"Bloog" oranges?

It's February 27th, and unbelievably, there are signs of Spring. Although the global warming aspect of it is frightening, I'm really happy to see some green. I hope it sticks!

(This shot's actually from February 17th... Eek?)

If you need a little action...figure...head to Mott Street.

I never noticed that the clock on the Paramount Building is made of little (giant) stars...

I absolutely love when decades-old futurist views of New York re-emerge--especially when they're Deco-era visions of the late 20th century. Here's a film I absolutely must see: David Butler's 1930 musical (musical?!) set in 1980, Just Imagine, starring Maureen O'Sullivan and El Brendel. Sad/…

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Many of you have probably noticed I've been a bit quiet in recent months... I've admittedly been busy and trying to work on a few other projects, but I've also been pondering a new direction for KKNY. I haven't been cooking all that much lately (winter socializing has made eating salads/…

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A few images and a little music from Sunday's Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown.

Oh East Side...

Thanks, Saveur!

Love this vintage 16mm bagel short from the Brooklyn Public Library. Be sure to stick around for the bagel enthusiast at the end, about 6-minutes in...a fabulous character kind of channeling Jimmy Durante. (Video via Gothamist.)

Last night I talked a couple of friends into revisiting one of the parts of Brooklyn that goes absolutely nuts with Christmas lights. So, we headed out to Dyker Heights, which is perhaps the community best known for the quantity of displays that pop up around the neighborhood each year.


I'd been/…

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What am I thankful for this year? The moments of unusual beauty my fair metropolis offers me every day...

Apparently parts of Doug go well with gelato...

Seriously...I'd heard about Bomboloni here and there, and finally popped in. The little filled "Dougnuts" are absolutely lovely. Part of me wants to suggest they fix their sign, but it's so funny...I'm curious to see how long it lasts...

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Why haven't I known about this fantastic way to de-seed a pomegranate?! I tried it and it's absolutely brilliant--it's not only extremely fast, but also a great way to work out your frustrations!! But I do suggest wearing dark clothes while beating up one's fruit...

Kinda love my photo of the always amazing and generous Pete Seeger at last week's Beacon Sloop Club Pumpkin Festival. I had to share it...

Recently noticed that my favorite Grand Sichuan location on 24th Street and 9th Avenue has a new--very different--awning! All else in the window looks the same, and it's still listed as one of the locations on Grand Sichuan's website, but methinks I'll have to go do some dinner reconnaissance, just t/…

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The Cittie of Yorke. There's been a pub on this site since 1430.I've been defending British food for the better part of the last twenty years. While I may admit it may not be the world's most transcendent cuisine (and many people say it's just plain boring), I think it can/…

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Just in case you're wondering, a bung hole is the hole through which you fill a cask...

By no means did I even come close to scratching the surface of what's on offer in London restaurants these days, but I must say, I ate well. I've long been a defender of British cooking (more on that in a later post), but a city as eclectic as London is/…

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While everybody knows that I absolutely adore my fabulous metropolis of New York, most of you probably aren't aware that my first city was actually London, where I lived for a short while back in the early 1990s. I'd visited again briefly in the late 90s, but other than flying over/…

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I generally avoid Little Italy's annual Feast of San Gennaro--I'm not a fan of making my way through the crush of people that always descend upon the festival. But yesterday evening, after an unusually early dinner at the newish branch of Xi'an Famous Foods on Bayard Street, we noticed the crowds/…

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