at the sign of The Pink Pig

Meet Me Ten Years Ago In Atlantic City

[Pink Pig Time Machine by Wilfrid:  May 30, 2010]

It seemed like a good idea at the time.  A spring break was needed, there were certain constraints on travel time, and I had never seen the place.   A Greyhound to Atlantic City it was.

Sandwich City

[Pigging by Wilfrid: May 31, 2010]

Let's have snarky fun with Grub Street's  101 Best Sandwiches; until I fall asleep anyway.

Yes, Katz's pastrami is on the list.  It's not completely insane.

"How To Booze" (If You Need To Know)

[Free Stuff by Wilfrid:  May 24, 2010]

A book launch with cocktail sampling.  Hard to argue with that kind of invitation.

The book in question, How To Booze: Exquisite Cocktails and Unsound Advice, from Harper Collins.

Cooking From The Book Of Tapas

[Pigging by Wilfrid:  May 24, 2010]

Ay, those clams.  Those beans (okay, black-eyed peas). I loved this dish.  I am grateful to The Book of Tapas for suggesting it.

Okay, not exactly the recipe as given by Simone Ortega, I admit.  But that's how I am in the kitchen.

The State of Tapas: Casa Mono

[Pigging by Wilfrid:  May 24, 2010]

Speaking of tapas, it just so happens that I recently refreshed my appreciation of the menu at Casa Mono.

At least, I reminded myself what I do and don't like about this small, still very busy restaurant.

Chez Montrachet Etc: Ten Years Ago

[Pink Pig Time Machine by Wilfrid:  May 24, 2010]

A return to Montrachet seemed due.  Good to warm up, as ever, over flutes of "R" de Ruinart, that pleasant blanc des blancs, at Bubble Lounge across the street. 

The Local East Village: New Horizons For The Pink Pig

I guess what gets pumped out here every week isn't all bad.  The man inside the Pig was proud to be offered a consulting editorial position on a local news project developed as a partnership between the New York University Arthur L. Carter Institute of Journalism and the New York Times.

Press release here.

At the Sign of the Pink Pig: dining, the arts and New York City.

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Kim Davis (the man behind the pig) is also Community Editor for:  The Local East Village

Find over four hundred restaurant reviews and other musings by Wilfrid in Eating the Apple 2010.

Available from Amazon and half-price as an eBook.

Fatty And Fattier I: Fatty 'Cue

[Pigging by Wilfrid:  May 17, 2010]

Been a long time coming, this fusion restaurant from Zak Pelaccio and Robbie Richter.

First announced, if my notes are right, back in 2008, since when Williamsburg has piled casual eatery upon casual eatery until even the high-profile arrival of the the Fatty Crab maestro and former Hill Country pitmaster is, well, just another dining option.

Fatty And Fattier II: Fette Sau

[Pigging by Wilfrid:  May 17, 2010]

Summer's here - nearly, anyway - and the time is right for eating long cooked meats (boy).

So what can a poor pig do, but compare and contrast the finally opened Fatty 'Cue with a place I missed along the way, a veritable Brooklyn barbecue vet, the Fatty Sow.