Archive for the ‘Dinner’ Category
Berlin is home to western Europe’s largest Turkish population and the culture is everywhere – cafés, grocery stores, political groups, mosques and more. There are tons of restaurants, but the best way to do Turkish in Berlin is the gözleme. Similar to a crepe, a gözleme is a hand-rolled pastry filled with spinach, feta, potatoes [...]
There are definitely more Italian restaurants than any other cuisine in New York City, which makes picking the right one all the more difficult. It often seems like you have restaurants with hulking portions on the one end and those with itty-bitty dishes on the other. When you want simple, delicious and satisfying, head to [...]
Though I love trying new things, when I go to a Thai restaurant, I almost always get a tofu and veggie stir-fry of some sort. But with it I also get tons of unnecessary sodium, which is why I love making this dish at home. It has all the flavor of a restaurant stir-fry with much [...]
Sushi is huge in New York City. It’s trendy, it’s healthy and most sushi restaurants turn into pre-game hubs on Fridays and Saturdays. But when you can’t be hip and order spicy tuna, what’s a vegetarian to do? Head to my favorite sushi restaurant in the city, Akina in the East Village, where they have tons of veg [...]
Mmm…doesn’t that look tasty? It’s a mushroom pizza from Patsy’s, one of my favorite pizzerias in the city. Theirs is a great example of New York-style pizza — thin crust, juicy mozzarella, fresh tomato sauce and sprigs of basil. In my opinion, most any slice in this city could take on slices in Chicago, San [...]