Brooklyn is home to many distinct Jewish communities. One of these is the Syrian Jewish community in Gravesend. We visited just prior to Sukkot, so there were many stands selling citrons (etrogim) and the bakeries were having trouble keeping up with demand. Luckily, though, Mansoura Bakery still had plenty of desserts for us to sample. […]
Ferdinando’s Foccacieria isn’t a bread shop. It also isn’t one of those classic Italian-American red-sauce restaurants. Opened in 1904, Ferdinando’s Foccacieria makes real Sicilian food and, though a relic from over 100 years ago, still makes it really well. We began with antipasti, as you do. This platter has pickled cauliflower and peppers, cold fried […]
Once a year, it’s nice to have a fancy meal, and this year’s was Claro, an extraordinary Oaxacan restaurant in Brooklyn. Upscale Mexican cuisine can be a mixed bag, but you can tell when a chef has a deep understanding of a cuisine, and that was certainly the case here. The evening began with wonderful […]
Most Thai restaurants have a particular angle, a subset of the broader Thai cuisine that they specialize in. Usually that’s regional: northern, northeastern/Isan, southern, central. Boran doesn’t; they have characteristic dishes from all across Thailand. And it’s all great, at least all that I’ve tried. Obligatory when going to a Thai restaurant with my partner […]
