Posts Tagged ‘ New York ’

Intrepid Vegetarian: Flushing’s Savor Fusion Food Court

Vegetable Dumpling from Savoy Fusion in Flushing, Queens. Photo by Clare Trapasso.

Flushing's newest Chinese food court is surprisingly vegetarian-friendly.
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Farm School NYC’s Urban Agriculture Students Dig into Their Second Year

Farm School NYC students digging at BK Farmyards in Brooklyn. Photo courtesy of Just Food.

City Spoonful checks in with Just Food's urban agriculture program, which recently finished its pilot year.
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Dougie’s Jamaican Cuisine: Nostalgia and Elusive Fried Chicken in Canarsie

Jerk chicken with rice and red beans at Dougie's Jamaican Cuisine in Canarsie. Photo by Tina Corrado.

Canarsie native Tina Corrado returns to her old 'hood to sample some West Indian cooking.
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Geo Si Gi: Home-Style Korean Stews in Flushing

Muk eun gi gamja tang (pickled napa cabbage with vegetables and pork loin casserole) at Geo Si Gi. Photo by Anne Noyes Saini.

The house specialty at Geo Si Gi is gamja tang, a mildly herbal, potato- and pork-based Korean stew that simmers table-side.
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Intrepid Vegetarian: West Indian Richmond Hill

The salara (red coconut roll) at Little Guyana Bake Shop. Photo by Anne Noyes Saini.

City Spoonful explores the neighborhood's Guyanese and Trini-bagian restaurants and bakeries in search of good vegetarian fare.
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Spice Up Your Super Bowl Snacks with Bengali Chaat

Keema (ground meat) and aloo (potato) chop (Bengali fried croquettes). Photo by Ishita Singh.

Bengali chop deliver all the fried goodness of traditional Super Bowl snacks—with a fiery Indian kick.
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Understanding Umami

Some of the ingredients for chef Casey's "umami bomb" stew. Photo by Alexia Nader.

City Spoonful demystifies the deeply savory, meaty flavors of umami, the so-called "fifth" taste.
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Black Market for Raw Milk Delivery Thriving in New York State

Upstate New York Dairy Farm. Photo by Ellen Frankman.

Most New Yorkers can’t make the two-hour drive upstate to legally buy raw milk. Instead, they buy it in the city’s thriving black market for this specialty dairy item.
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Arancine: Sicilian Street Food Hits New York

Arancini preperation and cooking on 12/17/11, Bronx NY.

Traditional and innovative versions of Sicily’s beloved fried street food are finding a new home in New York City.
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A Guyanese Holiday Feast Straight Out of Canarsie

Fried herb-rubbed white fish doused in brown gravy with coconut peas and rice on the side. Photo by Tina Corrado.

City Spoonful's Tina Corrado cooks up a Guyanese holiday feast, with a little help from the owner of a West Indian grocery store in Canarsie, Brooklyn.
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