Sleek New Offering from an Old Ivy: Manhattanville Market
Good things are cooking at Columbia’ University’s new Manhattanville Market in four concept restaurants created by Chef Franklin Becker.
Read MoreEnglish Breakfast "Lite" (and more) at The Green Grocers
One last post from England on everything from the history of the English “fry up” to the perfect Norfolk Dapple sandwich and flavor (and value) packed pizzas.
Read MoreEating my way through July—from Pizzeria to Izakaya
July snacks and meals—from Eataly’s surprisingly inexpensive pizza slices to Meyer’s Olde Dutch’s phenomenal crispy chicken sandwich!
Read MoreDate Night…with Myself and a Slice from Mama’s Too
This past Friday I’d had a productive writing session at the green table, swam forty laps at my health club, and I felt I deserved to treat myself to a take-in dinner for a date night with myself. I decided on Mama's Too the new Sicilian pizza spot everyone on the upper Upper West Side (above 96th st.) has been raving about.
Read MoreOh My My My My Pie: Pizza with Pizzaz
Still without gas in our apartment, the pizza stone is cold as, well, stone, in the disused oven, and pizza has become something I crave. Lucky me! I happened upon My Pie Pizzeria Romana , and this almost nondescript pizza-slice sized space turns out the most authentic Roman pizza I've had in New York City.
Read MoreA Hot Blistering Pocket of Italy in Carroll Gardens
It’s as big as a child’s toy football. The outside is perfectly golden and blistered. There’s no easy way to open it that will not result in oozy messiness on your paper plate. You take your plastic fork and punch the puffy crescent of fried dough, and a big blop of ricotta and mozzarella cheese glurts out (yes, I had to make up a word to describe this). There are pink slices of ham, strewn, like rose petals, within the cheese.
Read MoreMezze and Mingling
Before we shared Bodrum's artichoke pizza, layered generously with thin artichoke slices, and the small, refreshing shepherd’s salad ($8.50), Miss Mingle and I chose a sweet and savory b’stila djej ($7.50). Confectioners sugar dusts three plump triangular pillows of phyllo dough, but you bite in to find a unique, addicting concoction of chopped chicken, almonds, herbs and cinnamon. Truly the most interesting mezze on the menu, which includes favorites like babaganoush, sigara borek, labne and Turkish patlican.
Read MoreOldies but Goodies
This week I'm giving the gut a break, so I thought I'd put up some "oldies but goodies," food columns from when I first started Snack Attack at the West Side Spirit. It was a wonderfully fun gig, eating snacks and writing them up in 200 word columns every week for four years. The discipline of the 200 word count is something I miss now that I've moved online. I am prone to ramble (have you noticed?).
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