Charles Waddell is looking for a local source for thick Amish-style noodles like he used to get at Glazier’s Food Marketplace, and in response, Pamela Moore emailed that she makes her own.
Heidi Knapp Rinella
The combination plate at Plaka Authentic Greek Cuisine — sliced leg of lamb, dolmathes, moussaka, gyro meat, pastitsio, rice and potatoes — would enable me to taste as many of the restaurant’s specialties as possible. And all of them cold.
This week we have good and bad news for Taste of the Town reader R.N. Dutcher. First, the latter: No, fellow readers haven’t found the shrimp dip you described. And now the former: You asked, alternatively, for a simple recipe, and there readers came through in spades.
From a visual standpoint, Nosh & Swig has all the hallmarks of a hipster spot founded on a shoestring budget with more creativity than money — not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Regular readers of this column know I never repeat the lead item; requests that come in after the first batch usually end up in the “More on …” section toward the end. But this liver and onions thing is just nuts.
We were really looking forward to Echo & Rig. We’d heard good things and liked the concept of a restaurant and butcher shop as siblings. We also knew it was the hottest thing to hit Tivoli Village lately and so made sure to call for a reservation.
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