Talking SCHOP! Support community food
I am so grateful for all of the local farmers this time of year with awesome produce, meats and products. It is the only time I think to go. However, there are other opportunities for city dwellers to get farm fresh produce that always escape my timing.
Talking SCHOP! Discovering Sahadi’s
was quickly hustling my way across (…up, down?) Atlantic Avenue when I walked by a store I heard of many times. I thought, “Well, I am here, just take a quick lookie-loo,” and into Sahadi’s I went.
Talking SCHOP! Reunion @ Union Square Café
A tradition might be starting … my birthday and great food.
Taco time touchdown
Last week was all about broccoli. Thanks for indulging me. I hope you enjoyed it...
Talking SCHOP! Get ready to EatUp!
The third annual Harlem EatUp! festival is less than one month away! We are preparing our stomachs, ears, eyes and souls for all of the food, music, art and culture Harlem has to offer.
Recipe: Mushroom-topped roasted asparagus
We mustn’t forget about the side dishes at the holiday table, especially because spring has sprung and all of our favorite vegetables are back and better than before. Here is my recipe for my favorite, roasted asparagus with mushroom breadcrumbs.
The AmNewsFOOD Harlem EatUp! hookup
Do you have a friend, colleague or family member who is just beginning their career as a food maker?
Talking SCHOP! Get your tickets—2017 Harlem EatUp! is coming
Last week, co-founders Marcus Samuelsson and Herb Karlitz announced that ticket sales have begun for the third annual Harlem EatUp! festival taking place May 15-21, 2017.
Harlem opening: BO’s Bagels
If you are like me and love a good authentic New York City bagel but not the travel to get it, the former street vendor, now brick-and-mortar BO’s Bagels (@BOsBagels, 235 W. 116 St., 917-902-8345, www.bosbagels.com) has you covered.
Talking SCHOP! Storm Chili Challenge results
Last week, I told you about an impending chili challenge initiated by a friend.
Talking SCHOP! The Chili Challenge!
I write this the day before the major nor’easter snowstorm is about to blow through, and I have already planned my storm menu.
I’m So AmNewsFOOD Harlem EatUp! Contest
The third annual Harlem EatUp! festival will be here before we know it, and we continue our search for you, Harlem foodmakers, to participate in this year’s “I’m So AmNewsFOOD” contest.
Talking SCHOP! Dim sum with the sum
She returned to the city she loves and the people who inhabit it.
A Piece of Velvet for your slice of heaven
Have you been strolling 125th Street and peeped a small sweets shop on the south side between Lenox and Fifth avenues?
Talking SCHOP! The house pickles built
On one recent night I was home minding my business when my friend, Kate, called to invite me to a tasting.
Talking Schop! 2016: Gone but not forgotten, part I
What a year, that 2016! She giveth and taketh away. There are the most evident topics, which don’t need addressing here. Suffice it to say, we shall see what the next four years have in store for us. Let’s just vibrate within the pages of AmNewsFOOD for now.
Gettin’ on the good food foot for 2017
There is no time like the first week of the year to set your intentions and get your affairs in order.
Farewell Cecil, Hello Minton’s 2017: the redux
After a three-year run, the Afro-Asian-American Harlem eatery, The Cecil, will close as a restaurant at the end of the year and reopen as a private events space while a long-term vision is determined.
Talking SCHOP! Needed luck in 2017
I hope you enjoyed a merry Christmas with friends and family and your new year’s plan is as lively or sedate as you desire.
Talking SCHOP! Sticky roasted carrots
Every time I step into a grocery store to shop for my clients is an opportunity to get inspired and create something new on the weekly menu.
Best Thanksgiving ever!
Kudos to my mom for a truly wonderful Thanksgiving. The invitation, “come and bring containers for leftovers.”
Talking SCHOP! First Friendsgiving
Did you take my suggestion from last week’s Talking SCHOP! to practice thankfulness during this holiday season, being in the moment, calmly achieving a state of awareness and being grateful for togetherness?
Talking SCHOP! Fowler & Wells
I’ve had nothing but great meals and experiences at every Tom Colicchio eatery in which I have dined.
Harlem Harvest Festival Bake-Off winners
I was honored again to judge the annual Bake-Off at the Harlem Park To Park Harlem Harvest Festival held last month on St. Nicholas Avenue between 116th and 117th streets.
Talking SCHOP! Ribollita
I am still working my autumn cleaning plan of cooking first from my pantry (freezer and refrigerator, too)to purge and make room for new ingredients.
Tapping into Hop House
A couple of Harlem friends and I decided a “catch up” was desperately needed—nothing too fussy, something local.
Talking SCHOP! Red Rooster: The cookbook
Last week chef and restauranteur, Marcus Samuelsson, celebrated the release of his latest publication, “The Red Rooster Cookbook.”
Lemonade: That cool refreshing eatery
Eddie Murphy said it first, and best, when impersonating Elvis in “Delirious,” but the California fast casual eatery chain, Lemonade (@LemonadeLA, www.lemonadela.com), takes “cool” and “refreshing” to a whole new level.
Talking SCHOP! Convertible. Sun. Fun. Friends. It’s LA! Part II
My first visit back to Los Angeles in nearly eight years was proving to be just what the doctor ordered: sun, fun and friends, plus a convertible for added effect.
Talking SCHOP! Convertible. Sun. Fun. Friends. It’s LA! Part I
When planning the weekend to Austin, Texas, with my crew, I realized I had not been back to Los Angeles in nearly eight years.
A Forthright brunch
It was a Saturday morning. You can take the women out of the city, but you can’t take the brunch out of the women.
Talking SCHOP! Three days, three nights in Austin Part I
Just finished the first leg of my Midwest/West Coast excursion.
Talking SCHOP! Getting down on Martha’s Vineyard
Food editor Kysha Harris explores the cuisine at Martha's Vineyard.
Happy un-labored day
A very happy and joyful Labor Day Weekend to all! I know it will be filled with familiar foods from the grills, smokers, ovens and stovetops, but I say un-labor yourself with salads.
Talking SCHOP! Fan food fuel in Flushing
The first week of the 2016 US Open (@USOpen) tennis championship is in full swing in Flushing, Queens, and there is plenty to report, not the least of which is the new grandstand and expanded grounds.
Talking SCHOP! Thelma on Clinton
As serious New Yorkers who appreciate good food, we know how hard it can be sometimes to find that right place to spend our time and money.
Talking SCHOP! Shrimp + Pasta
I adore shrimp. It is such an easy and versatile ingredient with such a big flavor. Here is my recipe for a quick pasta dish that I love making for my clients and for myself.
Talking SCHOP! Polpettina
When you have been in the food industry for a while, cooking, writing and eating, your friends and family look to you for suggestions on places to eat, what’s new and interesting, as well as my thoughts on places they might like.
We got you! Love, Harlem farmers markets
If you haven’t been all up in one of our Harlem farmers markets, shame on you! And as the saying goes, “When you point your finger at someone, there are three pointing back at you.” Boy, am I guilty.
Talking SCHOP! Pop-up under a Blue Moon
Now here’s an Oprah moment for you —I LOVE BEER! However, unlike Oprah’s bread obsession, I don’t drink it every day.
Talking SCHOP! The great summer ‘scapes
Garlic scapes, that is. The curly firm stalks growing out of soil-submerged garlic bulbs.
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