Hot Sake - Food News You Can Use

- This week in Momofuku hype, a short love note as expressed via a T-shirt and a litany of chefs cite the joint as their go-to spots.

- With the ongoing hubbub of how unacceptable the wait is at DiFara’s in Midwood, it’s good to have a fallback, or at least a stopback, for our hunger out in the same neighborhood. All relevant details in this preview article from the next edition of the excellent Edible Brooklyn.

- The dearth of new posts over at Augieland offers up an opportunity to browse the archives, start with his illuminating multi-parter on how to become a regular.

- An exceptionally in-depth piece on how to make pad Thai from one of the best blogs out there: Chez Pim.

- Mark Bittman takes a turn at “Choice Tables”, and with his signature straightforward approach rekindles the desire to hit Mexico City for a foodfest. Also in the Times, the magazine this week as a fascinating glimpse inside a potential new wave of French restaurants that have all the legitimacy of great cuisine without any of the airs of the shooting-for-stars crowd.

- The Daily News shines the light on winter favorite kale, a farmer at the Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket, and a classic Portuguese soup called caldo verde that utilizes the hearty leaf. For our money, we love the red Russian variety.

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