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A China y Latina Christmas Carol
I woke with a start when I heard the honking of a car horn. It had been awhile since I’d heard car alarms. Maybe they got wise to the uselessness of them and didn’t bother making them anymore....
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And the Answer is…
On Friday I presented you with multiple photos of a restaurant and challenged you to Name That Place. To revisit the photos, you can click here: Name That Place, or you can scroll down these pages....
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Neck Bones’ Condiment Hall of Fame: Pickapeppa Sauce
The New York Times listed this year’s baseball Hall of Fame inductees in their paper yesterday. The page was a blank. No one received over 75 percent of the vote necessary to gain entry. To...
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The Noodle Cure: Winter Edition
The wind was whipping. My gloved fingertips were going numb and my cheeks resembled New York Giants’ Coach Tom Coughlin’s after spending a January Sunday in Green Bay. Winter had finally come to New...
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Reflections on the Chinese New Year
As the Year of the Snake approaches, I realize I have spent much of the past Year of the Dragon in Chinese restaurants. I’m afraid I didn’t always make good choices. Egg foo young…with brown gravy...
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Name That Place
It’s been awhile since we played Name That Place. To shake off the rust, I’ve tossed a softball your way. In fact, I hope I’m not insulting your New York food intelligence with it. The avatar I use for...
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Name That Place
After a summer hiatus, the game which tests your New York food knowledge returns. In this “back to school,” edition, I’ve started the season off with an easy one. Take a look at the photos below. It...
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And the Answer is…
Melons And more melons. Equal a “Melon” burger At… On Friday you were challenged with trying to Name That Place. I thought the photo hints gave away this 40-plus year old Upper East Side...
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The Happiest of All Hours: Bronx Beer Hall
“Happy hour is two for one,” the bartender, a woman in a black “Bronx Beer Hall” t-shirt told us as we settled into chairs at the bar in the relatively quiet Arthur Avenue Retail Market where the...
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Neckbones’ Rum Diary: The Polar Vortex Rum Route
We had been informed by those who know about such things that a Polar Vortex had descended on the city. All I knew that it was very cold as I emerged from my car on barren 134th Street just off the...
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