Eating In Translation

Peaches

In the outer boroughs, some branches are already thick with fruit.

Big Gay Ice Cream Truck

Hint, hint.

Arrangement in Grey and Black: The Hatchery's Fish

For illustration only; actual colors vary.

Sign for Max Creek Hatchery
East Meredith, New York
At the Union Square Greenmarket

Chung Fat Supermarket

With my finger twirled around a bag of green plums, I was witness to my first bullfrog butchery.

Great Wall Supermarket

What sound does your toaster make when it's done?

Fresh Out the Box

(This venue is closed.) Work in some American cheese, and grits become a gut bomb.

100th St. Candy Store

Except in name, malta bears no relation to a malted. (It's just as well: This tiny store has no room for a soda fountain.) Common throughout Latin America, it's a nonalcoholic beverage that smacks of molasses; Goya's version (12 fl. oz.; $1.50), like most maltas, owes that character to corn syrup and caramel color, not cane sugar.

100th St. Candy Store
23 West 100th St. (Manhattan Ave.-Central Park West), Manhattan
212-864-9248

Perpetual Bakery

A.k.a. akassan.

"It's our pleasure to serve you," Dominican style

Blue-and-white Greek-themed coffee cups have largely given way to a hodgepodge of promotional designs, The New York Times observed in a recent article. It was my pleasure to be served from a classic cup on a recent visit to Washington Heights — though it contained a warm Dominican corn dessert ($1), not coffee.

Dominican corn dessert from a street vendor
Near St. Nicholas Ave., Washington Heights, New York

Angel Flake Patties

(This venue is closed.) I'm waiting on the shrimp.