Food Adventuring Around NYC
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2019… I have no idea why an Italian bakery in the Bronx (home of the Yankees) decided to make an iconic pastry named for a nearby city with a rival baseball team. But it’s true, Conti’s Pastry Shoppe makes one killer Boston Cream Pie. A …
My search for the best pizza in New York continues…. When New Yorkers talk about Italian food and the Bronx, they generally refer to Arthur Avenue, which is considered Little Italy. It’s in the Belmont neighborhood and is pretty spectacular. I’m lucky enough to lead tours up there. If you want to join me one …
If Time Out New York can do it, so can I. I’ve been inspired and satiated by Time Out’s 2009 Top 100 list and look forward to conquering their 2010 list very soon. But from now until the end of the year, I present my own Top 100 Dishes of the year in reverse order. …
There are so many different possibilities with pizza. You can have thin crust, thick crust, white, deep dish, stuffed, vegetarian, organic, kosher, leftover. The variations are endless. And what’s great (but daunting for me) is that New York seems to offer every single option. One type of pizza that was completely foreign to me was …