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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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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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Real Cheap Eats: Summer Beats

by James Boo August 16, 2012

Another season, another collection of pro tips from the Real Cheap Eats crew! In the final stretch of summer, we’re mostly focused on New York’s warm-weather eats, with 23 highlights across the boroughs. The highlights include no less than 6 desserts in the iced genre [...]

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Single Serving: Tohu Thohk at the 5th Annual Moegyo Burmese Food Fair

by James Boo June 5, 2012

I haven’t the slightest clue when I’ll see this food again. Maybe on a summer’s day in eastern Myanmar. Maybe during an especially ambitious session in my kitchen. Maybe at next year’s Moegyo Humanitarian Foundation Food Fair, a smörgåsbord of home-cooked Burmese food that joyously [...]

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Real Cheap Eats: “It’s Chinatown, Jake.”

by James Boo April 30, 2012

Another season, another collection of pro tips from the Real Cheap Eats crew! This Spring, we’re focused on New York’s chinatowns, with 22 highlights in Manhattan and Flushing. Recommendations range from a porchetta Sandwich on the Chinatown border to one of Queens’ top slices (and [...]

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Rama Food on iPhone: A New Way to Reach Flavor Country

by James Boo April 6, 2012

Since this announcement was published, Rama has folded. These tours are no longer available. Dear readers, A while back, Layne Mosler of Taxi Gourmet approached J.O. and me with her newest project: a series of self-guided food tours, written by local experts and sold through [...]

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Dumplings to Savor

by James Boo March 15, 2012

Editor’s Note: Savor Fusion Food Court has closed, with no signs of re-opening in the same space. I suggest checking this Chowhound thread for further news on the court and its cooks. Hours after a recent trip to Flushing’s newest destination food court, J.O. and [...]

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Single Serving: Portugese Egg Tart at New Flushing Bakery in Flushing, Queens

by James Boo February 20, 2012

The egg tart is perhaps not as lionized as the soup dumpling, but it can be just as much the subject of fantasy. Praises have been sung. Lists have been compiled. At least one film has been made. A good egg tart – not too [...]

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Real Cheap Eats NYC: The Winter Edition

by James Boo January 22, 2012

I’ve been too beleaguered by a nasty cold to spread the word properly over the past week, but in case you haven’t heard from the rest of the city: Real Cheap Eats NYC now has 22 more recommendations under $10. This season we’re keeping things [...]

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