Food Adventuring Around NYC
I have finally gotten over my PTSD with the restaurant formerly known as Eisenberg’s. Back when I started this blog, I wrote a less-than-stellar review of their corned beef/pastrami and chided the owner’s collection of “celebrity” photos. Well, the owner fired back contributing to my first expletive-filled comment section. Since then, Eisenberg’s was sold to …
I imagine I am a real pain in the ass. I never like to play by the rules set down by restaurants. I was very excited to try Pop Up Bagels, which is a Connecticut-based bagel company that has expanded form a backyard “pop-up” where people could buy fresh homemade bagels to having six locations …
Shortly after we filmed this video, Sam and I took a family vacation to Costa Rica. It had been on my bucket list for a long time and the time was right. So this was a rare example of where we filmed the video first and then actually took a visit to the country. I …
In the last few years, there are lots of new little cafés in the city that give the sense and vibe of Mexico City. It seems like this is a new trend or perhaps I just started noticing them now that I’ve had the pleasure of visiting CDMX shortly before the pandemic. Café Miguel is …
Peter Shelsky, the man behind the appetizing revolution in Brooklyn, moved to Paris with his family during the pandemic. His staff is keeping the shop running without missing a beat and everything is always great. However, it’s always nice to catch Peter himself in the store from time to time when he comes back every …
One of my favorite parts of vacations in Mexico, aside from the beach, mezcal, and the ability to practice Spanish, is the breakfast at the hotels. Without fail, we are offered a plate of what some might call nachos. In reality, these are chilaquiles and they are a great way to eat chips for breakfast. …
If you haven’t strolled through the concourse at Rockefeller Center since the pandemic, you may not recognize it. Where once stood chain coffee shops, generic tourist restaurants, and clothing stores, you can now find a series of high end restaurants brought to you by local food celebrities. There are some exciting destination dining options at …
It’s not only the presence of the flower most associated with love that won this croissant the Valentine’s Day pick for Dish of the Week. It also happens to come from a hip, new bakery owned by a husband and wife team who put a bit of love in all their baked goods. Librae Bakery …
I guess I’m going through a potato thing lately. I didn’t come to Double Yolk at the new Tin Building by Jean-Georges for a hash brown, but I left licking my lips not due to the decent egg sandwich or the historic environment, but because of a potato log that was out of this world. …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I’ve had lots of variations of breakfast sandwiches, but when it comes to the egg it really only fluctuates between scrambled and fried. Maybe poached or steamed. The sandwich at Bee’s Knees provisions really shocked me …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City If you haven’t tried a Scandinavian cardamom bun before, by all means, you should order and indulge in the one from La Cabra. Is it better than the aromatic pillowy ones from Fabrique or Smør? Hard to …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Most people think about food in Maine and they rightly think of lobster rolls, wild blueberries, and whoopie pies. One thing that doesn’t always come to mind is diner food. But anybody who has spent time in …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City One day I will actually start this official journey searching for the best Bacon Egg and Cheese sandwich (BEC) in NYC. It’s my next iconic NYC food, but my life has just not allowed me to …
Since the beginning of this journey, we have always made a dish for dinner from each country. We may have incorporated a drink or a dessert here and there, but it’s always been dinner. This week will be a little different. We’re waking up early and getting the day started with a warming breakfast from …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I’ve never been a huge fan of congee. So why on earth did I order it at the new coffee roaster and café El Condor? Great question. I was torn, actually, because I really wanted something warm and …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I remember when I was younger and a huge movie buff, there was this phenomenon (or marketing plan) that two movies about the exact same subject would be released by separate studios within weeks of each other. …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City While waiting for my burrito at the cramped take-out café Ursula, I noticed the only others in the shop were young hipster-types and an older couple waiting for their food in the corner. They seemed strangely …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I don’t think I realized how universal the egg sandwich is until I started thinking about this blog post. While we have our BEC in New York, there is the sabich in Israel, the tamago sando …
If you had told me we would be making three vegetarian dishes from Bulgaria, I would have told you that you were thinking of the wrong country. I don’t know a lot about Bulgarian cuisine but I knew that its diet like much of the Balkans consisted of meat. Yet this international cooking adventure continues to surprise …
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2019… The last time I put out an end of year list of best dishes, it was 2019 and the world looked very different. Not only were we not yet in the midst of a never ending pandemic, but the way I ate at restaurants …