Like Fang Gourmet Tea, Tianjin Dumpling House is located in one of those mysterious Flushing mini-malls in which you enter from the bustling street into a warren of food stands, cleaners or shops selling ground up deer-antler aphrodisiacs. Immediately upon entering The Golden Mall we watched a magic act: a man pulling a thick rope of dough through his hands over and over until he had transformed it into a pile of spaghetti-thin noodles.
Read MoreYet, to my surprise, the Q and then the B got me to Midwood Brooklyn in a jiffy. My second, happier, surprise was to find myself in the middle of Slavic Brooklyn, stumbling upon Russian Domino Supermarket and an authentic Georgian bakery two blocks from the clinic, Taste of Georgia Brick Oven Bread. I texted the bakery photo to my sister, Carol, knowledgeable in all things Slavic. She texted back, “Khachapuri!!”
Read MoreOne evening when leaving the main branch of the New York Public Library I was peckish. Passing the food booths at the Bryant Park Holiday Market. I looked for a little something to hold me, and I found not just one but three little somethings at the Arancini Brothers pop-up shop. Arancini are Sicilian fried rice balls, named for the oranges they resemble.
Read MoreSo, during last week’s repast at my sister Carol’s house, every time I put something aside in a Tupperware, I announced loudly that I was saving it for my Action Bronson Thanksgiving Leftover sandwich, to the point where my niece Olivia remarked, “I think you’re more focused on your sandwich than on the dinner.” Hmm. Was I?
Read MoreStill 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 More“All of life’s problems are greatly eased by hot milky drinks,” said a character in a Barbara Pym book. I thought of that quote last week on election day, a day when our tea stores were dangerously low and my need for comfort was dangerously high.
Read MoreAs you know a perfect sandwich can make my knees buckle. Here are two (make that three) swoonworthy exemplars of the perfect sandwich from jauntlets during October.
Read MoreThere is a phenomenon at some restaurants when you find a dish that is just so good that you must go back for that dish and no matter what other enticements the menu offers, you stick with that one dish. I'm in this happy rut at Gotan.
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