This is the inaugural edition of Eat the Web, a collection of links to articles and blog posts about food, that I find particularly interesting. Enjoy!
A shot of the raw bar at Mar’s, a beautiful new speakeasy-esque bar in Astoria.
Eating The World in NYC writes about Caribbean Suriname restaurant, which has filled the void left by Warung Kario, which I loved (RIP). Thank goodness Surinamese food continues to exist in NYC.
The NY Times says goodbye to Diner’s Journal.
Tastoria Queens tells us about the intriguing Ambassador Plates program, created by Jeff Orlick, which offers an option wher ethe chef decides what to serve, for $10 or $20. Here’s Jeff’s post about it.
Serious Eats NY published a fantastic list of places to eat Chinese food in all the city (mostly Manhattan and Flushing).
Serious Eats NY also calls out the Portuguese egg tart at New Flushing Bakery, which truly is one of the great desserts in Flushing.
Narrative.ly earlier this month published a great multimedia feature called Cooking in Translation, which “profiles a Korean-born, Flushing woman and her evolving cooking traditions.”
Slate explains why the (theoretical) loss of California’s food output would create havoc in America. “The loss of California’s output would create a dire situation for at least a decade.”
The NY Daily News turns its focus on Ridgewood, Queens along the M line—Krystal European Bakery, Krolewskie Jadlo (a personal favorite), and Catania Bakery.
Eater updates their Queens heatmap for July 2013.
The New Yorker reports that Dominique Ansel Bakery, home of the cronut, created the frozen s’more this past weekend. Ansel claims these can’t be scalped like cronuts, and that you have to eat them right after purchasing them or the effect is wrecked.
P.S. Happy birthday to me! I’ll be the one eating the nachos and watching the All Star Game at an unnamed spot in Queens.
