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1 Minute Meal: “Blessed by Brisket”

by James Boo May 9, 2013

My new web series is live, and you can see the first episode on Serious Eats New York! The goal of this series, “1 Minute Meal,” is to produce a gallery of video snapshots that represent the true heart and soul of New York food: [...]

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Real Cheap Eats Rides the L Train

by James Boo May 1, 2013

The seasons are turning in New York, and in celebration of being outdoors the Real Cheap Eats food writers’ collective has armed lower Manhattan and North Brooklyn with a guide to 50 cheap eats winners along the L Train. 22 of the dishes, including a [...]

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Real Cheap Eats: Winter Warmer

by James Boo February 20, 2013

Striking at the heart of winter, the Real Cheap Eats food writers’ collective is warming up 21 new additions to its $10-or-less digest. Highlights from our selection include a West African sweat potato leaf stew, an Indian breakfast gem, a bargain seafood soon dooboo (courtesy [...]

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Single Serving: Lard Bread from Mazzola Bakery in Carroll Gardens

by James Boo January 10, 2013

Over a decade since I first began reading from its pages, Chowhound is still my go-to resource for food intel. Over the years, complaints filed against the service – a collection of bulletin boards for food-obsessed locals – have clustered around “bad user interface,” “bad [...]

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Real Cheap Eats Greets the Mayan Apocalypse

by James Boo December 20, 2012

The Real Cheap Eats food writers’ collective is helping New York ring in the end of the world (and the end of the year) with with 22 new additions to its $10-or-less digest. Highlights from our selection include an enormous Yemeni lamb “omelete,” a fried [...]

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Single Serving: Breakfast Tacos at Güeros in Crown Heights, Brooklyn

by James Boo October 2, 2012

It’s been over five years since I first tasted Texan breakfast tacos in Austin. I’m sad to say that in those five years New York hasn’t even begun to catch onto the idea of eating eggs, bacon and beans in taco form. There are exceptions, [...]

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Single Serving: Morir Soñando at Reben Luncheonette in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

by James Boo September 13, 2012

The Reben Luncheonette, a decades-old breakfast-and-lunch counter in Williamsburg where fried eggs are accompanied by sagging mounds of orange potatoes and shriveled slats of deep-fried bacon, doesn’t have a lot going for it in the way of food. That’s probably why the storefront, along with [...]

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Single Serving: Black Sesame Seaweed at Sky Ice in Park Slope, Brooklyn

by James Boo August 14, 2012

Sky Ice, a young and modern Thai cafe at the northern tip of Park Slope, serves its customers from a Bermuda Triangle bound by the “authentic” Thai cooking this neighborhood sorely needs, the “healthy” tweaks on standby Thai dishes this neighborhood thinks it needs, and [...]

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Single Serving: Russian Grey Bread at Brighton Bazaar in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn

by James Boo February 28, 2012

It took me five years to get over a brick of bread that yielded thick slices of breakfast while I was an exchange student in St. Petersburg. I said goodbye to those distant morning meals when I first stepped into Brighton Bazaar. A bustling Russian [...]

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