Results tagged “dirtybird”

- Baby, it's cold outside, and what better way to warm up than with a steaming bowl of soup. MUG rounds up readers' favorite chicken soups, or if you prefer cooking your own, the Daily News lets us in on soup recipes from Dirty Bird, Tabla, and Fairway

Shanghaiist probably knows a little more about China than the Chicago Sun-Times. Giving them the benefit of the doubt on that one. The city does to have a music scenei. Don't even front like they don't. They also have Dorrito bananas and white guys shopping for wives. What they don't have is any more tolerance for jaywalkers.

For expat Southerners in the city, good fried chicken is something of a holy grail. There are a few decent contenders—Mama's Food Shop and Maroons, for example. But too often Southern cuisine is treated dismissively, as slop only to be mass produced. Now at last, a chef with a fine sensibility is doing it right. Dirty Bird is a new takeout spot specializing in fried chicken, and the verdict is in: This is the real deal. In the kitchen is Allison Vines-Rushing, a Louisiana native and a recipient of a James Beard award for rising chef. Formerly at Jack's Luxury Oyster Bar, she is now bringing it to the people at this tiny storefront. Sound familiar, Danny Meyer? We could have another Shake Shack on our hands.

- New York Magazine gives us a rundown of "New Brooklyn Cuisine," -- "small, seasonal, understatedly stylish—and unrecognizable to anyone who grew up there."

The food world can be a rough place. Restaurants and markets come and go with the blink of an eye -- your favorite place can be there one minute and belly up the next. This week, we've got good news and bad news, take your pick.