Publication: Edible Brooklyn

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My New York Food: Murray Hill

In my comedy act, I love to say, “I’m half-Italian… ” and grab my belly, give it a li’l jiggle, “… this half!”

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Dynaco

The food menu at Dynaco makes short work for the indecisive. The list is monosyllabic in its entirety: Cake.

Fuji Apple Upside-Down Cake

A Shalom Japan recipe from ‘Love Japan: Recipes from Our Japanese American Kitchen’; Ten Speed Press (2023)

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Channing Centeno (Bonnie’s)

Like many in the service industry, Centeno’s first job in restaurants was in the dish pit. Now, his face and name are known across New York City bars…

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Tiki’s Dark Side

One of the wildest aspects about tiki’s pick-and-choose aesthetic is that it was birthed, virtually fully formed, from the head of one man.

Fany Gerson’s Anything Paletas

Every town in Mexico has at least one paleteria—ice pop store—and as a kid, I’d indulge in their fruity, refreshing paletas practically every week.

+ POOL Makes Waves

On the night of the Summer Solstice, Friends of + POOL gathered on the rooftop of the Williamsburg Hotel to celebrate a landmark step…

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Dashi Okume

Duck into Dashi Okume, the Greenpoint outpost of the 150-year-old Tokyo dashi shop, and prepare to be dazzled…