Mexican bakery owner finds strength in mother-daughter tradition
Owner Ignacia Hernandez pauses baking to take a phone order. Each day, she stocks the display case at Sweet Life Pastry with a fresh batch of conchas, traditional Mexican sweat bread. Photo: Sanaz Rizlenjani.
Little, happy Cambodia
Bolnarin San stands in her grocery store. Photo: Xinyu Jing.
Fusion: Mexican and Taiwanese street food, drinks and art
Ken Ho and Marisa Cadenas at Lucky Luna. Photo: Gema Flores.
Lifelong restauranteurs open Italian café with hints of Latin flavor
Salas Flores slides an unbaked pizza into the wood-burning oven at Acri Café in the Bronx. The restaurant recently opened in November of 2015. Photo: Kailyn Lamb.
A family-run Mexican restaurant offers refuge in the Bronx
A native of Puebla, Mexico, Susan Mata prepares food reminiscent of her native land. Photo: Ilgin Yorulmaz.
Diners flock to a ‘Little Paris’ in Brooklyn
Owner Leslie Bernat fills orders behind the dessert counter. Photo: Raquel Wildes.
A Nepalese couple, true to their culinary roots, pursues the American dream
Chef Kunchok Tsering is from Mustang in Nepal. He has been working here for five years. Photo: Roxanne Wang.
Staten Island didn’t have Indian food until 1990
Taste of India II’s crown jewel — chicken tikka masala — sits barside at Taste of India II in Staten Island. Photo: Zara Lockshin.
Injera brings authentic Ethiopian cuisine to West Village
The dining area at Injera on a Saturday night. Co-owners and married couple, Roman Keflay and Pierre Casaux, take service personally, making sure to greet and serve their customers. Photo: JoVona Taylor.
A restaurant dream turned tough reality
Jagdish Shetty and his wife, Vishala Shetty. Photo: Natasa Bansagi.
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