Daily Provisions: A Place to Nosh and Kibbitz Now on UWS

October 27, 2019 by Nancy J. Brandwein

An egg-filled gougere for Cheese Puffery Part V at our new UWS outpost of Daily Provisions!

Bao Wow Wow!

August 26, 2017 by Nancy J. Brandwein

In which I start with a date night to hear jazz at the Roxy Hotel and end up talking about the city's bao binge. Are gua bao buns as ubiquitous as tacos now? Some suggestions for where you'll get bao with the "wow."

Hype for an Anglo-Thai Hybrid

March 23, 2017 by Nancy J. Brandwein

In what world would Branston pickle, a mainstay British condiment from my husband’s stomping grounds, be a fitting accompaniment for a Thai snack? The answer: when that snack is a Thai Scotch egg. The sight of that Thai Scotch egg flashing on a large TV screen lured me into Amster Thai, a small attractive restaurant that opened on Amsterdam Avenue in late 2016.