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Article: New York Says Good-Bye to Starch, Hello to Atkins-Style Diets.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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- October 12, 2003
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By Alison Gendar, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Oct. 12--Atkins dieter Jack Lebewohl, owner of the 2nd Avenue Deli, is all smiles -- and why not? He's lost 45 pounds. New Yorkers have seen the enemy, and it is bread.
Popular low-carbohydrate diets are changing the culinary landscape in a city used to noshing on starch-packed pretzels, pasta and the mighty bagel.
Queens street vendors have taken to hawking sausages instead of muffins. An Italian restaurant in Brooklyn has come up with a low-carb pasta.
Even venerable Junior's in downtown Brooklyn has invented a low-carb, sugar-free version of its ...