October 1, 2022
A trip to Filoncino Cafe & Pastosa Ravioli while on Staten Island is always a bit out of the way from other locations on my list… but we needed some reliable sustenance to start. And some caffeine… here an ice coffee (obviously not mine!) and an oat milk latte. We Read more…
June 4, 2021
With the first of a couple of Staten Island mermaid shoots coming to fruition, we hit some of my favorite places on the Island, including Eltingville’s Pastosa to finally score a box of beet ravioli–a variety that has eluded me since I discovered their vegan ravioli in 2019. Since my Read more…
October 25, 2020
𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓥𝓮𝓰𝓪𝓷 𝓑𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓑𝓸𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱𝓼, 𝓢𝓽𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓷 𝓘𝓼𝓵𝓪𝓷𝓭 Welcome to my series that highlights the very best vegan foods in New York City’s boroughs. While vegan options are popping up all over, this series focuses on the non-dairy cream of the crop, options that raise the bar for vegan food Read more…
August 5, 2017
When I was a kid I loved ravioli. Meat ravioli. I remember joining my mother when she picked it up from the Italian market. I knew that the ritual was different than going to the generic grocery store a few doors down. And the meat ravioli were square, I knew, while Read more…