Home Made Nutella Recipe (moved from Boston board)

http://www.davidlebovitz.com/2011/02/homemade-nutella-recipe-chocolate-hazelnut-spread/

mybear in Home Cooking

Financial District Lunch Recommendations 2010

surprisingly, the korean food at cafe hanover was pretty decent - if you're in a rush. otherwise, i'd recommend soma by nature. (the menus are a little different at both places. so it can depend on what you're craving.) and i miss the banh mi sandwiches from the cart in front of 10 hanover. the indian food from baluchi masala was good and the people were quite nice!

mybear in Manhattan

Help making macarons

love lebovitz but i've found more direction on macarons from these two blogs..
http://www.mytartelette.com/
http://cannelle-vanille.blogspot.com/

one of them actually has a link to a primer she wrote for some magazine but for the life of me i can't find it!

oh! and serious eats had a post on them awhile back...
http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2007/10/how-to-make-macarons-recipe.html

mybear in Home Cooking

Where to buy coffee(for home) W 20th between 8th & 9th

http://www.cafegrumpy.com/

http://www.yelp.com/biz/cafe-grumpy-new-york

mybear in Manhattan

Beware of Molly Wizenberg recipes

phew! i thought it was me...
she had a recipe in gourmet / bon appetit (can't remember which mag off the top of my head) that sounded amazing - chocolate, coffee, brown butter...and i made it TWICE. both went into the trash.

mybear in Home Cooking

Good Korea town place for a big group

most restaurants that do korean bbq should be able to handle a group that large. shilla and kum gang san come to mind first. ma dang sui is good but might be a tad small...

mybear in Manhattan

iso a restaurant for lunch with visiting parents

we're planning on going this friday...does that count as the "weekend"? is subway still the best option?

thanks for the other suggestions.

mybear in Outer Boroughs

cook's illustrated - magazine or online?

i'm debating between subscribing to the magazine or cooksillustrated.com. the magazine is $24.95 / yearly vs $34.95 / yearly for the website. does anyone have an opinion as to which service they like better and why?

thanks!

mybear in Food Media & News

iso a restaurant for lunch with visiting parents

we're planning on visiting the brookyln botanical gardens and i would like to take them to a nice lunch. ideally, this casual restaurant would be by the water (but does not have to be) with good food at reasonable ($$-$$$) prices. my father loves all foods and my mom would love some good seafood.

any suggestions? tia!

mybear in Outer Boroughs

Pizza Joint for Private Party?

otto...not sure if they have a private room but they do offer a group dining option.

http://www.ottopizzeria.com/group.html

mybear in Manhattan

Korean BBQ recomendations?

madangsui is reported to have the best meat but i didn't love it when we tried it (and we tried a pretty good selection).

i agree with the won jo suggestion...they bring the grill / hot charcoals to the table. just avoid the seafood pancake...it had quite literally ONE oyster and the tiniest bits of nondescript pieces of seafood and still cost $20!

i also really like chung moo ro. the last time i went they served bbq with the rice wrappers, which not many restaurants bother with (apparently, it's a little messy?) but is SO good.

mybear in Manhattan

Best food(ie) shopping in Manhattan

TOTALLY agree...
our $10 newport steaks from florence were far more flavorful than the triple-digit dinner at bobby van's.

mybear in Manhattan

baby-friendly celebration restaurant?

we're celebrating a girlfriend's birthday and would like to be able to bring along her baby...any nice restaurant suggestions that will be ok with a very well-behaved baby?

thanks in advance!

mybear in Manhattan

Chelsea Sushi?

actually, we really liked hana and think it's worth a try.
the restaurant was clean; the service was great; the fish
was fresh and the other cooked entrees were decent as
well. for a neighborhood sushi spot, i thought it was quite
good and priced reasonably.

i'd skip over monster though.

mybear in Manhattan

Iso best grocery store kimchi?

actually, i have asked gahm mi oak and alas they said no. =(

h-mart carries kimchi...but the freshness can really vary.
the last time i was in kum gang san, i noticed that they sell kimchi as well. if it's the same as they serve in the restaurant, i found it to be good. again, freshness is really important to me though and that part, i'm don't know as i've never bought from kum gang san.

mybear in Manhattan