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Best Med Dish at…Porsena Extra Bar
OK, SO I COULDN’T CHOOSE ONE DISH. LUNCH. LUNCH IS THE BEST Mediterranean dish at Chef Sara Jenkins’s Bar Extra in the East Village....
Basia HellwigNovember 28, 2012
Sometimes a Cookbook Is More Than Just a Cookbook
PANZANELLA DI FARRO, a Tuscan-style tomato salad with farro, from Olives & Oranges, by Sara Jenkins and Mindy Fox, is the recipe that got me started...
Basia HellwigJuly 24, 2012
Best Med Diet Dish at…Pasha Restaurant
MEETING UP WITH FRIENDS for Turkish meze at Pasha, near Lincoln Center, is always a great way to end a work day. We...
Basia HellwigNovember 9, 2011
Best Med Diet Dish at…Lupa
MEDITERRANEANISTA SEEMS TO HAVE SLUMBERED her way through January. Snow, snow, snow. Merry house guests gone. Memories of communal cooking and countless feasts...
Basia HellwigFebruary 10, 2011
Mediterraneanista’s Holiday List, Part 1
Gifts and Treats for You and Yours We’ve made some wonderful discoveries this year during our travels around New York City’s...
Basia HellwigDecember 11, 2010
At the Market This Week
WHOLE GRAINS, FLOURS, BREAD—it’s Greenmarket Grains Week—cauliflower, winter greens, squash and…Peter Hoffman, chef/owner of the restaurants Savoy and Back Forty, doing a cooking demo...
Basia HellwigNovember 20, 2010
Best Med Diet Dish at…Maoz Vegetarian
[caption id="attachment_1172" align="alignleft"]My latest takeout from Maoz—falafel sandwich with veggie toppings and a side order of falafel.[/caption]HERE’S SOME FAST FOOD WITH MED CRED,...
Basia HellwigNovember 8, 2010
Best Med Diet Dish at…Flex Mussels
WELL, YOU GUESSED IT, mussels—steamed in all sorts of flavored broths, some even quite distinctively Mediterranean, but all qualifying as a great Med...
Basia HellwigOctober 22, 2010
Does Your Market Have Live Opera?
MUCH AS I LOVE NEW YORK CITY’S GREENMARKETS, the farmers’ market closest to my heart will probably always be Montreal’s Jean-Talon Market, perhaps...
Basia HellwigOctober 4, 2010