No doubt how Martha Stewart starts her omelettes.Photo: Melissa Hom While Daniel Boulud himself is picking the best New York hot dogs for us today, Gilt Taste's Francis Lam digs into the Gourmet archives and unearths his excellent 2008 essay about trying to make a perfect French omelette alongside Boulud. The chef's advice for Lam? "'To understand the omelet, you have to understand what the omele... more.

Mmm: Korean tacos from Kimchi Taco Truck.Photo: Courtesy Kimchi Taco Truck Perhaps it's Kogi's example out in L.A., but the Korean taco has thus far thrived mostly as a mobile foodstuff in New York. Seoul Station closed a while back and there is Bann Next Door in Hell's Kitchen, plus a few offerings here and there, but meanwhile the Korilla truck, the Kimchi Taco Truck, and Krave, over in New Jer... more.

It's getting harder and harder to eat out these days. If you're a baby, you could get banned from ageist restaurants. If you're a man who happens to like wearing ladies' clothes, you might get ejected from Pizza Hut. And if you're a McDonald's customer, you probably have gonorrhea. But at least you're not alone, as the James Weird Awards, our weekly inventory of bizarre restaurant news, will prov... more.

Photo: Daniel Maurer A reader comment on our New & Notable Grub Map tipped us off to a Korean fast-food joint on St. Marks Place that’s just a few days old (keep those tips coming, people). Seoul Station, run by a first-time operator, is still getting its legs (they’ll be serving OB beer as soon as the license comes in, plus cinnamon and rice drinks), but the sandwich we tried yesterd... more.

Why won't people cover Marcus Samuelsson's fund-raiser?Photo: Patrick McMullan According to the Post, the Marcus Samuelsson–hosted Hamptons gala fund-raiser Dan's Taste of Two Forks has been "blackballed" by the local media. But can't everyone just grow up and come drink bubbly in rental flutes and eat tasting portions of fluke crudo? So where's the media love? Well, the event, to be held t... more.

Soon to be Fatty 'CuePhoto: Daniel Maurer Sounds like the forthcoming Blue Smoke just got some competition: Fatty Crew overlord Zak Pelaccio tells us he and Kevin Pomplun are in the process of turning the former Picnick and Picnick Smoked kiosks in Battery Park into a kiosk "tentatively titled" Fatty Snack, and a mobile version of Fatty 'Cue, respectively. No doubt word of a (miniature) Fatty 'Cu... more.

Danny Meyer will seat you now.Photo: Cindy Ord/Getty Images If you're planning to take advantage of Union Square Cafe's $24.07 Restaurant Week lunch today, the maître d' might seem familiar: None other than Danny Meyer himself will be working the floor. And behind the bar? Union Square Hospitality Group managing partner Paul Bolles-Beaven. Meyer jokes that he'll even let Floyd Cardoz stop by... more.

Photo: NY1 A couple of farm stands just sprouted up: First, the inimitable Billy Leroy, fresh off his brush with the law and his brush with Keith McNally, is diversifying. Now, in addition to scoring taxidermied coyotes and dioramas of hell at his sidewalk antiques shed, you can buy corn, zucchini, squash, eggplant, berries, and flowers from a Lawrenceville, New Jersey, farm (every Thursday, Frid... more.

Photo: Getty Images This year's Emmy nominees were announced today, and No Reservations and Top Chef each got four nominations, including Outstanding Nonfiction Series for No Reservations and Outstanding Reality - Competition Program for Top Chef. Also nominated: McDonald's, in the Outstanding Commercial category, for this ad. The full list of nominees is here.... more.

You won't even have to saw your grill in half.Photo: Ryan Matthew Smith, Modernist Cuisine While the truly epic Modernist Cuisine absolutely deserves its reputation as being one of the most scientific, esoteric cookbooks ever produced, it's also very practical. In its approach to grilling, for example, any impractical-sounding technique (chill your meat grinder with liquid nitrogen to deter frict... more.

Maharlika's Filipino cooking is coming to Downtown Brooklyn, er, Rambo.Photo: Courtesy Maharlika Yesterday came the exciting news that Robicelli's and other food vendors would set up this summer in the shipping-container-housed DeKalb Market in Downtown Brooklyn. Now we've gotten wind of some of the other food-and-beverage vendors who'll be on site, including Nile Valley Juice and vegan food, Maz... more.

Photo: Courtesy of DeKalb Market The Brooklyn Flea is leaving the downtown area for Williamsburg this summer (that’s on Sundays; they’ll still be in Fort Greene on Saturdays), but a new food-friendly market is coming to the downtown area. Come early summer, Urban Space Management (operators of the Holiday Market at Union Square) and developer Youngwoo & Associates will set up shipping... more.

Photo: Courtesy of Modernist Cuisine "On pages 5·133 and 6·38, the recipe for Toasted Oat Jus should call for 200 g of pigeon wings with a scaling of 80%, 300 g of sweet onions with a scaling of 300%, 45 g of grape seed oil with a scaling of 120%, 10 g of garlic with a scaling of 19.2%, 750 g of brown pigeon stock with a scaling of 300%, 300 g of red wine with a scaling of 120%, 650 g of render... more.

The sandwicherie is taking its laid-back vibe to Brooklyn.Photo: Ryan Monaghan DeKalb Market is preparing to roll out its shipping-container-housed foodie paradise July 16, and Grub Street hears another exciting vendor is onboard: Cheeky Sandwiches. The LES po'boy purveyor joins the likes of Filipino pop-up Maharlika and Robicelli's cupcakes, as you'll recall. Specific details are scant at the mo... more.

It will look a little better when it's completed.Photo: Hugh Merwin The owners of Brooklyn's Greene Grape and Greene Grape Provisions have been busy: They've just released their own cloud-based, iPad checkout register system, which is already in use at 70 spots across the country; next month they'll open Greene Grape Annex (or just "Annex," if you prefer it short), a very small coffee shop locate... more.

Bryan Petroff, outside the about-to-open Big Gay Ice Cream Store.Photo: Melissa Hom "I'm slowly venturing forth into being not the behind-the-scenes guy, so this is all a little new to me," Big Gay Ice Cream Truck owner Bryan Petroff says. Until now, Petroff has maintained a corporate job in addition to running the super-popular truck with his business (and life) partner Doug Quint. "I'm the man ... more.

Now everyone can buy it!Photo: Courtesy Modernist Cuisine Preorders of Modernist Cuisine were already strong when Amazon started selling the book back in March. The demand for Nathan Myhrvold's incredibly exhaustive (shipping weight: 52.2 pounds) collection of recipes and new cooking techniques was so great that about 2,000 people who'd just paid $450 each were told they'd have to wait until July... more.

Bryan Petroff, outside his soon-to-open shop.Photo: Melissa Hom Bowery Boogie says that the reopening of il Laboratorio del Gelato's Orchard Street location, which was originally slated to take place a couple weekends ago, will now happen on the 16th. Er, wait, the printed sign on the door now appears to say the 18th. Anyway, you'll probably want to call before heading down, or just stop into il ... more.

The Smoked truck at its old location.Photo: Daniel Maurer Big news in the world of mobile barbecue today. First, the Picnick Smoked BBQ cart has been missing from its financial district home for some months and our e-mails to owner Kevin Pomplun have gone unanswered, but now Midtown Lunch notices that the cart has reappeared (according to its website, anyway) at 1 State Street near Battery Park. ... more.

Photo: Abbe Benson As if we needed another reason to get excited about Michael White’s forthcoming endeavors, Osteria Morini and Ai Fiori, the Feed reports that Eben Freeman (the mad mixologist who introduced the city to absinthe Gummi Bears and vodka-soaked Rice Krispies treats at Tailor) will be ”director of bar operations and innovation” at the restaurants. ... more.