Crave on 42nd: Top Chef Season One's Dave "I'm not your bitch, bitch!" Martin has found a home in New York serving comfort-driven American bistro fare. He reprises one of his Top Chef dishes -- the Black Truffle Mac ‘n’ Cheese, with black truffles, brandy and fontina slow cooked with fresh thyme and oregano, and the menu offers wood grilled pizzas, burgers, and hearty entrees, like "Sassy Sea Bass," farm raised bass, dry rubbed and......

Chef Don Pintabono's Dani has been revamped with a focus on Southern Italy, and Sicilian cuisine in particular. He's brought in Greg Johnson, formerly of ESCA, Fresco by Scotto and Abboccato. Make sure to stop in on Thursdays -- the rabbit special is excellent. Eater chats with Harold Dieterle, the winner of "Top Chef" Season One, about his long-awaiting restaurant, Perilla, opening "late spring/early summer" at 9 Jones Street. Seafood market Wild Edibles has opened......

Italy has won its fourth World Cup today, during a 1-1 game that went into penalty kicks (the most terrible way to end any major game). We knew the game was over when the neighborhood went crazy - cheering, honking horns, just enjoying the win on a beautiful summer's day. While the Italians should rightly celebrate, the big question will be what the eff was Zinedine Zidane thinking when he got red carded in......

It had to end this way. Carrie, back in NY, without the Russian, sort of with Big. While the first 15 minutes were slow and rather heavy, it was an overall satisfying episode. Most loose ends were tied up on positive, if not exactly happy, notes. Highlights: - The French bookstore employees saying they have "zee Sex!" There's something funny about the French taking pointers from Carrie Bradshaw. - Even though Big has been......