My Bánh mì

I was in Prospect Heights last Friday night and had this sandwich at a bar after a visit to the Brooklyn Museum to see the Georgia O'Keeffe exhibit - so this Sunday decided to make my own: roasted extra firm organic tofu and sweet carrots, and cool cucumbers. I had the Napoli bread already (and tons...

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Past Food

BERLIN. It was after Hydra, Greece that I came here to meet up with an old friend.  I was to take her here:  Landwehr Canal and the Turkish Market in the neighborhood of Kreuzkölln - one of my planned stops to get some food, then take a stroll among the swans. Romantic. Yes. Therefore...

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Working Class Food - Still 3 Stars ✨

I had written about Sabor Latino in S. Williamsburg, Brooklyn a few years back. But since I moved to Manhattan, although the train ride here isn't that bad - L to Lorimer - I hadn't been back as often as I should. When I was living in Bushwick, Sabor was my go-to comfort (Ecuadorian) food - and...

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Morning Run

The plan was just to get some plain bagels. But on the way in my head: it can't be just bagels. So I detoured to Trader's to make some slaw - and not just slaw - but an edamame and cilantro inflected slaw, with organic cherry tomatoes. Now that that's out of the way, what to put on top of "the" bagel? Since...

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