This isn’t just a beautiful pizza crust. It’s a beautiful pitza crust. Baked in a standard industrial pizza oven at the front of Bedouin Tent, it’s a warm expression of mixed influences at this Jordanian-owned, pan-Arabic seasoned, New-York cultured restaurant between Boerum Hill and Downtown Brooklyn. Like Moustache Pitza, its cousin in Manhattan, Bedouin Tent [...]

When I was seventeen, two future conditions distinctly outweighed the prospect of a college degree: 1. Someday, I would have a kick-ass girlfriend. 2. Someday, I would eat the hamburgers that Wesley Willis sang about in “I’m Sorry That I Got Fat.” Ten years later, these disparate teenage dreams found each other at the bottom [...]

We’re already 10 days into Western civilization’s latest year, but I’m still working on the backlog of eats that’s been on my mind since October. To kick things off after my winter break from food blogging, I’m happy to carry on our tradition of recounting our most memorable meals of the previous year. Stephen My [...]

When I was young, sandwiches signified failure. Aside from the Vietnamese banh mi and Mexican tortas that dot the outer rim of Los Angeles and Orange County, the deli of Southern California was a dining destination of last resort, an overpriced and under-qualified meal at the ubiquitous feet of In-N-Out, bargain sushi, Indian buffets and [...]

I have a hard time separating immigrants from their food. When my conversation teacher in St. Petersburg announced in September of 2006 that Russian officials were implementing the deportation of Georgians in Moscow, my thoughts turned to Mexico and the inane wall being debated by the U.S. Congress. The comparison wasn’t perfect, but it stuck [...]

In mid-August, my great friend and epic eating comrade Boykji visited New York for a whirlwind tour of the city’s eats. The five days I spent sharing meals with Boyk reminded me of how lucky I am to live in New York, where one can literally spend hours on end walking, eating and repeating without [...]

In shifting from the new-wave New York dining scene in Williamsburg to the comparatively sleepy restaurant rows of Park Slope, I’ve rediscovered the joy of the humble neighborhood spot. Yet, while I was prepared to celebrate a superb New York bagel (at The Bagel Hole) and dig into a historic Brooklyn slice, I had no [...]

The Jamaican Patty was more or less foreign to me until a couple of months ago. I had passed by Golden Krust plenty of times en route to Popeyes, and I had heard tales of dried-up, unsavory offerings from deli counters and carts, but I had never felt the urge to seek out an authentic [...]

As a newly minted resident of Park Slope, I’ve been asked more than a couple times how I plan to enjoy the alleged boredom of my gentrified milieu. Is there really good food in yuppie land? Can I have a good time without being among the hip, young and tasteful? Do I miss the excitement [...]

Thanks to an overload of work and the disorientation of living in a new neighborhood, I’ve been off the food blogging radar for quite a while. I hope to break radio silence on this blog with a return to weekly posts on Tuesday! Until then, a preview of the meals I’ve enjoyed as a newly [...]