Commerce is a restaurant that opened earlier this year in a beautiful spot in the West Village. It’s in that great part of the Village where the cobbled streets make no sense at all, turning in seemingly random directions at whim. When you walk down Commerce Street to Commerce, the restaurant appears right after the street curves in what is basically a 90 degree turn. This sets up the restaurant to deliver something unique and unexpected, which is exactly what I found over brunch there a few weeks ago.
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dpetc Breakfast, Reviews
There is something special about weekend brunch in New York. The top brunch spots, places like Prune and Little Owl, are perennially packed with eager eaters. This past summer saw the advent of the somewhat disgusting “super” brunch at places like the now-closed Merkato 55, which aimed to replicate a Meatpacking night out over the noble meal of brunch.
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dpetc Breakfast, Reviews
I recently tried making dumplings for a fundraiser we held. I had never made them before but had always wanted to and thought a party would be a good time to try. While pork is obviously a more traditional stuffing for a dumpling we didn’t want to prohibit some of our non-pork-eaters from enjoying them. I tried cooking them two ways: traditional potsticker method and baking. The potsticker way method definitely leads to better dumplings but for making a big batch, takes a far amount of work. In all, these were quite tasty but admittedly a fair amount of work.
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dpetc Appetizers, Asian, Recipes
