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The loafer’s guide to craft beer joints in Manhattan

“Sometimes too much to drink is barely enough.” – Mark Twain To which I’d add “Friends don’t let friends drink light beer”. When it comes to today’s American craft beer, Twain is most certainly correct. Ridiculed for generations for its childish, pissy, flavorless pointlessness; American beer has undergone a stunning renaissance over the last 20 … Continue reading The loafer’s guide to craft beer joints in Manhattan

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Settling in to NYC: a kiwi gourmand explores Manhattan on the downlow

After three weeks here I’m finally starting to feel a little less like a tourist gimp from nowheresville. Our new apartment is a pre-war building in Hell’s Kitchen on a picturesque, tree-lined one way street in Hell’s Kitchen, a couple of blocks from Times Square in the Theatre District. Times Square is truly spectacular at … Continue reading Settling in to NYC: a kiwi gourmand explores Manhattan on the downlow