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The Automats of New York City

In 1912, when Joe Horn and Frank Hardart opened their first New York city automat in the heart of Broadway, New Yorkers were intrigued. Imagine walking into a restaurant with no waiters, window shopping for your food along a wall of small glass compartments, dropping nickels in a slot next to your choice, turning a knob, lifting the small glass…
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2012 Food App Awards Winners

Last night 11 food and drink apps were honored in 15 categories during Toque’s 2nd annual Food App Awards. Sara’s Kitchen, an app by Sara Moulton, cookbook author and host of PBS’ Sara’s Weeknight Meals, was awarded Best Overall and won in two other categories. Grocery IQ and Mixologist both garnered two awards as well. “We saw a lot of…
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Food App Review of the Week: Food Truth

Food Truth Developer: Bryan Hughes Cost: Free Runs on: iPhone, Android (coming soon) Website: http://foodtruthonline.com Version: 1.1 Do you want to know what’s in season and have a simple way of preparing seasonal dishes? That’s what Food Truth provides. This free app (seasonal expansion packs available for $2.99 each) includes items and recipes for all four seasons: winter and fall…
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Eat Retreat: Overnight Camp for Food Lovers

(banner photo © Jesse Friedman) The first time back in my Chicago kitchen after returning from Eat Retreat, I brewed a cup of coffee the way Stephen taught us. I applied the lessons of Heather’s slaughter workshop and made 8 quarts of stock using a recipe from Kimberley. I ate bread smothered with olive oil from Sara and Dafna’s Hungarian…
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Food App Review of the Week: Butterball Cookbook Plus – Recipes for Thanksgiving & Every Day Occasions

Butterball Cookbook Plus – Recipes for Thanksgiving & Every Day Occasions Developer: Publications International Ltd. Cost: $4.99 Runs on: iPhone Website: http://icookbook.com/support/butterball-support/ Version: 1.0.1 It’s turkey season and rather than calling the Butterball hotline this year, download their new iPhone app. The first thing I noticed about this app, aside from having the longest name of any app I’ve reviewed…
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Toque’s Food App Finalists

The first cuts have been made and we are ready to present the finalists for this year’s Food App Awards. Here they are: Best Value Food on the Table Grocery IQ Half Hour Meals Mixologist Trufflehead Best Design & Navigation Be The Chef Bike Basket Pies Cocktail Flow iCookbook Talerka Video Recipes Best Branded & Celebrity Beachwood BBQ Carrabbas Uncorked…
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Videos

GetCrocking! App Review

Brand new app pays tribute to the humble glories of slow cooking. Critic Steve Cooper wants to see it succeed (being raised on slow cooking dinners himself) but does GetCrocking measure up?

Pie Apps Review

Steve Cooper reviews four apps that show you how to make pie: Easy as Pie iBake Pies iCooking Pies and Quiches Pie Recipes

Popsicle King

Popsicle King

Better known as “King of Pops” in Atlanta’s Poncey/Highland neighborhood, this street cart looks just like any of the countless frozen confection stands across the country. But for the growing throng of regulars who have turned on to Steven Carse’s popsicles made with all-natural ingredients and intriguing flavor combinations, it’s much more than that. “I’ve come for my liquid crack,”…
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Restaurant History

A good salad is hard to find — even in California. Reliable Caesars and Cobbs colonize menus everywhere, as do ubiquitous piles of mixed greens dressed with vinaigrette. Beyond that, creative salads made with quality ingredients are still an exception. For too long, they were also the province of expensive, sit-down restaurants. In the last few years, however, several fast-casual…
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