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Homemade Russian Potato Salad, Astoria
I have a confession. I’m sure this will come as a shock to some of you (aka any mayo-haters out there) but I actually really like mayonnaise. I enjoy it on my sandwiches (the perfect BLT requires...
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Sunday Brunch at Five Points, New York
Zan told me brunch at Five Points is really good, so a few weekends ago a group of friends and I went to celebrate the end of Chelsea’s summer semester. Owned by the same people as 10th Avenue Cook...
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What I Ate Wednesday: Astoria & New York
Today’s WIAW will be very brief, because I just got back from Maine at 2 AM Monday morning, and I’m leaving for Norway tomorrow! And of course, I have to work this week and I made it to yoga yesterday...
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Brunch at Sugarfreak, Astoria
One Saturday this summer, Kiyo and I were all set to drive down to Brooklyn from Astoria and enjoy a nice day walking around, having brunch, etc. We walked to the car, chatting happily until we...
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Brunch at Tartine, New York
Obviously, brunch is one of my favorite weekend activities. At the beginning of August, my friend Danielle and I met another friend for a very late brunch at Tartine, a cute little French café in the...
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Brunch at Sparrow Tavern, Astoria
In early July a bunch of friends – Chelsea, Maggie, Kyley and more – and I went to brunch at Sparrow Tavern, a bar in Astoria that shockingly also serves great food. When I heard they had good brunch...
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Brunch at Northern Spy Co., New York
Mikayla lives near Northern Spy Food Co., so we end up there for brunch when we want to meet up on the weekends. It’s a small, simple place that is easy to love time and again because it offers...
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Brunch at Ebb Tide, Boothbay Harbor
I’m lucky to have friends with homes (or summer homes) in nice places; this summer I visited friends at their houses in Martha’s Vineyard, Mystic Connecticut, The Hamptons, and Southport, Maine. This...
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Brunch at Yogur Story, Honolulu
Yogur Story is one of my go-to breakfast spots in Honolulu. I’ve written about my breakfasts/brunch there twice now, and here’s another occasion. When Kiyo and our friend Austin were visiting me, we...
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Brooklyn Bagel, Astoria
One day, I will move away from New York and one of the things I will miss the most will be New York bagels. As Kiyo will readily attest to, I am absolutely obsessed with incongruously named Brooklyn...
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Three Doors Deli, Gothenburg
Zan and I used Yelp to find Noba on our first night in Gothenburg, and we loved it so much that the next night we turned again to that magical food-finding tool. It guided us to a Swedish restaurant...
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Brunch at The Strand, Astoria
I never would have guessed that our favorite neighborhood spot for BBQ, whisky and live music would serve an outstanding brunch, but I was shocked in the best possible way when we a few weeks ago...
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Brunch at Huckleberry, Santa Monica
On our last morning in Santa Monica when I went to visit Lana in California, we ate at Huckleberry, a cute café that I had heard of due to its supposedly amazing maple bacon biscuits. Huckleberry is...
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Brunch at Shady Lady, Astoria
The Shady Lady is indeed a bit shady. I came to this conclusion mostly because it doesn’t have a website, which in 2013 is pretty strange. Also shady is the fact that they slip whisky into some of...
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Brunch at Cinnamon’s, Kailua
I’ve already written about Cinnamon’s in Hawaii, so you’ve heard about the red velvet pancakes. But check out the guava pancakes: regular pancakes doused in sticky, sweet guava syrup and topped with...
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Grandpa Jack’s Eggs, Astoria
For Christmas, one of the things my mom asked for was a post on “Grandpa Jack‘s Eggs.” When I read her request, I was immediately reminded of mornings when my mom would ask, “What do you want for...
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Brunch at Reynard, Brooklyn
The decor, ambiance and menu of Reynard reminds me of the hotel restaurant where we brunched in The Gladstone Hotel (Toronto). Very trendy, with exposed brick and metal fixtures, a clean color scheme...
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Brunch at Bintliff’s, Portland
This December, I went to sleep on a plane in Portland Oregon, and woke up in Portland Maine. OK, that’s only partly true, because I had to switch planes at some ungodly hour in Newark. But still, it...
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Brunch at The Beaver, Toronto
Kiyo and I had brunch one morning in Toronto at The Beaver on West Queen Street, right in between the two hotels we stayed at that long [Thanksgiving] weekend (the hotels were The Drake and The...
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Brunch at Mother’s, Portland
When my mom and I were recently in Oregon for a few days, we were referred by a Hawaii friend, relocated to Portland, that we should try the Sunday brunch at Mother’s. Warning: there’s a LONG wait on...
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