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All vendors but one move to new Essex Street market

April 15th, 2019  |  by  |  published in Business | Leave A Comment »

Ira Stolzenburg, oldest surviving vendor at the Essex Street Market enjoys a cigarette outside of the old market building.

There’s one holdout as Essex Street Market vendors move into their new space, Essex Crossing.

Millennial newcomers help a dying Queens culture stay alive

March 24th, 2019  |  by  |  published in Community, slider, Uncategorized | Leave A Comment »

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Gottscheer immigrants put down roots in Ridgewood after losing their homeland a century ago. It’s up to a changing neighborhood to help keep their culture alive.

How a jar of jam became my passport to Iran

May 13th, 2018  |  by  |  published in Uncategorized, What we savor | Leave A Comment »

The author and her grandmother, taken at the family country home in Karaj, Iran. Photo: Roya Dehghani.

Grandma’s jam has just two ingredients: fruit and sugar, not unlike a jar of farmer’s market preserves. But that is where the similarities end.

Island Roti: 20 years and a second-generation surprise

April 5th, 2018  |  by  |  published in Community, slider, Uncategorized | Leave A Comment »

Melisa Mahadeo, a co-owner of Island Roti Shop & Bakery, preparing a curry.

As a Trinidadian roti shop hits its 20th anniversary, the original owner passes the restaurant on to his two nieces, who had different career paths in mind.

Little Athens: New wave of Greek immigrants in Astoria

April 5th, 2018  |  by  |  published in Community, slider | Leave A Comment »

Traditional Greek Easter bread. Photo: Courtesy of Victory Sweet Shop.

The Astoria neighborhood of Queens, also known as ‘Little Athens,’ experiences a Greek revival- even in the midst of gentrification.

Singular fusion: Brooklyn offers Korean-Soviet classics

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

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 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.