Category Archives: Neighborhoods
Better than burfis – the contemporary confections of Sweet Silk
What happens when, in launching a new product line, you tap into the culinary heritage of your family while adding your own contemporary sensibilities to the equation? If you create something truly original and delightful, you can hit the zeitgeist, … Continue reading
Filed under Events, Jackson Heights, Local Characters, Long Island City
4 Neighborhood Butchers, 4 Neighborhood Recipes
When anyone asks me what’s so great about food in Queens, here’s what I tell them: that people here know how to cook and, as a result, they know what great food tastes like. Now, I’m not talking about hipsters … Continue reading
Filed under Flushing, Neighborhoods, Recipes, Sunnyside, Uncategorized, Woodside
Teaching Kids the ABC’s (Apples, Beets and Carrots)
In the kitchen of Allergic to Salad, a new Queens-based series of kids’ cooking classes We all know that kids are quite often picky eaters. Their perfect world is a reverse food pyramid. Anyone who has argued in favor of … Continue reading
Filed under Astoria, Classes, Local Characters
Celebrate Spring at Bear in LIC
I had a chance on a recent Friday evening to stop in and sample the newly launched spring tapas and cocktail menus at the venerable Bear, where they’re getting ready to open up their enormous front wall, creating a leisurely … Continue reading
Filed under Astoria, Long Island City, Restaurants
Astoria-Bred Bareburger Opens in Forest Hills
Bareburger, a restaurant that brings the holistic to the hamburger, began four years ago in our fair borough – Astoria, to be specific – and has quickly spread to nine locations in New York City. Yet another is scheduled to … Continue reading
Filed under American, Forest Hills, Neighborhoods, Restaurants
Chao Thai: Hot, Fresh and Worth a Trip
What’s fun about having the ‘best Thai place in New York City’ argument is that the whole thing can pretty much take place in Queens. This is mostly thanks to the existence of the fabled Sripraphai in Woodside, which has … Continue reading
Filed under Elmhurst, Restaurants
