Our 12 Most Popular Stories This Week

Ever wondered why that Manhattan you're drinking is called a "cocktail." Want to try out a veggie taco recipe that doesn't involve some soggy vegetables covered up by a load of cheese? Looking for some new craft beers to try out this weekend? Well, you came to the right place this week, because Food Republic have you all that and more. MORE!

Like the latest version of our NBA Power Rankings with a side of food — the Breakfast cereal edition. Want to eat healthier but still go to restaurants? We featured healthy restaurant certficiations you need to know. We took care of pizza fans too though, with a guide to the new hot style of pizza and where to find it. All that and more, right here in Our 12 Most Popular Stories This Week!

Our 12 Most Popular Stories This Week

Our 10 Favorite Beers From NYC Craft Beer Week

Shockingly tasty flavors make for new favorites

NYC Craft Beer Week: a citywide beer festival in all but name, craft beer lovers from all over the country flocked to this 10-day celebration to taste the best beers in NYC and the Northeast. There were beer dinners, brewers' conventions and of course, a massive array of specialty beers on tap. Here's a wrap-up, plus our 10 favorites from the fest.

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Shake Shack Won't Let You Get Away With Food Allergy Cheating

In which I am slightly embarrassed at the Shack

I couldn't even stop myself before I blurted out "yes," when the nice cashier at my Shake Shack on 77th and Columbus asked if I had any allergies. I was just so excited to have gotten to the front of the line. I could see a free table. It was the impossible perfect Sunday Shack brunch situation. So why did I screw it up? The whole truth, after the jump.

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Fried Okra Tacos Recipe

Fried okra makes for one crunchy vegetarian taco

Leave it to Southern Living magazine to pen a cookbook featuring the very best of Southern fried food. While we're crazy about their buttery, booze-spiked confections and ways with bourbon, there's something about the Southern way of strategic deep-frying that really hits home. These okra tacos are fried food as it was meant to be.

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NBA Power Rankings: Breakfast Cereal Edition

Ranking all 30 NBA teams with iconic cereals

Who doesn't love a good bowl of cereal in the morning? Tastes good, easy clean-up and there's a good chance you're eating marshmallows before noon. Not a bad way to wake-up. This edition of the Food Republic NBA Power Rankings takes every team and matches them up with an iconic breakfast cereal. Check out the results.

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Hawaii: The 10 Best Things I Ate At Made In America 2013

Hawaii's big island never tasted so delicious

I spent last week at the Four Seasons Hualalai on the big island of Hawaii to celebrate food writer and author Lucy Lean's Made in America cookbook with a crew of celebrity chefs and some seriously dedicated food enthusiasts. We cooked, ate, and yes, I fell off my paddleboard screaming in front of Ludo Lefebvre. Here are my 10 favorite dishes.

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Legends, Myths And Facts About The History Of The Cocktail

Setting the record straight on the word "cocktail"

What actually is a cocktail? What does the word mean and where did it come from? I think that these are some valid questions, considering I have enjoyed cocktail hours, menus and the drinks known universally as “cocktails” for many years. Read on for the answers.

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6 Restaurant Certifications To Help Guide You To Healthier Eating

Eating healthier? Seek out the six safest seals.

Clean Plates, the email and restaurant review guide whose mission is to take the grunt work out of eating healthier, has an intensive process of vetting restaurants for a Clean Plates Seal of Approval. Here are 6 healthy restaurant certifications, and what each one actually certifies.

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You've Had Enough Pizza Napoletana. Time To Check Out Pizza Romana

The thick, doughy Roman answer to thin-crust pizza

Pizza Romana is made using a completely different technique, resulting in a very different-looking and tasting pie. For one, it's typically rectangular instead of round and is moister, thicker and heartier — all the better to support the myriad toppings Roman pizzaioli like to work with. But the differences start with the dough preparation.

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Can Bananas Cure Over-Caffeination?

Fruit could be the answer to coffee jitters

We’ve all experienced that terrible feeling of not being able to sit still in the office or being unable to fall asleep at night as a result of over-caffeination. Could there be a simple cure to this problem? Read on.

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Is It Okay To Use Sprouted Garlic?

Those green shoots sure don't mean springtime

Make no mistake: we're not talking about delicious green garlic — a true springtime treat — or the seasonal delight that is the garlic scape. We're talking about that head of garlic you haven't touched in a week or two that's suddenly gone sprouty on you. Can you eat it? Will you eat it? What will happen to you if you eat it, besides predictably pungent breath?

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Brochettes Au Coq Au Vin Recipe

That's French for "coq au vin on skewers"

A common misconception about French cuisine is that you yourself can't cook it. Completely false, as we've learned by cooking our way through The Little Paris Kitchen. In fact, many French dishes are a great jumping-off point for creating your own version of the classics. Take, for instance, these coq au vin skewers.

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SXSW-Bound? Here Are The Best Places To Eat And Drink In Austin, Texas

Well, most of them. Vegan, burgers, tacos this way

So, you find yourself one of the lucky people heading down to the South by Southwest film and music festivals, beginning this weekend in Austin, Texas. Here is a roundup of stories about Austin’s best spots – from vegan to burgers to secrets about getting into the best barbecue place in town.

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