{"id":1032023,"date":"2026-08-30T00:51:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T00:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1032023\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T00:51:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T00:51:28","slug":"matter-new-york-the-manual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1032023\/","title":{"rendered":"Matter New York &#8211; The Manual"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNothing tastes as good as looking hot feels.\u201d I forget who said it, but ain\u2019t it the truth. The delights of the table are dear to me, but I\u2019d still rather have shredded abs. I relish marbled ribeyes, Ossetra caviar, and Ch\u00e2teau Margaux as much as the next full-blooded bon vivant, but my very favorite thing to eat has yet to appear on any menu I\u2019ve encountered. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Staying in shape while keeping up this restaurant journalism racket is a Herculean struggle\u2014one that only grows more daunting with each passing year. I have my tricks for keeping the pudge at bay: no breakfast, daily exercise\u2014even just push-ups in my apartment if I\u2019m too busy for the gym\u2014and supplements like ashwagandha and fish oil. But I\u2019m staring down a hard truth, compadre: I have to change the way I eat if I intend to preserve the last remnant of youthful vigor. Too much Michelin fare will make me the Michelin Man before my fortieth birthday. Fortunately, I discovered Matter, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themanual.com\/food-and-drink\/the-restaurant-for-catching-up-old-friends\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manhattan <\/a>restaurant specializing in gourmet, fitness-friendly fare.<\/p>\n<p>Nutritious, delicious, and delivered to your door <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/matter-restaurant-wordpress.jpg\" alt=\"Food, Food Presentation, Brunch\" class=\"wp-image-1485669\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\t\tpa<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Imagine a menu designed by a decathlete who read Jim Harrison between workouts. Forget yoga-mom rabbit food; this here is muscle fuel crafted by elite chefs. Grass-fed beef glazed in miso and garnished with a color wheel of vegetables. Shredded chicken spiced with chipotle and topped with fresh salsa and avocado. The vegetarian options are just as thoughtful. You won\u2019t find gluten, sugar, or seed oils on the menu, but you won\u2019t miss them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And you don\u2019t have to trek to NoHo: <a href=\"https:\/\/matterformula.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Matter <\/a>delivers its meals anywhere in Manhattan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New York City would be a sad place to live if I had to shun all its wonderfully decadent dishes and libations. But, as I said, too much indulgence will leave me wider than I am tall. As the Buddha taught, wisdom lies between indulgence and asceticism. I still occasionally gorge myself like a starving legionnaire on cheeseburgers, tacos, and pizza. Most of the time, though, I prefer to order clean, yummy fuel through the Matter app.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cNothing tastes as good as looking hot feels.\u201d I forget who said it, but ain\u2019t it the truth.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1032024,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,20947,1198,8364,210,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,17494,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-1032023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-dining","tag-fitness","tag-food-drink","tag-health","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-premium","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117181724025152360","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1032023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1032023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1032023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1032024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1032023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1032023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1032023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}