Elegantly disguised (above) and in imminent peril (below): "Brooklyn Blackout." For this homage to the borough's beloved Ebinger bakery, a chocolate cake donut is filled with chocolate pudding, dipped in chocolate, then dressed in a topcoat of chocolate cake crumbs. Not shown: my wad of napkins, temporarily white.
Doughnut Plant
379 Grand St. (Essex-Clinton Sts.), Manhattan
(one of several locations)
212-505-3700
www.DoughnutPlant.com
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Çılbır (Chill-brrh), a Turkish breakfast bowl of poached eggs adrift in garlic yogurt. Accompaniments: butter chile sauce, thick-cut toast, good tunes on the turntable.
C&B
178 East 7th St. (Aves. A-B), Manhattan
212-674-2985
www.CandBNYC.com
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Short-lived night light: an all-white cookie.
The Donut Pub
203 West 14th St. (Seventh-Eighth Aves.), Manhattan
212-929-0126
www.DonutPub.com
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How Has Social Media Changed the Food Industry?
Thursday, December 6, 6:00-8:00
NYC Municipal Archives, 31 Chambers St. (Elk-Lafayette Sts., in the Rebecca Rankin Reading Room), Manhattan
www.Eventbrite.com/e/panel-discussion-how-has-social-media-changed-the-food-industry-tickets-50790153717
Free admission with online registration
Food of the Diaspora: The Unfolding of African Foodways
Thursday, December 6, 6:30-8:00
Essex Street Market, 120 Essex St. (Delancey-Rivington Sts.), Manhattan
www.Eventbrite.com/e/food-of-the-diaspora-the-unfolding-of-african-foodways-tickets-52729687916
Free admission with online registration
United Nations African Mothers Association Buffet Luncheon
Friday, December 7, 11:00-3:00
Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations, 825 Second Ave. (at 44th St.), Manhattan
www.UNUNAMA.com/events
Previously: www.EatingInTranslation.com/2015/12/unama-fundraising-buffet-luncheon.html
"The food of the fundraising luncheon is prepared by ambassador's spouses and our members representing all countries and regional cuisines of Africa."
Donation: $40, cash or check only; RSVP required to ununama.contact@gmail.com; proceeds support programs for "women and children in Africa"
Finnish Christmas Bazaar
Saturday, December 8, 11:00-4:00
St. John's Lutheran Church, 83 Christopher St. (Bleecker St.-Seventh Ave.), Manhattan
www.Facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2502163079801341&id=166069470077392
Previously: www.EatingInTranslation.com/2013/12/finnish-christm.html
Free admission
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"If we could wind the clock back to 1934, to listen in as Rudy's Bakery rolled its first strudel, German is the language we would have heard at the baker's bench, and beside the glass-fronted display cases, and, more likely than not, on the sidewalk outside, along Seneca Ave."
The bakers from the old country have long since retired, but in Ridgewood, Queens, Rudy's still follows the traditional recipes for its German confections. Everything is prepared from scratch — we can attest to the supple crust of the apple crumb cake. Read more on Culinary Backstreets.
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Oatmeal pecan black bottom (above, at the fore) and maple cream (below), two of the dozens of pies on display, and for sale by the slice, at this tenth annual school fundraiser. More pie here.
Eat Pie and Shop
P.S. 29, 425 Henry St. (Warren-Congress Sts.), Cobble Hill, Brooklyn
www.EatPieAndShop.org
(The 2018 event was held on December 2)
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Ackee is the traditional partner for salt fish on Jamaican breakfast tables. With rare exception, however, in New York this tropical fruit is available only in cans. For my meal, okra was the garden-fresh alternative. If you're not fond of okra's texture, this preparation won't convert you, but the good-spirited fellows behind the counter will gladly make recommendations from the menu of the day. Ironball, anyone?
H/T Kim, @garsleat
Island Taste Cuisine
4643 White Plains Rd. (Wakefield Ave.-East 240th St.), Wakefield, Bronx
718-547-2015
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On a stretch of White Plains Rd. populated by a hubbub of Caribbean and African businesses, Narciso may be the last shop where Italian is spoken as often as English.
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From a much warmer day, but certainly welcome now: long-cooked cow-heel soup. Attaining that gelatinous texture takes time. Also shown: pepperpot, a dish perhaps even more beloved in its native Guyana. Pepperpot is lacquered with a sauce based on cassareep (Cazh-uh-rip), a reduction of cassava-root juice with a bittersweet character that's tempered by chile pepper, brown sugar, and other seasonings. My dining buddy noted lots of clove. This version featured beef and — you gotta have it — more cow heel.
German's Soup
793 Utica Ave. (at Linden Blvd.), East Flatbush, Brooklyn
718-831-6713
www.Facebook.com/GermansSoupBrooklyn
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