I'm not certain if Misti Cafe is the take-out sister restaurant of Pollo a la Brasa Misti. I'm assuming it is. Aside from the obvious name and menu similarities, I noticed that both sell the same indescribably delicious alfajores cookies. ...Read More
In doing a little reading about Irish soda bread, I came upon the website for the "Society for the Preservation of Irish Soda Bread." The name cracked me up. I think it was the image that did it: a secret ...Read More
When I open my banh mi shop, I'm going to pump the wafting aroma of grilled pork onto the street to lure in customers. Easy advertising. The allure of smell is powerful -- walked past a Cinnabon lately? -- and ...Read More
See that shimmering, orange liquid floating at the top of the chili? That's grease. I took this container and drained it for a good minute. Then I drained it some more. The chili's from Texas Chili Restaurant in Port Chester, recently ...Read More
Hype is a strange thing. It's what anyone selling a product strives for, an escalating mixture of excitement and buzz that spreads like a virus and hopefully leads to huge business. But it has a downside -- build too much ...Read More