local
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New Kid on the Block- Chokolat Cafe
We all love Nussbaum bagels and Hungarian Pastry Shop coffee but occasionally we all need a change. Chokolat Café is a quaint bakery/coffee shop on 125th and Broadway that I would like to deem the “new kid on the block”. I have driven past it numerous times over the past two years and during exam [...]
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Westside Watch: A Breakfast of Champions
Unlike most of my fellow students, I am an early riser. No matter what time I go to bed, my body loves to wake me up around 7:30 every morning, even on the weekends and even when I don’t have class until 10:10. I’ve tried to sleep past 7:30 and it simply does not work. [...]
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Foodie Finds, Restaurant Reviews
Foodie Flicks: Indian Food & French Films
As a French version of The Sound of Music‘s “I Have Confidence” begins to coax scenes of brick factories and lovelorn chocolatiers, I scoop a mound of hot basmati rice into a glass bowl and pour my spicy masala sauce on top in a whimsical swirl. I am watching the 2010 French rom-com Romantics Anonymous [...]
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Malaysian Grill
James returns with Curious Flavors to review a local Malaysian eatery perfect for those nights that Milano salads just aren’t gonna do it for you. This past Friday night while browsing urbanspoon for somewhere in the Columbia neighborhood to grab dinner I came across Malaysian Grill. Hardly ten blocks from campus at 224 West 104th [...]
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Farm Fresh Cooking: Autumn Squash Soup and Red Cabbage Slaw
New blog writer Julia has done something that I’ve always wanted to do–become a part of the MoHi farm share. Crops are grown locally and participants, for a flat fee, get to select a variety of fresh produce. She begins with probably a yummy ode to the autumn season. When I arrived at the produce [...]
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Locally Sourced, Organically Grown
Katie just recently returned from her summer in San Francisco, and in this solo post for the blog, explores tasting the organic and being able to afford it in this op-ed post. Since I’ve been in San Francisco for the past two months, I’ve learned that the magical words to food and produce is “locally sourced” [...]
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A few blocks away, Jin Ramen awaits
Jin Ramen from Amanda Tien on Vimeo. Last semester, my friend Gavin said he knew a place that I’d love. As many people are, I was very ecstatic to learn that something I would love was about to come into my life. That week, we went up with some friends to Jin Ramen. Jin Ramen [...]
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SMOKE: a meal and a concert, two for the price of one
SMOKE Jazz Club & Lounge Where it is NOT located: 2751 Broadway New York, NY 10025 (212) 864-6662 I have noticed that, for some reason, students tend to neglect the local. It can be exciting and enriching to venture to faraway lands (as far away as any two places on the Manhattan island can be), but [...]
