For the past four years, the good people at Morton Williams have printed “Welcome Class of 2011” on the bottom of their receipts. You may have graduated, Class of 2011, but we promise you’ll always be welcomed back. From senior wisdoms and graduation speeches to inspirational bottle caps and your old man’s sage words, it […]

The Bwog staff did what we always do and compiled a list of things we are thankful for. Feel free to leave yours in the comments. Columbia, have an absolutely lovely Thanksgiving. We are so very, truly thankful to you for reading this website and for lots of other things. Randos PDF versions of textbooks […]

Last year, Mark Hay cooked a turducken in a McBain kitchen and fed it to to the basketball team. Never to be outdone, Matthew Schantz made a Tofucken—a vegetarian turducken—in Nussbaum this week. He lived to tell the tale—and it wasn’t half bad, either. Thanksgiving is a sad time for us vegetarians. No matter how […]

You know how on Thanksgiving Day, every year there are reruns?  Well Bwog can see the greatness in Charlie Brown and so today we’re rerunning some Thanksgiving posts of years past. In case yours is the misfortune/relief to be in Morningside Heights for Thanksgiving, turkey sandwiches abound. Or, should you be hankering for fellowship as […]

The holidays in New York are the most wonderful time of the year… so long as you live in New York. For the rest of us, it entails a desperate odyssey to get out of the city in order to see our friends and families. There are lots of ways to get out in one […]

Greenmarket is today and not Thursday (’cause Thursday is Thanksgiving, duh) so that means that this is your last chance to stock up on local- and localish-ly produced comestibles on Broadway before break. Some highlights: A duck booth, offering Thanksgiving duck of all varieties: smoked duck, duck legs, duck confit, and duck fat Decorative fall-y […]

For all those who will be staying on campus this Thanksgiving, you’re in luck! Read on for Cooking with Bwog’s Matt Powell’s simple and delightful holiday recipes. Thanksgiving—the great holiday to celebrate food. Thanksgiving is America’s National Day of Feasting, feasting to the point that you feel like you’re about to explode, eating so much […]

Mark Hay woke up from his food coma to bring you this week’s movie picks. On Thursday the bulk of the nation was out cold in a tryptophan-induced coma, dreaming the troubled dreams of the turkey. For Columbians, especially, these next few days – too short for real work, too long for real stress – […]

It’s one of the more wonderful times of the year: family, food, football, and enough helium to make the entire Upper West Side sound like the aliens from Toy Story.  That’s right, folks–keeping with 83 glorious years of Thanksgiving tradition, the annual Macy’s parade took the city by storm yesterday morning, and brave photographer Chris Jordan was there to document […]

Bwog will be slowing down for Thanksgiving break–even cynics like us are spending time with family. As per tradition, we present a list of everything Bwog staffers are thankful for.  Thank you for reading and enjoy this break! For when we can’t get mom’s cooking… 25-cent coffee in the German department Acquiring a taste for […]

Tomorrow, thousands of students will be sitting down to a more-elaborate-than-usual family dinner, most centered around a turkey. But is the traditional turkey the best main course for your get-together, or are there better options? Three Bwog writers make their cases. Turducken: A turducken is a fine southern tradition, an exercise in the economy of […]

It’s almost officially Thanksgiving break – Bwog will be on bweak too with only a few posts a day. Enjoy your exoduses! The Thanksgiving travel rate hasn’t recovered from last year’s little spill, and the cheap early bus was probably filled to the brim yesterday. (Gothamist, NY Times) If you’re sitting in your dorm room […]

Once again, many of us will be making the pilgrimage from Morningside to a home, whether it’s yours, your grandparents, significant other’s. There will be queues at the airport, train stations and bus terminals. It will be stressful. To help ease the pain, Bwog has once again compiled advice from the most experienced travelers on […]

The last part of Bwog Poultry Pundit David Hu’s hunt for the ultimate Thanksgiving sandwich. Meal Three: Saturday, November 21, 2009. 12:02pm Cajun Roasted Turkey from Milano In a twist, I went to Milano for lunch, where, once again, they did not have any special Thanksgiving sandwiches. So I settle on something a little unexpected […]

The second in Bwog Poultry Pundit David Hu’s serialized quest for the mythical Thanksgiving sandwich. Meal Two: Friday, November 20, 2009. 6:14pm Capri Panini from Nussbaum and Wu I continue my search for the elusive Thanksgiving sandwich in Morningside Heights. I’ll cop to disappointment–many places have said they do not have any special seasonal sandwiches […]