Fabulous Foodie is just one of the blogs I am involved in. The other is Greater Gotham. Today I thought I’d bring together and this is the result - not so much a guide to the food of New York as a guide to online guides (with a few specifics thrown in). So sit back, grab [...]

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I confess, foodie friends, that on a day like today - hot, humid and grey - I don’t feel especially inspired to do much beyond delving deeply into a dish of white chocolate raspberry truffle Häagen-Dazs (the key, I am sure, to living a long and happy life). But I am refraining from such activity [...]

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Discoveries of note today: the perfect time for breakfast at the Carnegie Deli? 9 am on Saturday.
Why? Because not only is there no line outside but there’s hardly anyone inside. My friend and I were gobsmacked. Pleased not to have to wait in the line o’ myth and legend, mind you. It is, after all, [...]

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It occurred to me recently, as I was contemplating the many “gourmet” dinners I had sat through on board the SS Noordam, that by far my favourite meal had been lunch.
By which I mean a hot dog.
Oh yes, I had been served lobster tails, Chateaubriand, escargot, Grand Marnier souffles, and the like.  But while all [...]

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Happy National Pie Day, everyone!
Listen, I love pie. I have such fond memories of pies gone by and always feel extra competent in the kitchen when I produce a first-class apple cobbler. I love pie as much as the next person. But I couldn’t help wondering — do we need a ‘National Pie Day’? Whose [...]

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