Food Adventuring Around NYC
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City 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 your own germs. This is not …
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 …
My search for the best hot dog in New York continues…. Every once in a while a tour attendee asks me where they can try a truly American dish: a corn dog. The problem is that corn dogs are really a thing at street fairs or out in the mid West. It’s hard to find …
Before the pandemic, Sam was on his way to having a pretty full passport. We were big travelers (and hope to be again) and Sam was lucky enough to come with us on our adventures for the first three years of his life. The first country on our cooking journey that Sam has actually been to in …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Whenever I’ve had the Japanese katsu sandos in the past, they’ve been these small little party-sized sandwiches full of meaty flavor. The concept is a fried cutlet of meat (usually pork) sandwiched between soft sweet milk …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Large menus may seem like an exciting prospect, but they usually make it impossible for me to make a decision. Although truthfully, I struggle with that regardless of the menu size. Needless to say, I was …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, MEDAN PASAR IS NOW CLOSED. My expectations are happiest when they are completely destroyed. Having eaten at so many restaurants. I might have an idea of what something will look like when I order it and …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I recently completed hosting a second round of virtual programs with Turnstile Tours and Thai Select USA on Thai Food in America. It was a very rewarding and hunger-inducing series of programs. You can check them out at the …
What’s new, Argentina? Well, probably lots, but we decided to stay pretty traditional when it came to what to cook this week. Without a doubt, we knew whatever dish we chose from Argentina, it had to have beef as the main component. Beef is perhaps the most important part of the Argentinian diet. It’s almost as …
After last week’s success (mostly thanks to Sam), we’re now really cooking (pun intended). And, in fact, this is the week that Sam really learned about a brand new dish and has since fully incorporated it into his diet. He now often eats couscous for lunch – without all the meat and spices, of …
SADLY, CHIKALICIOUS DESSERT BAR IS NOW CLOSED. Of course I’ve been thinking about and connecting with my family and friends during these stressful last eight months. But I’ve also made a point to connect with some of my favorite restaurant owners. Don and Chika at Chikalicious are more than just the owners of my favorite dessert …
When I was a kid, I used to write about movies obsessively. Taking a cue from Siskel & Ebert, I would count down my favorite movies of each year and then when the 1990’s ended, I made a list for the decade. If I had enough movie knowledge, I probably should have made a list for …
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2019… The Cafe Disco was actually not the cocktail I ordered at Mister Paradise. It was one I spoke with the bartender about but I went a different way. Amazingly, before I finished my first cocktail, he poured me a taste of the one I …
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2019… Usually when I order paneer at Indian restaurants, it’s cubed and drowning in a rich sauce or puree of vegetables. The special presentation at the fancy Baar Baar was quite unique for me and very playful. Paneer cheese is wrapped up into delicate little …
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2019… Alphabet City was never the neighborhood for fine dining, but times have changed. Tuome has been quietly turning out refined, gourmet dishes for five years now. It has been on my list since day one but I only got to try it out this year. The …
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2019… I have never had an experience of eating fatty meat and not feeling slightly guilty at my gluttony. Honeybee’s does away with that guilt because all of the food here (like at all of Ravi DeRossi’s restaurants) are completely vegan. The pulled pork blew …
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2019… Nowon just opened to the public less than a month before this posting. But they seem to already be firing on all cylinders. Jjajang refers to a Korean-Chinese dish usually made with noodles and a thick black bean sauce. Here that inspiration is put …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Regionality is only something I’ve recently discovered in international food. Growing up, Chinese food didn’t mean anything but Americanized sweet greasy fried chicken and pork. Similarly, other cuisines from Italian to Mexican to Thai usually fit …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City The vegetarian movement is spreading into all cuisines here in New York. It’s actually getting quite exciting. Who would have thought that there might be a vegetarian Szechuan restaurant in the city? But Spicy Moon now exists …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City There is a famous drink many old-school New Yorkers know well called an Egg Cream. The funny story about the drink is that it doesn’t contain egg and it doesn’t contain cream. The less familiar Egg …