Category Archives: Jackson Heights
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
Recipe: Green Beans with Tofu
Do you ever get a hankering for a certain taste sensation and texture? The other day, I had a sudden craving to eat blistered – almost charred – vegetables sauteed with garlic, preferably made fiery by the addition of something … Continue reading
Filed under CSA, Farms, Jackson Heights, Recipes, Sunnyside
Kababish: Home of the Elusive Gola Kabab
Surveying the countless Indian and Pakistani restaurants in Jackson Heights, Tahir Kamil wasn’t impressed with food he found. A native of New Delhi, Tahir knew the dishes he sampled didn’t taste authentic and he decided to open a restaurant to … Continue reading
Filed under Jackson Heights, Local Characters, Restaurants
Tiny Cakes
If having a csa (community supported agriculture) share requires sticking to a regular cooking schedule in order to ensure using up one’s weekly share of vegetables, then having a winter csa share requires some especially creative strategies. Big piles of … Continue reading
Filed under CSA, Jackson Heights, Recipes
At Market in Queens: Jackson Heights
Today is the first day of spring and so I figured it was appropriate to venture to the Jackson Heights Greenmarket for the first time. Unfortunately the sunny glimpse of the world from my apartment window did not prepare me … Continue reading
Filed under Jackson Heights, Markets, Neighborhoods
Spanish Treasure
-Across the footbridge Racing around lower Manhattan this week on an especially cold and windy day I found myself passing the boutiquey food shop Despaña, oh lucky me, and ducked in to warm up body and soul. Despaña is a … Continue reading
Filed under Jackson Heights, Markets
