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Ivory Coast immigrants head to East Harlem

March 27th, 2015  |  by  |  published in Melting Pot, slider | Leave A Comment »

Ivory Coast immigrants head to East Harlem

The open-all-night restaurant as home away from home: New Ivoire is a favorite East Harlem hang-out for Ivory Coast comfort food and ready conversation.

Singular fusion: Brooklyn offers Korean-Soviet classics

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Singular fusion: Brooklyn offers Korean-Soviet classics

Uzbek cuisine with a side of kimchee: A 76-year-old perpetual motion machine brings her food to Bensonhurst and Brighton Beach.

The Bronx’s 3,000-pound mozzarella man

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The store front of Casa Della Mozzarella on E 187th Street in the Belmont section of the Bronx. Photo: Jordan Muto

Say cheese — but be prepared to stand in line to collect your order at the legendary Bronx purveyor that gave an Italian immigrant a future.

A Little Poland restaurant keeps tradition alive

March 26th, 2015  |  by  |  published in Melting Pot, slider | Leave A Comment »

Christina's Restaurant in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Photo: Brittany Robins

A traditional Polish restaurant weathers rising rents and changing demographics, attracting a new generation alongside the remaining residents of a long-time Polish enclave.

The newest chapter of a life in food

March 25th, 2015  |  by  |  published in Access, Melting Pot | Leave A Comment »

The newest chapter of a life in food

As Mexican residents move out of Williamsburg, Mexican restaurants move in. Mexico 2000 is the second outpost for two brothers whose life in food spans two countries and over 20 years.

The British are Cooking

May 1st, 2014  |  by  |  published in Community, Melting Pot | Leave A Comment »

Sticky toffee pudding at the Cock & Bull pub in Midtown. Kiley Bense.

Traditional British cuisine, known for all things heavy, fried and bland, was once an easy punch line. But the neglected stepchild of continental cooking is having a moment in America.

Tortilleria Nixtamal

May 1st, 2014  |  by  |  published in Business, Community, Health, Melting Pot | Leave A Comment »

Tortilleria Nixtamal

For Local Residents, A Home Away From Home By U-Jin Lee A large, metal tortilla machine sits right against the front window of Tortilleria Nixtamal, and inside, a sweet aroma of corn fills the air. Mariachi music plays quietly in the background as the patterned flags on the ceiling of the restaurant dance away. Mexican […]