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Dentou to Souzou
For one Japanese restaurant in Williamsburg, “tradition and art” guide both commerce and cuisine Though Japanese restaurants existed in Hawaii as early as the 19th century, and gained popularity in a number of cities ...
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A Zest For Cooking
Chef Axel Schade’s Rosebank bistro zest is the culmination of three decades of kitchen passion Photos by Luca Sforza Born and raised in Dresden, Germany, Axel Schade answered his culinary calling at the age ...
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Local Hero
How Kat Ploszaj of Petit Oven helped arouse a localvore frenzy in Bay Ridge You can’t throw a sustainably-sourced egg in Brooklyn nowadays without hitting a locally and seasonally minded restaurant. But when chef ...
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Born On The Bayou
How chef Julian Gaxholli has been jazzing up Bay Street with his Creole cuisine for nearly a decade Ten years ago, after being exposed to and studying Southern cuisine, Julian Gaxholli decided to bring a little ...
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The Lobster Odyssey
A trek from New Haven to Provincetown in search of the best lobster in creation By Mike Urban Aunt Carrie’s This local legend has been around for nearly a hundred years, and is perhaps ...
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Crafting an Uncommon Cuisine
At Max’s Es-ca, Max Calicchio and Alison Marchese are serving something rare to Staten Island: A continental Italian menu with lots of twists and turns With its inset fireplace, billowing drapes, and ornate ceilings, ...
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A Seasoned Life
Giuseppe Giuffre got his culinary start at a tender age, and has been building upon his chops ever since When Giuseppe Giuffre was just 12-years-old, he raced home from school every day to report ...
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A Family Pizza Affair
The continuing story of a man, his family, his pizza, and one of the island’s most valuable Italian resources Photos by Luca Sforza Since the age of nine, Ciro Pappalardo, owner of Ciro Pizza ...
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“I Swear”
Thistle Hill Tavern, Pork Slope and Talde restaurant impresario Dale Tadle, on why cursing is therapeutic, the wake of Top Chef-dom, and why he’d almost rather be in the army now Between his three ...
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Hang Ten
The rockaway’s nearest surf spots might be ten miles away, but its foodie culture thrives at a tiny taco join in bay ridge It would be something of a stretch to suggest that our ...
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Self Taught
From dishwasher to executive chef, Italianissimo’s Franco Ortega has worked his way up the responsibility menu Even though Franco Ortega maintained a love for cooking ever since he was a kid, he never really dreamed ...
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