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New Jersey Dispatch: El Unico for the Best Cuban Food in New Jersey

Even in my wildest dreams, I couldn’t call El Unico a “find.” Indeed, the only word that comes to mind describing it is “legend.” And the meta-legend—the legend that begat all other El Unico legends—is that this is both...

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Sophie's Cuban Turkey Sandwich is Nice Thanksgiving Warm-Up

All this turkey talk serves to remind me how much I love the turkey sandwich at Sophie's Cuban. The meat is ridiculously tender and the tomato gravy moistens it up quite nicely. I think this week, to make it...

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El Sitio Makes One Serious Cubano and Some Great Garlic Bread

Like all serious eaters I strive to find deliciousness in every morsel that passes my lips. Sometimes that doesn’t happen though, resulting in disappointment. And sometimes the disappointment is so strong that the wrong must be righted immediately. The...

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Young & Hungry: Will Work For Food

Craving the unattainable As a newly minted Williams College graduate I will work for food—or preferably, a full-time salary with health insurance. Making it in the city is hard enough and a meal at Per Se would be a dream,...

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Chicken Soup's Got Soul

Three months in the slurping, my chicken soup piece came out Wednesday in the NYTimes. For those of you who don't read the Times, I am going to list my ten favorite chicken soups (I sampled a hundred) here, along...

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