Going East Across the Park to West Africa
Intriguing West African offerings in a casual cafe on the northeast corner of Central Park.
Read MoreDab Hand at Picnic, Not So Spry
It’s easy to compose a salad niçoise for picnic packing, but not so easy to unpack these aging limbs on the ground!
Read MoreFinding the sun (bun) in Seattle
In praise of the redemptive power of the morning bun (aka sun bun, Swedish bun).
Read MoreLatin Oasis in a Traffic Island: Mama's Empanadas
Marital tension was tested at Mama’s Empanadas, in Elmhurst, Queens last Saturday.
Read MoreWhen Death Gives You Smoked Fish....Make a Salmon Mousse
Can there be a surfeit of smoked fish? Yes, there can, and here’s how the Chef and I got through ours.
Read MoreSipping once, Sipping Twice, Sipping Miso Soup with Rice (Balls)
A simple Japanese lunch with rice balls and miso soup offers comfort to a grieving soul.
Read MoreA Pocketful of Spring
A perfect sandwich for a chill spring picnic and the beauty of working with a finite set.
Read MoreSupreme Subcontinent Snacks from Desi Truck
The Desi Truck offers the kind of snacks I had in mind when I first started writing “Snack Attack” in 2007—intense, cheap bursts of savoriness!
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