rate Asian” and “Bargain Mania." While I’m not sure that the majority of these suggestions rate as a bargain in most people’s world, I think I may try the meal from Porchetta that is described as “giant wheels of crackly pork with rosemary, fennel pollen and sage in generous helpings” for $14. There’s also a sidebar “Best Food for Under $10” and the House-Smoked BLT from Char. No. 4, composed of braised pork belly, pickled tomatoes and romaine, sounds heavenly. You may have guessed that I have an obsession with pork.
Every month the magazine publishes a list of short restaurant reviews in its Agenda section. One “New & Recommended” restaurant included a restaurant called An Choi that features Vietnamese street food, including one of my favorites, a banh mi sandwich with a variety of fillings.
If you’re a fan of Top Chef and Tom Colicchio, then you’ll be glad to know his restaurant Craft has something called Frugal Fridays where dishes by Executive Chef Damon Wise are $10 or less. I read about this deal in the Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel May 2009 cover story, “Cities On Sale.”
Esquire published a story in the May 2009 issue on breakfast, so I thought it might give me some good ideas on where I can find a good breakfast in the city. A good, strong cup of coffee is a must for me, and when I’m having breakfast out I’m looking for something unique that I wouldn’t (or couldn’t) make for myself. The magazine recommends Shopsin’s where I can get French toast made from bread pudding served in a chopped heap with a variety of variations from cranberry-orange ricotta to chorizo cheddar. Or I can choose from over 45 different kinds of pancakes or 13 kinds of grits. It so happens that the library has a book written by proprietor Kenny Shopsin called Eat Me: The Food and Philosophy of Kenny Shopsin.
I think I’ve got a good head start on what I’m going to eat on my trip - now I have to figure out what art museums I must visit from a long wish list. . .
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