Comfort food means different things to different people. It’s tied to memory, to home. For my father, this means spaghetti and meatballs, like his grandmother, who barely spoke English, used to make….
Tag: New York
Arthur Avenue Market
Drool-worthy, ain’t it? This is the counter of Mike’s Deli, one of several Italian food counters at the now-infamous covered market at Arthur Avenue, in the Bronx. Only a few years ago,…
Porto Rico
OK… I can see how this could be getting a little confusing… see… I live in two cities. It’s actually a bit more complicated than that. If I’ve lived anywhere (and I…
Flagel
According to my friend Izzy, who hails from Wisconsin, her father had never even heard of a bagel until he visited New York City for the first time in the seventies. Thankfully,…