We're still working all the meat out of our system from Saturday's Gothamist-Serious Eats/AHT QBQ BBQ II, but we hope that those of you who made it had a good time. Thankfully, the forecasted rain held off as we served about 150 pounds of beef (600 burgers) during the event. A special thanks to Harry Hawk, the staff at Water Taxi Beach and some assistants from Gothamist, Serious Eats and A Hamburger Today, Six......

Just in time for the Fourth (and in case the Nathan's contest gave you a hankering), Jason Perlow at Off the Broiler brings us The Great Off the Broiler Hot Dog Tasting of 2007. Updating his oeuvre of 2004 for which he tasted fourteen hot dog varieties, Perlow expands his sampling pool to thirty-two different dogs. All we can add is, better you than us, buddy. His scoring system is quite thorough:Spicyness scores were......

People really do be lovin' some of that there Hill CountryBBQ. It's a bit stale by now, but Jason Perlow is seeking help from all you Korean food loving souls. Eater has the line of the week during their postmortem on the BABBP declaring - “Now, we will cease eating for three days, or until such time we stop sweating pork juice.” Meg pulls a Chodorow and follows Bruni to Gramercy Tavern, she likes what......

It's time to celebrate Chanukah! (Someone got the Adam Sandler song stuck in our head -- now we're passing that "gift" on to you). Part of the Chanukah tradition involves cooking foods in oil. To many, this means latkes. We're rounded up some great latke posts and recipes for you: - Food and Wine magazine features recipes for a Latke and vodka party (Smitten Kitchen takes a stab at some of the menu); -......

While not listed on the website, a small bird-shaped source tells us that the gigantic (website says 66k vs. 90k sq.ft. in reality) Whole Foods in the Avalon Christie on Houston & Bowery will open in April 2007, an almost 1 year delay. Same little birdie says that contrary to reports elsewhere, they will also get to build a Whole Foods wine store (maybe not liquor) to replace the one forced out of the Columbus......

Bringing you a roundup of recent reviews across the food blogs: - Jason Perlow gives us a close look at the inner workings of Momofuku's Ssäm Bar at Off the Broiler, including the menu. - Augieland and Snack bring on the menus and food porn from L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon. - Foodite presents the Nobu vs. Morimoto omakase smackdown. - Mona's Apple visits Blau Gans, the Clean Plate Club heads to 'ino, and Restaurant Girl......

Last night was the Gothamist-A Hamburger Today QBQ BBQ at Water Taxi Beach that, despite the weather, was a great success. There was a great turnout with people sampling four different burgers and some also eating an elk burger. In fact, Gothamist is still recovering from our meat induced coma! The first interpretive burger on the menu was the Motz Burger, followed by the Guber Burger, the Green Chile Cheeseburger and finally the Butter......

- Have Metrocard, will eat: the Taste of the New York Subway guide is a directory of New York City restaurants within 200 meters of a subway station organized by stop. - Clinton Street Bakery is now serving some scrumptious-sounding milkshakes made with ice cream from the Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory: chocolate raspberry, fresh banana, peach melba, white grasshopper, or toffee coffee, all served with fresh whipped cream and chocolate sprinkles. Drool. - eGullet founder......

- Al di La, Tocqueville and The Red Cat are the latest videos to hit Savory New York. - If you have never tasted the magic that is DiFara's, you certainly will after this entry from eGullet's Jason Perlow, complete with video footage. - Could it be true that our beloved Snack Dragon is closing? Say it ain't so! - MUG shows some love to the food writers, complete with a snapshot of Mr. Bruni......

- Paris Commune, the West Village eatery that moved into new space at 99 Bank Street last year, is celebrating its anniversary by opening the Rouge Wine Bar. Quaff wines from France, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, and Chile while you wait for a table upstairs, or finish off your night by sipping on a glass of cognac while you gaze at the original fresco covering two walls. Look closely and you might see Marc......