Food Adventuring Around NYC
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Gabriel Kreuther is a pretty well-known name in the groups I run in. First off, he is an established and highly praised Alasatian chef in the New York food world (Michelin stars and everything). And secondly, …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City When you see the word cake on a brunch menu, odds are it is off-limits for those practicing a gluten-free diet. I imagine celiacs dream of pancakes every Sunday morning. Well, hallelujah, there is an option …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, GREAT NORTHERN FOOD HALL IS NOW CLOSED. There have been a lot of fancy, trendy food halls that have opened in New York in the last few years. Most are just big spaces with a …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City For years I stopped eating potato chips at home and started eating vegetable chips, convincing myself that fried slivers of carrots and beets were somehow healthier. I like to fool myself like that. I’ve moved past …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, BRUNO IS NOW CLOSED. I love when a restaurant comes along and totally reconstructs something that we are all too familiar with. People deconstruct macaroni and cheese, s’mores, and steak tartare all the time. But I was …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, NAM NAM IS NOW CLOSED. Nam Nam in Williamsburg doesn’t really feel like a restaurant. There is pretty much zero atmosphere, unless you count the bare bones kitchen with some makeshift places to sit. It’s …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Breakfast sandwiches were one of the hottest dishes a few years ago. Every restaurant was doing them (as long as they were open for breakfast, of course). But now we’re so immersed in Instagram-friendly food that …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City When I finally dined at Rasa, I was hoping to find a dish that would make its way to these pages, but I didn’t think beef rendang would be it. Rendang is one of the more common …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City If you’d asked me to tell you about Dough, the growing New York business from chef Fany Gerson, I would have told you that they make the absolute best doughnuts in the city. Big, yeasty, and …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Just when I thought the seasonal, local food scene in Brooklyn was getting a little tiresome, dare I even say boring, Olmsted comes along and breathes life to the Brooklyn restaurant world. The meal I had at …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City The issue of spice can get a bit frustrating at restaurants where spice reigns supreme. I suppose some people might end up with a dish that burns their mouth off and then others might be expecting …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I love coffee, but I can only drink so much before it manages to keep me up all night. I also love cocktails, but I can only drink so many before I completely pass out. The …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I am way late to the game on this one. Oda House opened in the East Village back in 2013 introducing Georgian food to Manhattan. There has been a strong Georgian community (complete with bakeries and restaurants) …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I have to admit I was a bit skeptical. When Empellón al Pastor announced they were re-thinking their menu and it would now include a cheeseburger taco, I assumed they had jumped the shark. What started as …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Peter Shelsky and I are kindred spirits in the fact that we are both terrible Jews, but we love the nostalgic food of our ancestors. Bagels, lox, cream cheese, pastrami. This is what being Jewish is all …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, AMADA IS NOW CLOSED. There is one dish on the menu at the brand-spanking new Amada that is super super exciting. In fairness, many of the dishes are super exciting. There is an arugula salad wrapped …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, TIMNA IS NOW CLOSED. Bread baskets were actually a very trendy thing here in New York just a few years ago. And I’m not talking about complimentary bread baskets like restaurants used to offer. I’m talking …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, MR. DONAHUE’S IS NOW CLOSED. When I was in Nashville years ago, I had a meal I will never forget at an old-school cafeteria called Arnold’s. It’s what’s known as a “meat-and-three”, an establishment that serves …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City It’s been less than a month since I returned from my adventure in Peru and I still can’t get enough of the food. I even spent the last few weeks eating the diverse food again here …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, KANG HO DONG BAEKJEONG IS NOW CLOSED. There are people out there who love a good steak but have never experienced Korean barbecue. If that’s the case, it’s time you stop what you’re doing (well, …