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Across 125th Street
For years I would drive past the M&G Diner on 125th Street and wonder at the restaurant’s flamboyant signs “Soul Food” and “Southern Fried Chicken.” The signage looked authentically from the 1960’s...
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A Green(s) Thanksgiving
Chop and wash the collard greens (enough to fill up a large pot). Chop one large onion. Mince two cloves of garlic. Take a big pot and saute the onion and garlic in the olive oil until they soften,...
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Neckbones’ Fried Chicken Diary: Charles’ Country Pan Fried Chicken edition
February 14, 2012, approximately 5:30pm. 2841 Frederick Douglass Boulevard, near 151st St. Seven-year old son and I enter the cozy confines of Charles’ Country Pan Fried Chicken. A woman is eating...
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Santa’s Got Soul (Courtesy of Picasso)
Harlem’s Picasso that is. The master himself putting the finishing touches on his seasonal creation. And below, a few glimpses of the Christmas collection at Jacob Restaurant. Note the artist’s...
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It’s an Oxtail World…
We just live in it. Filed under: Caribbean, Cheap Eats, Cheap Eats in New York City, cooking, Food, Harlem, humor, Jamaican, New York City, Restaurants, Soul Food Tagged: Cheap Eats, cooking,...
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Eat Your Luck
Every New Year’s there’s another food I’m supposed to eat that will bring me good luck. I think I’ve tried them all. I’ve done the Southern thing with the black eyed peas. Southern luck thing. I’ve...
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Hawkeye, Fonzie, and The Coach Eat at Margie’s
The door opened and, as if someone gave him a swift kick to the buttocks, Zio stumbled into Margie’s Red Rose Diner. Koko, the restaurant’s proprietor, jumped back in shock as Zio’s rotund frame...
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Neck Bones’ Fat Tuesday Red Beans and Rice
Memorable food moments in film have been well documented. One of my favorites occurs in the 1978 masterpiece from filmmaker Les Blank, Always for Pleasure, the documentary about Mardi Gras traditions...
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A Taste of Soul Sticking Food on Seventh Avenue
We had just begun to stare at the wide array of exotic dishes offered behind the plexi-glass enclosed steam table when he was on us. He wore dark shades and a dark sport jacket. He shoved menus into...
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