Take home Christine Ferber jams, made with the finest whole fresh fruit at its prime. They’re one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. Read more.
Rocco DiSpirito enjoys the Italian desserts, like Chocolate Mousse Cake, at Sant Ambroeus in New York, NY, on Food Network's The Best Thing I Ever Ate. Find more tips at Food Network Local. Read more.
Sit at one of the eight white-marble "bars" and watch roasted-chicken pizza ($12) being made in the wood-burning oven or chat with the chefs who assemble Mr. English's prime-rib sliders ($18). Read more.
Robert De Niro’s place seems at first glance rather high-end faux. But the chef Andrew Carmellini’s blissfully homey Italian food serves as a reminder that cooking what you grow is a very good idea. Read more.
Manage your Library account on the go! Download our free iPhone app and register at nypl.bibliocommons.com. Read more.
Having already appropriated northern Italy (via Alto) and southern Italy (via Convivio), chef Michael White takes on the coast with this shrine to seafood. Read more.
The $14 Jane Burger (with cheddar, double-smoked bacon and a special sauce) is a popular and juicy menu item. Read more.
Good choices include the mussel soup with sausage, an open-faced sea urchin sandwich, plank-grilled Spanish mackerel in escabeche juice, and diver scallops with risotto and orange. Read more.
Recommended: Soups, steamed mussels, roasted halibut, pickled artichokes, hanger steak, roast chicken or game hen, chocolate pine nut tart. Read more.
This lower east side staple might be dreary from the front, but inside is a covered garden and often, customers with their adorable pet dogs. Read more.