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When Dinner With Friends Shook the World

Revisiting the epochal meal that 35 years ago served as the Big Bang for American fine dining The Avengers of Gastronomy: Two years after the...

By Joshua David Stein - May 16, 2018
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The Trencherman: Punched in the Face by the Ghosts of St. Marks

“The William Barnacle Tavern on St. Marks is like a geode in the East Village: mostly empty but filled with gems” The William Barnacle Tavern...

By Joshua David Stein - April 27, 2018
The Trencherman | Food | Village Voice

The Trencherman: A Tale of Two Coffee Shops

"There has never been a better time for high-quality coffee in the Village, or a worse time for coffeehouses" Patrons at the Gaslight,...

By Joshua David Stein - February 23, 2018
The Trencherman | Village Voice | Food

The Trencherman: Eating Our Way Through New York History

Introducing a new food column for the Village Voice The Waverly Diner in Greenwich Village STACY WALSH ROSENSTOCK/ALAMYOn the tenth page of the first...

By Joshua David Stein - February 8, 2018
Food | Village Voice | The Trencherman

Forget It, Jake: Exploring Cuisine, Immigration, and Chinatown’s Underworld

Heather Lee, preeminent scholar of Chinese restaurants in America and assistant professor at NYU Shanghai, and I, just a guy, were making our way through...

By Joshua David Stein - May 9, 2017
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