[Photos: Kathy Chan] Ice cream at Lulu & Mooky's liquid nitrogen ice cream on the Lower East Side works something like this. First, take a look at the menu. Note the sheer number of options—more than 10,000 combinations, according...
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[Photos: Kathy Chan] It's always around this time of year, just a few weeks before Thanksgiving, that my fatty greasy cravings intensify to alarming degrees. Fries are constantly on my mind, along with milkshakes and doughnuts and buttery pastas....
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[Photo: Kathy Chan] A friend and I stopped in at my favorite pudding bakery, Sugar Sweet Sunshine, yesterday evening to satisfy a sweet craving. I had pumpkin pudding on my agenda, but lo and behold, there was a new...
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The much anticipated Stuffed Artisan Cannolis opened yesterday on the Lower East Side. Owned by Anhony Fontana, the cannoli boutique offers a total of thirty flavors, with twenty available at any given time; though the shop is their first...
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Previous BYOBs Dante's The Islands Afghan Kebab House Angelica Kitchen Sigiri Ivo & Lulu Gazala Place Tartine D-list sushi—unlike bad pizza, say, or a not-great chocolate chip cookie—simply has no reason to exist. Eating it is a terrifying experience,...
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Above is prime example of why fall is my favorite season of the year: Pumpkin Trifle Pudding from Sugar Sweet Sunshine. Banana Pudding and the Chocolate Bomb Pudding are offered year-round at this Lower East Side bakery, but only...
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[Photograph: Nikki Goldstein] Growing up in a Hispanic family, Sunday breakfast often consisted of homemade arepas with scrambled eggs. The smell of sizzling diced tomatoes and scallions (my favorite additions) would waft from the kitchen into my bedroom, waking...
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Editor's note: In "Lunch for One," Kathy YL Chan will seek out some of the best places for solo lunchers to grab a noontime bite. The call of coffee and piles of fresh magazines were strong enough to lure me...
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"The macchiato at Cafe Pedlar in Brooklyn could make me a regular." [Photographs: Allison Hemler] Grabbing a cup of coffee can be as routine as brushing one's teeth—and like most of us will only go for Aquafresh or Crest, say,...
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This afternoon I spotted the newest members to join the lineup at Babycakes on the Lower East Side: powdered sugar, chocolate-dipped, cinnamon-sugar, and jelly "doughnuts". These vegan doughnuts are delicious, tender with a hint of cinnamon spice. But blindfolded,...
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