The subject of geography has always appealed to me. My family immigrated to New York’s melting pot from another melting pot in the Caribbean, so a basic understanding of the subject is necessary just to keep track of my family tree. As a foodie, my palate has also encouraged my interest. A...
Cooking competitions have become all the rage both online and off. Quite frankly, there are too many for me to keep up with; however, a new competition has caught my attention. The local foodies have devised a type of cooking competition inspired by the 1967 Jorgen Leth film “The Perfect...
One of the great things about New York City is that it offers all things to all people. Lively cosmopolitan nightlife and the suburban soccer mom social scene exist side by side. Southern Brooklyn offers a quieter lifestyle than most people associate with New York. Its quiet tree-lined neighborhoods...
After being inspired by the many cupcake devotes online, I decided to take a cupcake tour of Brooklyn. (Don’t worry. I intend to work my way through the entire city.) After mapping out cupcake hot spots through out the borough, I managed to get one of the foremost cupcake experts to agree to...
According to Robert Fulgram, the first thing that you learn in kindergarten is to “share everything”. Like many people, I consider a willingness to share to be good thing, and for the most part, I do share. I frequently offer bits of my latest food discovery to friends and family. ...
