At last weekend's Food Film Fest, one of the more transfixing short films we caught was Zergut, a miniature epic of an inter-refrigerator battle royale between fresh and rotting foodstuffs. We caught up with filmmaker Natasha Subramaniam to find out she and partner Alisa Lapidus made the movie, which took a whopping two years to complete. more ›

Does looking at all that food porn on your tiny computer screen leave you feeling unsatisfied? The fifth annual NYC Food Film Festival is here to fix you right up. The interactive fest is taking over Tribeca Cinemas from October 13-16, with a whole slew of hunger-inducing films, conveniently paired with the real-life foods they focus on. Taste what you see—that means no more watching Chocolat alone on your couch while inhaling Three Musketeers! more ›

It's the law of supply and demand -- if something is hard to get, everyone wants it. This especially applies to Momofuku Ko, the latest spot from chef-superstar David Chang. There's no secret handshake or phone number needed to get in (in fact, there's no phone), just an internet connection. Reservations for the 14-seat restaurant will only be made available online, first come first served...and everyone wants to get in desperately. more ›

Despite Meatopia IV's downright pagan theme, Slaughter of the Innocents, which involved spit roasted kid goat and suckling pig as well as the consumption of copious amounts of other young animal flesh, the good lord chose to spare the soul of Mr. Cutlets, aka Josh Ozersky, and the band of meat-crazed revelers that came out Tuesday night to Water Taxi Beach to celebrate Josh's 40th birthday. more ›

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- Finally! Banh mi sandwiches in Midtown. But are they any good, and are they worth the $7.50 a pop? Midtown Lunch readers chime in with their thoughts. more ›

- Due to a crappy cable set-up we don’t get this, but apparently people are taking a strong shine to Daniel Boulud’s new show. more ›

As the weather gets cooler, we find ourselves inexplicably drawn to daydreams of cooking up large batches of soups, stews, and chilis and baking warm loaves of bread (baguettes, cornbread, banana bread -- whatever, really). It's that time of year when nesting begins in earnest for many of us. This weekend, we made a dinner that we felt perfectly captured the transition from summer to fall: a butternut squash and sage risotto topped with seared scallops (loosely adapted from this Gourmet recipe), roasted tomatoes with a parmesan-herb crust, and roasted zucchini and onions. more ›

Bringing you a roundup of recent reviews across the food blogs: more ›

If you like food as much as Gothamist does, you might get a kick out of the NYC Cuisine group on flickr. Want to see what the offerings at the Shake Shack look like? Take a look. Want to see pictures from Katz's Deli? Mmm, pastrami. For whatever reason, people love taking pictures of their food -- there's also a general food porn group, but you can just look at the NYC subset if you want to keep things local. If you've got photos of New York's food, add them to the group! more ›

The Whole Foods Market Cookbook by Steve Petusevsky (Clarkson Potter, 2002) more ›

People have been buzzing expectantly for months about the new 50,000 square-foot Union Square Whole Foods store, which opened this morning at 8 a.m. amid great fanfare, but without seeing the place it was hard to imagine what all the fuss was about. Sure, it's nice to have a good food store around, but there are three others within two blocks, all of which have "gourmet" and "healthy" items and a wide selection. The one in the Time Warner Center is definitely nice, but, after all, it's just a supermarket, right? more ›

Hey There, Cupcake!: 35 Yummy Fun Cupcake Recipes For All Occasions by Clare Crespo (Melcher Media, 2004) more ›

This weekend, if you find yourself tired of partying and you just want to kick back, why not invite some friends over and watch Iron Chef America, where American chefs Bobby Flay, Wolfgang Puck, and Mario Batali go head-to-head with Iron Chefs Masaharu Morimoto and Hiroyuki Sakai? It's is wall-to-wall Iron Chef action, with episodes shown Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, which has the Tag Team Finale that, in finale tradition, has an . more ›