Hearing about Jose Andres's Spanish Mercado opening at Hudson Yards, I recalled visiting his restaurants in Washington D.C. This man can cook. Moreover, he can run a restaurant, teach aspiring chefs, and organize fascinating projects. Along with his partners the...
Two weeks ago I visited a summer event at the Big Apple's New Amsterdam Market, held under the FDR highway near New York's Fulton Fish Market and the South Street Seaport. At one point, the Seaport was supposedly going to have a regular farmer's market. Unfortuately,...
Since I first noticed the signs in front of Eataly in the Flatiron district, it intrigued me. I had heard rumors that its founders included both a famous chef and a food family emporium, and obviously it was going to be Italian. Other than that, I wasn't sure....
Kamal Mouzawak - it's hard to narrowly pinpoint who he is or what he does; guardian of traditional food, social innovator, and market organizer. These are just some of the titles that follow him. I was introduced to him through Anthony Bourdain's recent...
Coming home the other day from work, I passed by Quaint, a neighborhood restaurant in Sunnyside, Queens, and saw my friend, owner Tim Chen. He asked me if I wanted "to go to the farm on Northern Boulevard" in Astoria, a nearby NYC neighborhood. I was puzzled (a NYC...
For years, I have ridden my bicycle countless times to and from Queens to my mother's Connecticut home in southern Fairfield County. The ride usually takes me through Astoria, a multi-ethnic neighborhood rich with food markets and restaurants. One of my...
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