TweetShare Just over a year ago, I looked at a map of Africa and thought: I’m screwed. At the time, I’d already visited—or at least eyeballed—nearly every African restaurant in NYC. But there are roughly 50 countries in Africa, and I had only been able to find food from about a dozen of them within [...]
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TweetShare Here’s why I love New York: I was walking down a street in Astoria, feeling potbellied after visiting a Chilean bakery and a Jordanian bakery, when I noticed a cute little place called Harissa Café. I took a peek at the menu, thinking I’d found a Moroccan restaurant, and noticed that several of the [...] Read More >> |
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TweetShare I’ve always worried that my food quest would fall flat on its (pudgy) face because of Africa. I love good African food, but the continent is home to a crapload of individual countries—54 or so, depending on whose list you’re looking at—and there’s a relative shortage of African restaurants in NYC. Until now, I’ve [...] Read More >> |
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TweetShareIt’s pretty much impossible to live in New York City without occasionally doing battle with mice. If you’re fortunate enough to live in a well-maintained building, “doing battle” means calling the building staff, and getting them poison the living hell out of the mice. Easy. But if you happen to be engaged to an animal-loving [...] Read More >> |
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TweetShareI’m proud to announce that I’m now halfway through my quest to eat food from 160 nations without leaving NYC. (Burp.) A few quick reflections on my journey so far: I’ve eaten herring four times, livestock hooves three times, pig tails once (boing!), and kangaroo once. I got drunk and pretended to be a barn [...] Read More >> |
