by David | Aug 23, 2009 | culture, eating, reading & writing, urbanism
I ventured to South Boston today to meet up with Fashion Blogger A. I was waiting in a cafe near the Broadway T and noticed a tragic typeo writeo error: Here’s the deal: Arugula is lettuce. Italians call it rucola. Rugelach are delicious pastry of Ashkenazic...
by David | Jul 15, 2008 | culture, eating
Is there anything finer than a good chocolate babka? Probably not, but after bringing back no fewer than three such treats from New York City this weekend, I got to wondering, just what is babka, anyway? Like so many of my favorite baked things, babka comes from...
by David | Feb 1, 2008 | eating
I returned from New York City with a supply of foods hard to find elsewhere, including extra-salty belly lox, chocolate babka, and a bakers half-dozen bialys. “Isn’t that the bagel’s bastard cousin?” There’s not a retort icy enough for...
