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May 28, 2019
2 min

The Joys of Country Ham

But this ham—cured for over a year, during which it’d been subjected to all the vagaries of Kentucky’s weather and the magic of an old ham h

Apr 29, 2019
1 min

Springing Back

Winter always feels interminable when you have a garden to look forward to as soon as the snow melts. Our farmer Chuck kept our high tunn...

Apr 4, 2019
2 min

Meet Your Maker: Heritage Foods

We’ve been buying pork from Heritage Foods for over a decade. They were among the first purveyors in town to offer a variety of meats fro...

Jan 7, 2019
4 min

On the Impossible Burger

If you’ve so much as flirted with vegetarianism recently, you’ll know about the Impossible Burger. A high-tech meat substitute patty, it ...

Dec 11, 2018
2 min

A Short History of Milk & "Milk" at Egg

Dairy milk has had a rough go of it lately. With the spread of veganism, the proliferation of dietary allergies, and growing awareness of...

Jul 29, 2018
2 min

The Once and Future Bean

Last year our farmer Chuck had to spend some time cleaning out his parents’ house in West Virginia after his mother died and his father m...

Jul 12, 2018
2 min

SUMMER IS FOR HOT SAUCE

Every year when the pepper plants fill, their prices drop, and their heat turns up, we buy them by the bushel (or bring a big harvest dow...

Jun 7, 2018
2 min

COOKING FOR CHANGE IN TOKYO

Last month, we spent a few weeks working with our team in Japan--first in Osaka, then in Tokyo. It’s (needless to say, probably) always a...

May 1, 2018
2 min

MUD SEASON

Winter wasn’t so bad but then it wouldn’t leave. It’s been lurking around like that surprise houseguest who doesn’t reveal until a week i...

Dec 31, 2017
1 min

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2018

2017 was an exciting one at Egg—we opened an outpost in Tokyo (!) and got Goatfell, our little farm in the Catskills, back in action for ...

Dec 8, 2017
1 min

SPECIAL: WINTER CARROT SOUP

This carrot soup–a cousin of other creamy cold-weather soups like celery root, sunchoke, or cauliflower–is a riff on a simple Chez Paniss...

Sep 27, 2017
1 min

BREAKFAST IN BED

When you just can’t roll out of bed we can roll up to you: dial up your breakfast (or lunch) on Caviar. A note: Caviar doesn't allow orde...

Aug 21, 2017
1 min

FAMILY MEAL

If you’ve tried coming by the restaurant on a Tuesday afternoon lately, you may have been unpleasantly surprised to find us closed for so...

Jun 23, 2017
1 min

TABLE OF CONTENTS RETURNS

It’s been a bit since our last Tables of Contents reading–the events we host at which great writers read from their work and we make food...

Jun 5, 2017
1 min

MEAT AND GREET

When you work in a restaurant you can’t help but see the consequences of your actions–they arrive quickly and vividly, whether it’s the h...

May 31, 2017
1 min

SUPPORTING VENEZUELA'S SCHOOLCHILDREN

We’re very excited to be partnering with Chef Adriana Urbina to host her Venezuelan pop-up Tepuy. In addition to enjoying a seven-course ...

Feb 1, 2017
1 min

FOOD NOT FEAR

Many forms of joy accompany running a restaurant in New York City–above all, the pleasure of meeting and feeding and working with people ...

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