Writing about food since 2004.
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Persistent Pizza Man
Man Delivers Pizzas After Being Shot: “TAMPA, Fla. (June 8) – A robbery attempt by a masked man and a gunshot wound to the leg didn’t stop a pizza delivery man from making his rounds, pies in hand.” Thanks to John for sending this my way!
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My New Favorite Condiments: Praline Spread and Framboises Confiture
Le Pain Quotidien and I got off to a bad start when I nearly gagged to death from their poisonous orange juice/mint flavored lemonade. We turned over a new leaf today, though, when I met Alex and Jason at the 5th Avenue location: already the atmosphere was different, less stuffy, more casual. I ordered a…
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That Chicken Belongs in a Pasta! Who’s its agent?
Rubber chickens are stretchy and roasted chickens stretch themselves out for a week’s worth of meals. Take yesterday’s nutmeg chicken, for example. There is so much chicken left. What to do with that chicken? I know: a pasta! The pasta is leftover bowties from “pasta, pesto and peas,” the sauce is the pan drippings left…
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Lychees Are My Favorite Fruit
Not these lychees, though: I bought these lychees from a grocery store on 6th Avenue a few months ago. Today, hungry, I opened the can and ate a few with a fork. They tasted fine—they suggested all the qualities that I love about real lychees, but it’s like comparing canned pineapple to real pineapple. I…
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Memorial Day at Coney Island featuring the Poignant Cinematic Masterpiece, “Coney Island Days”
Take the F train or the D train downtown to the very end of its run and suddenly you’ll smell the sand and surf and behold the wonder that is Coney Island. Today being Memorial Day, our train was packed and Coney Island was choc-full o’revelers. My whole life I’d always heard of Coney Island,…
