Food Adventuring Around NYC
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, ROWDY ROOSTER IS NOW CLOSED. Wearing a face mask can be dangerous. This is not going to be some rant about the social effects of mask wearing on young children or the concerns of breathing in …
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 …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City We should all be getting our produce at local farms, markets, or through a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). One of the most popular CSA’s that serves Brooklyn neighborhoods just south of Atlantic Avenue is Local Roots. They’ve been …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I’m willing to bet when most Americans hear the word salsa, they think of the jars of chunky tomatoes that are used for a chip dip at every Sunday sports gathering. But in fact that is …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City There are ways to experience the food at hip restaurants without dropping a boatload of money. One is to come at lunch, another is to have the food as takeout (no need to leave a 20% tip), …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Oh man! If this was 15 years ago, I would have tried all three of the birds at Three Roosters by now. Back then I was in Hell’s Kitchen almost every day for auditions or checking …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Just like when you order pizza in New York and it can look very different depending upon the style or location, I found out the same thing is true with Chinese rice rolls (or fan tuan). The …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City For the last two years, it seemed like the parties (at least my type of party) were at Pasta Louise. All of my friends in the food world had spent evenings in their outdoor dining area relishing …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, BRONSON’S BURGERS IS NOW CLOSED. Burgers are back baby!! Perhaps the world had been craving a comforting beefy meal during the anxiety of a pandemic. Because it seems like burger shop after burger shop opened …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I am always excited by dishes that make you think you’re getting one thing but then when you taste it or learn more about it, you find out you’re getting something else entirely. Wau is a …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Many people who seek out good food in NYC have heard about (and usually waited in line for) the excellent tacos from the uber-popular Los Tacos No. 1. I included the series of taco stands on my …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, AS YOU ARE IS NOW CLOSED. I’m hoping 2022 is the year I start eating indoors again at hip new restaurants like As You Are. I came here recently to get a breakfast sandwich and …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Outside of Korean corn dogs, Oaxacan food and housemade masa was maybe the hottest trend this year in NYC. In the old days, you’d have to head out to Elmhurst to find a restaurant that was …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City For people reading this in the future, you will either have very little memory of this topic or you will wonder about this historical ingredient called cream cheese. As I write this, New York is apparently still dealing with …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City In theater school many moons ago, my friend and I were doing a scene from Of Mice and Men that required us to eat beans out of a can. It was possibly the most difficult acting …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City My life is pretty ridiculous. I took myself out to a trendy fancy dinner at The Tyger and agonized over what dish to order. I had a quick discussion with the server who recommended the Singaporean …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I was ready to leave Lodi without ordering any food and then I was quickly seduced by an elaborately designed pastry. And when I found out what it was, I just had to order it. Lodi is a …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City To me, Thanksgiving is not just about turkey, family, and parades. The most mesmerizing part of the holiday are the rich warming cooking aromas that seep into every part of the house. And while I am probably …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I’ve always liked fried chicken well enough but it isn’t until I’ve started approaching middle age that I really began to appreciate its genius. Isn’t that ironic? At the time I really shouldn’t be eating this …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, THE BROCCOLI BAR IS NOW CLOSED. By now you have probably heard all the jokes about avocado. There were even numerous restaurants and cafes where their concepts were “All Avocado All the Time.” Hilarious, right? But did …