I’m super proud to be writing for Amuse, Vice’s lifestyle and entertainment guide. Today they published a story on Brighton Beach. I’ve been going to Brighton Beach for as long as I’ve lived in NY-10 years. I take the train every few months with my friend Irena where we spend the day eating and buying…
Tag: New York
Sweet Street Treats: A Bite of Adventure
I adore Flushing, Queens NY. The moment you come up from the train station you get the sensation that you might as well have just come off a flight. Most every sign advertising a restaurant, coffee shop or magazine store is written in Chinese characters. It’s a true place of discovery and of getting lost….
In Brooklyn, a Jaunt Through the Caucases
Yesterday my friend Irena and I took the Q train to the Church stop in Brooklyn. We walked past many a bodega and a few grocery stores, and very little else. But we weren’t here for lotto tickets or discounted ground beef. We were on a way to Banya. We met our friend Vera in…
Popeye Pie Perfection at Jim Lahey’s Co.
If you get a group of cooks together, they are definitely going to spend most of their time talking about food. Inevitably, topics such as “where’s your favorite x,y, or z” lead to fun food field trips. My most recent one was a pizza discussion, which lead to an excursion. Being from Southern California, I…
Starchefs, Starstruck
This past week has been a blurry whirlwind of lectures, demos, chefs and friends. It began last week when my uncle forwarded me a snippet from The Washington Post that mentioned that Ferran Adria was coming to D.C. to talk about his newest cookbook and the transformation that El Bulli will be undergoing in the…
passport to eat 