Each week, we will be highlighting some of the most interesting and active members of our community on Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus to help foodies get to know their fellow foodies. This week’s FriendsEAT’s Favorite is Michelle Levine, the … Continue reading →

You’re jonesing for ramen so you hit up the place around the corner where a huge bowl costs you $6. You’ve finished up the whole bowl. Suddenly you’re feeling bloated (MSG). Then, 20 minutes later, you’re starving and thirsty. THE … Continue reading →

Joey Chestnut, 68 hot dogs in 10 minutes. How exactly did he do that?! Takeru Kobayashi eat more hot dogs than I do in 1 year, how did he fit all of those hot dogs inside his body when the guy is … Continue reading →

No Reservations host Anthony Bourdain is leaving the show, which he has hosted on the Travel Channel since 2005, to host a new weekend food and travel program on CNN. The announcement was made this week by CNN Worldwide Executive … Continue reading →

I am always in a search for fabulous places to get food. I would like to thank Lindsay (The Lunch Belle) for pointing me towards Casellula where we recently met up. What a lovely place. It has everything I love: … Continue reading →

Bluefin tuna contaminated with radioactivity from Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant have traveled 6,000 miles to US shores. A study in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences indicates the tuna showed elevated levels of radioactive cesium … Continue reading →

We’ve already known fish as a good source of protein, vitamins and minerals. Now fish oil does not only offers you that, it has some other good benefits that you may not have known. Knowing all of this still there are few … Continue reading →

College drinking games such as Edward 40 Hands, Beer Pong, Quarters, Dead Man Walk, and Truth or Dare, are some of the games popular with students, where hard liquor is increasingly replacing beer in these games. “Kids easily drink seven … Continue reading →

Karen Symmington Muendell is someone I truly enjoy knowing. She is a private Chef, caterer, and menu consultant. She also acts, writes, and directs for community and other local theater. As if that was not enough, Karen has recently embarked … Continue reading →

Thanks to an invention by MIT doctoral candidate Dave Smith and his team of mechanical engineers and nanotechnology researchers, there will be no more pounding on the bottom of ketchup containers, and a lot less wasted food. Smith’s invention is … Continue reading →

Preparing your cup of coffee is really a good way to wake yourself up. The goodness of coffee or tea brings happiness and productivity to many of us. Some may say they can’t go on their day without a dose of caffeine in their system. It’s … Continue reading →

According to a recent study published online in “Current Biology”, there’s a reason why ripe, homegrown tomatoes taste so much better than the insipid supermarket variety. University of Florida researchers examined chemical profiles of 278 tomato samples representing 152 heirloom … Continue reading →

Pounds & Ounces has taken over the Chelsea home of the Viceroy. I recently paid the restaurant a visit on a late night. The place was teeming with excitement. There were beautiful people everywhere, music blasting (which can be both … Continue reading →

Earlier this month, state health officials in Massachusetts approved a school bake sale ban ostensibly designed to combat youth obesity. The ban, scheduled to become effective in August, prohibited the sale of sweets in schools during the school day and … Continue reading →

I’m pretty sure that I had this Carbohydrates thingy during my Organic Chemistry subject, I’m almost forgetting it. Phew. Anyway, yes good and bad carbohydrates certainly does exist. Essentially, a good carb (mostly the foods that has lost of fiber) … Continue reading →

CalorieLab.com, a website offering health, nutritional and fitness news, featured a bizarre story this month about a self-described asexual in Tokyo who cooked and served his own genitals at a banquet. Mao Sugiyama, an illustrator by occupation, desires to be … Continue reading →

Here’s our wine quote for this week. “Wine is inspiring and adds greatly to the joy of living.” – Napoleon “Drinking good wine with good food in good company is one of life’s most civilized pleasures.” – Michael Broadbent “Food … Continue reading →

I have considered pasta as my most favorable food, well almost universally love. Even its made of pure carb and considered not the healthiest food, still its inescapable. This Infographic we have today details the consumption of pasta, the creation of … Continue reading →

Brad Plumer with the Washington Post reports on the incredible decimation of the world’s fish populations, and features stunning information from Daniel Pauly, a professor of fisheries at the University of British Columbia, who sums up the situation as “Aquacalypse … Continue reading →

[Open Image in New Tab to View Larger] [Open Image in New Tab to View Larger] Let’s face it. The weather is quickly warming up and I know I’m starting to worry about bathing suit season. Sure, I count calories … Continue reading →

At first read I have thought it’s misspelled… but it certainly is about grills, not girls. But as much as men love girls, they also loves grills. Grills have actually gone wild, I mean that literally. Grills cause roughly 8, 000 houses on fire. But … Continue reading →

A new smartphone app called SceneTap uses facial detection technology via cameras placed strategically in bars and nightclubs to determine crowd size, average customer age and male-to-female ratio. There’s just one problem: the patrons being scanned don’t know they’re being … Continue reading →

Whenever people think of Chefs, they automatically think of those Cheflebrities on the Food Network: Bobby Flay, Giada De Laurentiis, Mario Batali. What they are missing out on are the amazing chefs who work in the Personal Chef field. This … Continue reading →

Kevin Hall, a mathematical physiologist, and Carson C. Chow, an M.I.T.-trained mathematician and physicist, developed a mathematical model that could predict how body composition changes in response to food intake. Hall and Chow, an investigator at the National Institute of … Continue reading →

This infographic we have today is quite simple but really useful in a way.  Now you may wondered how long the food in your pantry and freezer lasts. Then check out this handy infographic from All You for reference.

Nearly eight years after a bill enacting a foie gras ban was signed, California is set to impose the nation’s first statewide ban on foie gras this July. Despite the ban, chefs are still actively campaigning against a foie gras … Continue reading →

I was recently invited to try out Hill Cafe (a French restaurant) in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn.  I took this invitation as an excuse to leave the island and catch up with an old friend, Cigall of Mazelmoments. Getting to the … Continue reading →

Domino’s Pizza shareholders recently rejected a proposal put forth by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) for the pizza company to study ending the use of pork from suppliers who confine pregnant pigs in small gestation stalls (6.6 … Continue reading →

There are two main reasons why I’m on Facebook or Twitter, to connect with the people and to share my photos with them. From travels to hang outs, and from food and to coffee - I always take a photo of it and share … Continue reading →

A new study conducted by researchers at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) revealed that a steady diet of high fructose corn syrup slows the brain, and impairs memory and learning. The study also showed how omega-3 fatty acids … Continue reading →

A new study published in the British Medical Journal suggests adding a high tax on unhealthy food and beverages may diminish the rising rates of obesity. According to the study, a 20 percent tax placed on sugar-sweetened drinks could drop … Continue reading →

Instead of grabbing the can of coke, you reached for the pineapple juice drink because you decided to live healthier. But the question is, are you living the smartest way? According to this Infographic fruit drinks are not healthy and … Continue reading →

According to an 18-month study conducted by the Rand Corporation, 96% of main entrees sold at top U.S. chain eateries exceed the daily limits for calories, sodium, fat and saturated fat recommended by the USDA. “If you’re eating out tonight, … Continue reading →

You probably heard about the $1.25 deal that Millesime offered for the inauguration of their 29th Street entrance. When I arrived, the line went around the corner. The NY Times broke the news on Wednesday night for this Thursday event, … Continue reading →

Here are some good tips for your cooking this weekend. Cooking Tip #1: Preserve the nutrients and colors in veggies. Cook them quickly by steaming or stir-frying. Cooking Tip #2: Asparagus should be served warm or at room temperature as refrigeration dulls … Continue reading →

I am one happy woman. Great restaurants keep sprouting up on the Upper West Side. I’ll be busy writing about them all weekend long so that you can visit them and keep them in business for my tummy’s benefit. The … Continue reading →

They’re the hottest restaurants & they’re mobile. Yes, I’m talking about Food Trucks! Most of the chefs nowadays can’t be seen inside the kitchen, but in the food trucks delivering some of the most scrumptious, affordable and delightfully fun food. … Continue reading →

According to a new study, a specific gene is responsible for how a compound in pork smells to humans. The gene determines whether pork smells like ammonia, urine and sweat, or more like vanilla. The compound, androstenone, is similar to … Continue reading →

It’d be an understatement to say America loves food. The food industry is one of the most lucrative in the country and the big wigs of fast food chains are raking in the doe, while their foot soldiers run the … Continue reading →

Slumping sales at fast-food restaurants has pressured hamburger chains to continuously reinvent themselves to secure their market share and bolster sales. Since McDonald’s maintains a distant lead in first place, competition is fierce for the nation’s 2nd spot. Wendy’s recently … Continue reading →