In the dream my mother is a window. Her glass reflects my young faced father drinking Coca Cola beneath the summer sun. I pull up a chair, eat popcorn at…
This month, Muslims across the world are observing the fasting month of Ramadan. Here, the most common inquiries about Islam’s holiest month. 1. No food or water for thirty days…
…parathas, and two videocassettes of a Malayalee icon, Mohanlal. Comfort food. I do however forget to buy beer. Two years on, as I walk by Cedar Lane, not far from…
…food, and cites that he used kimchi on his burger, because he “loves fermented foods.” He also thought kimchi would be an inventive replacement for the standard tomato and lettuce….
…she had bought from a grocer 139 blocks away. “People don’t take food stamps in this area, so I had to go all the way to 181st Street to do…
…cheek FAQ. This month, Muslims across the world are observing the fasting month of Ramadan. Here, the most common inquiries about Islam’s holiest month. 1. No food or water for…
…with soy sauce? Is it spicy? PHOTO GALLERY: Plastic food on display in NYC’s K-Town. Fake food is not exclusive to Manhattan’s K-Town. Plastic meals populate restaurant windows across the…
Standing on the meridian that splits Park Avenue in half, is La Marqueta, a retail market in East Harlem that has sold food to residents since the 1930s. While the…
…food. Customers came, tapped their cards, and sat down to wait. The shop owner would only start cooking when customers arrived, and after cooking would press the bell. Customers took…
…back to Randall’s Island. And I most certainly didn’t want to spend 25 years working on the farms that sustain Manhattan, growing its food and cleaning its water. And so…
…not to barter or share any food. “What a country this is,” he thinks to himself, “where sharing a food is an offence punishable by imprisonment.” He begins to do…
…getting so much work done, that I went back and rented a house. So I have a lot of Marfa t-shirts. They have this great food truck called the Food…
On Saturday, October 5, the Asian American Writers’ Workshop rolled on over to Brooklyn to host Page Turner, the AAWW Food and Books Festival. Nearly 100 writers and artists shared…
…Drawing of Lots by Ibn al-Mutahil The Delightful Book of Cooked Food by Jahzah Youth, Preferable to Old Age by al-Hakimi Superiority of the Aged by al-Suli Cooked Food by…
Food plays a central role in all of our lives. Explore the history of Americanized Chinese food, the struggles of bringing Asian food to school lunch tables, and PR-disaster names…
…includes laughter, adventure and lots of food.” In the following excerpt from Home, we follow Lintang as she visits the Prawiro family in Jakarta, and interviews Tante Surti, her father’s…
…Why his photo has a garland of marigolds slung around it. Why his sons and his wife are in white. Why, when he tries to eat, the food slips through…
…of light flavors. This is how I pictured comfort food in my head. But I stuck out because I didn’t say something like apple pie or chicken noodle soup. I…
…of the sudden propels you forward. Not so in life. Calvin leaned toward the food tent. “I need to eat.” My stomach growled more insistently, so I followed him. We…
…of the fast?’ It’s not getting you the money, it’s not getting you food, it’s not getting you sex. But there’s a deeper kind of engagement that’s not tangible but…