Whenever a magazine publishes a guide like “The Best Unsung Food Shops,” as Time Out NY did recently, it begs the question of what other gems have been left out of the collective New York food consciousness. Brooklyn Larder, on the border of Park Slope and Prospect Heights, is one of the few specialty food [...]

Wine isn’t the only thing that pairs well with cheese: Beer is a great match too, especially if there’s plenty of it, as there was at the Joy of Cheese tasting at d.b.a. Brooklyn on a recent night. Cheese expert Martin Johnson and d.b.a. owner Ray Deter  joined forces to present seven rounds of beer [...]

The humble bacon, egg and cheese sandwich may never be the same.
Can you ever go back to a deli sandwich with a too-big roll, meager egg, and supermarket quality bacon and cheese after one of Murray’s breakfast sandwiches? The answer is unclear, because Murray’s combination of farm egg, fontina cheese, gourmet bacon on a thin [...]

Stop the insanity – or actually, please don’t: Grub Street reports that Murray’s Cheese has just opened a sandwich counter, Murray’s Melts. Imagine the deliciousness of Murray’s taleggio, maple leaf smoked gouda, or double creme brie on Blue Ribbon Bakery bread, sandwiched next to sopressata, roasted turkey, or prosciutto, then topped with caramelized onions, sauerkraut, [...]

Last night Marie Fromage and I went to another tasting for the Joy of Cheese at Ten Degrees – this time focused on inexpensive cheeses for the rest of us. The depressing packaged cheese section at Trader Joe’s notwithstanding, just because you’re on a budget doesn’t mean you have to forgo good cheese. Our host [...]