The Slow Food Guide to New York City: Restaurants, Markets, Bars

This excellent guidebook celebrates the strong presence the slow food movement has in New York City, where""the number of artisinal food producers... is at once staggering and impressive."" Offering suggestions on restaurants, delis, bars, food stores and markets, Martins and Watson include a price index for each entry as well as the slow food movement's trademark snail logo next to names of institutions that work extra hard to promote slow food. Breaking down their list by cuisines, the authors highlight Craft and Verbena as examples of American cuisine, and Soba Nippon and Honmura An for Japanese. All of Mario Batali's restaurants are listed under Italian, as well as Al Di La Trattoria in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Martins and Watson, careful not to overlook local bars and pubs, also include such night spots as the Brooklyn Brewery and d.b.a. While not all restaurants or bars prepare their own food or drink, the ones listed here are New York institutions with a long history of serving New Yorkers.