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True Thai Food: Sripraphai
Sripraphai in Woodside, Queens could be the best Thai food in New York City. And I’ve eaten a lot of Thai food through the years. At Sri Pra Phai, named after the owner, you’ll find Thais dining in, as well as countless other ethnicities within the melting pot that hugs Roosevelt avenue. You’ll find a huge menu [...]
Time Passes In Bites
Shirley’s birthday dinner at Bhojan. Leftover 3 Brothers pizza, weekday, Electrician‘s. Chocolate chip cookies without the chocolate chips: “sweet treat” fix, weekend, Electrician’s Pancake’s vegan birthday cakes, Pancake’s 9th Birthday Party, Merrick
90′s Vegan-style on Long Island’s East End
Like its name implies, Long Island is looong. Heading east from my starting point in Freeport, it’s almost 100 miles to Montauk Point (a.k.a. The End). With a year-round Hamptons local as my guide, I spent the day on this long stretch of road, searching for vegan eats but finding a stroll down memory lane… [...]
Supermarket [Bananer] Split
Splitting my time between the boroughs and the ‘burbs, the local availability of vegan treats fluctuates. When hit with the craving for an elaborate banana split, it was a quest… and test: How are the mainstream supermarkets keeping up with healthier food trends? I was impressed with what was available! From vegan Maraschino cherries free [...]
An Italian Stocking
I love a variation on a theme. Isn’t that what most cuisines are? Combining the region’s ingredients in different ways? In its simplest and most deconstructed form, Italian food consists of bread or pasta, sauce and cheese. But oh what these elements can accomplish! And of course, there is room for evolution. Like 3 Brothers. [...]
Sweet Sticky Rice
Mango and sticky rice. There are certain foods that, once before you, are bittersweet to begin to eat. That’s because every bite makes the end nearer; every taste, though supremely satisfying, is marked with a tinge of anxiety. Soon it will no longer be present on my plate. Soon I will have eaten it all. [...]
Vegan Grand Slam
Not really but there is a pretty good vegan option at Denny’s. Never you mind that they’re in the middle of a slovenly celebration of Bacon. Never you mind that separate menu with the bacon ice cream sundae and bacon pancakes. And never you mind that ‘People of Denny’s’ would make an appropriate sister-site to [...]
White Pizza
When I was a kid there was a local pizza place where the neighborhood kids and I hung around. On Long Island there is a ma-and-pop’s pizza parlor in every cluster of stores, red, green and white variations on the same theme: real, Italian food. Much like bagels and Chinese take-out, Long Island did these [...]
liXvb {id est. Long Island Vegan Brunch}
Bread. Hot, soft, fresh-baked bread. With a melon-ball of parsley-sprinkled soy spread, it’s a divine start to brunch. Sunday Brunch at Rockville Centre, Long Island’s 3 Brothers… after spying their brunch menu last week I knew I had to go sooner than later. It wasn’t just a option of a tofu scramble; this was vegan [...]
2010: The Year in Food
In the year 2010, more than any other, the camera was angled down, capturing flicks of food. Sure, there are people on the other side of the table. Had the camera lifted its head, it’d see. But for a gal who sorts time through food, the vibrant color of shared meals and food creations encompass [...]
Freeport, Long Island’s Bagel Dock
You’ll likely think me a total dullard when I confess that one of the most pleasurable moments of my week is Saturday morning: biting into a twice-toasted everything whole wheat bagel from Freeport, Long Island’s Bagel Dock smeared with Earth Balance and Bonne Maman four fruit preserves. Sure, sure, it may be because I only [...]
In Two Words: Thanks. Giving.
Maple. Buttercream. Sloppy. Piping. Cinnamon. Snow. Wheatmeat. Croute. “Who’ll. Win?” Left. Over. Weekend. Morning. Super. Pretzels.
