At 7 a.m. in Manhattan Chinatown, grimy trucks slowly crawl through the narrow streets. Male workers watch as the trucks unload their bloody cargo. Workers chat and yell at each other in both Mandarin and Cantonese as they carry freshly-slaughtered animals out of the trucks. They are moving whole pigs, […]
When NYU sophomore, Alejandra Casillas is looking for cheese to add to her spaghetti she goes to Bedford Cheese Shop on Irving Place. As she scanned the cheese behind the glass counter, her eyes fixated on a crumbly cheese covered crushed red peppers. The ricotta pepperoncino is a raw sheep’s […]
Black millennials sporting natural hair sipped mimosas in the name of a good cause on a Sunday afternoon. They gathered at Streets, a Williamsburg restaurant, to enjoy a music, poetry and a bottomless soul food brunch. At noon, the brunch got off to a slow start. But attendees filed in […]
The Chinese scallion pancake is a staple of most Chinese restaurants. It doesn’t vary much from restaurant to restaurant. Usually, they’re round, fried flour pancakes with scallions. But Golden Corner Noodles makes fresh Chinese scallion pancakes differently. The fried pancake is stuffed with ground pork, pickled vegetables and marinated dried vegetables. It’s […]
Colorful molded Play-Doh dropped from the plastic mooncake molds into the hands of impatiently waiting children. They squealed in delight. Families weaved through the museum stopping to try the star food: mooncakes. Traditionally, Chinese people hold the Mid-Autumn Harvest Festival to mark the end of a successful Harvest season. They […]