Refined Dining at Restaurant Nicholas

Over the last decade, dining has changed. As consumers, we’ve traded in haughty waiters and stuffy venues for a more approachable (and casual) experience, one where the sophistication of taste and top-tier ingredients trumps all other matters of refinement. We’re more educated about where our food comes from, more mindful of our dietary restrictions, and…

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Modine: Low Country Comfort in Asbury Park

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The South lays claim to one of America’s most coveted cuisines, but there’s more to it than just deep-fried delicacies topped with pimento cheese and hot honey sauce. Southern food is an echo from our country’s history, a true culinary melting pot bringing simple cooking traditions together such as Cajun, African, Appalachian and even Scottish.…

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Vanillamore Dessert Kitchen

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Photos by Lauren Magenta You don’t need dessert. Not in the same way you need oxygen to breathe or that meaty main course you just ordered. It’s pure excess—a blissful excuse to satisfy that aching sweet tooth. But let’s not label it as just the latter half of a meal when it can bring the same amount…

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Mikkeller Brewing NYC Comes to Citi Field

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Starting this Sunday, Citi Field will be playing their own part in the craft beer movement by welcoming Denmark-based Mikkeller Brewing NYC to the stadium, just in time for baseball season. Founded by Mikkel Borg Bjergsø, this will be the company’s first-ever East Coast location, following their initial U.S. launch in San Diego which opened…

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Icebox Cafe Miami: A Culinary Delight

Known for their unique culinary concepts, Icebox Cafe Miami is a hotspot for a bite to eat with friends and family. For almost 20 years, their sophisticated and comfortable design as well as their freshly made seasonal cuisine has propelled Icebox Cafe to become one of the area’s top go-to restaurants. Icebox serves breakfast, lunch,…

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Cocktail Chemistry at The Aviary NYC

Inside the otherworldly creations at NYC’s The Aviary. By now, New York has convinced us all we know everything there is to know about cocktail culture. We’re privy to the usual cast of ingredients, unimpressed by ooh and aah antics of pyrotechnics and liquid nitrogen. But what Grant Achatz is doing has set all those…

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