Queens: A Culinary Passport: Exploring Ethnic Cuisine in New York City's Most Diverse Borough
Everyone knows New York City is the culinary epicenter of the United States. And while Manhattan gets Michelin stars and Brooklyn gets blogger hype, real culinary fanatics know that authentic ethnic food experiences happen in the restaurants of Queens. There, New York's celebrated ethnic diversity is the most potent, with more than one million foreign-born residents. This means food lovers can travel the globe without using any vacation time: take a culinary tour of China, sip a frappe in Greece, dine on authentic Italian sausage—all without ever leaving Queens!

Queens: A Culinary Passport welcomes visitors to the borough, serving as your guide to more than 40 hand-picked ethnic restaurants and food stands, complete with chef profiles and recipes for recreating signature dishes at home. Also included are highlights of not-to-be-missed hidden spots, like ethnic grocery stores stocked with multicultural essentials, fresh-from-the-sea fish markets, and delis that turn out freshly made mozzarella and sopressata.

For Queens novices, the book includes easy-to-follow subway directions and even detailed neighborhood walking tours, ensuring that your next trip to Italy, India, Greece, Latin America, and China is only a borough away.

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Queens: A Culinary Passport: Exploring Ethnic Cuisine in New York City's Most Diverse Borough
Everyone knows New York City is the culinary epicenter of the United States. And while Manhattan gets Michelin stars and Brooklyn gets blogger hype, real culinary fanatics know that authentic ethnic food experiences happen in the restaurants of Queens. There, New York's celebrated ethnic diversity is the most potent, with more than one million foreign-born residents. This means food lovers can travel the globe without using any vacation time: take a culinary tour of China, sip a frappe in Greece, dine on authentic Italian sausage—all without ever leaving Queens!

Queens: A Culinary Passport welcomes visitors to the borough, serving as your guide to more than 40 hand-picked ethnic restaurants and food stands, complete with chef profiles and recipes for recreating signature dishes at home. Also included are highlights of not-to-be-missed hidden spots, like ethnic grocery stores stocked with multicultural essentials, fresh-from-the-sea fish markets, and delis that turn out freshly made mozzarella and sopressata.

For Queens novices, the book includes easy-to-follow subway directions and even detailed neighborhood walking tours, ensuring that your next trip to Italy, India, Greece, Latin America, and China is only a borough away.

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Queens: A Culinary Passport: Exploring Ethnic Cuisine in New York City's Most Diverse Borough

Queens: A Culinary Passport: Exploring Ethnic Cuisine in New York City's Most Diverse Borough

by Andrea Lynn
Queens: A Culinary Passport: Exploring Ethnic Cuisine in New York City's Most Diverse Borough

Queens: A Culinary Passport: Exploring Ethnic Cuisine in New York City's Most Diverse Borough

by Andrea Lynn

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Overview

Everyone knows New York City is the culinary epicenter of the United States. And while Manhattan gets Michelin stars and Brooklyn gets blogger hype, real culinary fanatics know that authentic ethnic food experiences happen in the restaurants of Queens. There, New York's celebrated ethnic diversity is the most potent, with more than one million foreign-born residents. This means food lovers can travel the globe without using any vacation time: take a culinary tour of China, sip a frappe in Greece, dine on authentic Italian sausage—all without ever leaving Queens!

Queens: A Culinary Passport welcomes visitors to the borough, serving as your guide to more than 40 hand-picked ethnic restaurants and food stands, complete with chef profiles and recipes for recreating signature dishes at home. Also included are highlights of not-to-be-missed hidden spots, like ethnic grocery stores stocked with multicultural essentials, fresh-from-the-sea fish markets, and delis that turn out freshly made mozzarella and sopressata.

For Queens novices, the book includes easy-to-follow subway directions and even detailed neighborhood walking tours, ensuring that your next trip to Italy, India, Greece, Latin America, and China is only a borough away.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781250039873
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group
Publication date: 09/30/2014
Pages: 224
Sales rank: 1,106,590
Product dimensions: 5.10(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

ANDREA LYNN, a southern-raised food writer, moved to NYC to attend culinary school and experience a diverse array of ethnic cuisine. After working at a restaurant and as a personal chef, she edited recipes for Art Culinaire and worked as senior editor at Chile Pepper, where she developed recipes for a spice-obsessed audience. Andrea now works as a freelance food writer and recipe developer and is author of the I Love Trader Joe's College Cookbook. She lives in Astoria.

Table of Contents

Astoria

Athens Café

Taverna Kyclades

Kopiaste Taverna

Kabab Café

Gregory's 26 Corner Taverna

Food Shop: Titan Foods

King of Falafel and Shawarma

Astoria Walking Tour

Queens Food Pro: Meg Cotner

Long Island City

Food Shop: Slovak Czech Varieties

M. Wells Dinette

Sage General Store

Long Island City Walking Tour

Forest Hills/Rego Park

Ben's Best Kosher Deli

Eddie's Sweet Shop

Wafa's

Cheburechnaya

Forest Hills/Rego Park Walking Tour

Queens Food Pro: Famous Fat Dave

Corona

Tortilleria Nixtamel

Tortas Neza

Rincon Criollo

Tony's Pizzeria & Restaurant

Corona Walking Tour

Queens Food Pro: Myra Alperson

Sunnyside

Salt & Fat

Food Shop: Butcher Block

Romanian Garden

Natural Tofu Restaurant

Queens Food Pro: Max Falkowitz

Woodside

SriPraPhai

Tito Rad's Grill & Restaurant

Food Shop: Ottomanelli & Son's Prime Meat Shop

Food Shop: Phil-Am Food Mart

Queens Food Pro: Katrina Schultz Richter

Elmhurst

JoJu Modern Vietnamese Sandwiches

Ayada Thai

Food Market: U.S. Supermarket

La Esquinita del Camaron Mexicano

Elmhurst Mex Grocery Company

Elmhurst Walking Tour

Queens Food Pro: Lesley Tellez

Jackson Heights

Himalayan Yak

Pio Pio

Kababish

Little Tibet

Food Shop: Patel Brothers

Jackson Heights Walking Tour

Queens Food Pro: Jeff Orlick

Flushing

Hunan Kitchen of Grand Sichuan

Golden Shopping Mall

Flushing Food Shops

Assi Plaza

Chung Fat Supermarket

Maxin Bakery

Jade Asian Restaurant

Fang Gourmet Tea

Soy Bean Chen Flower Shop

Fu Run

Flushing Walking Tour

Queens Food Pro: Joe DiStefano

Acknowledgments

Index

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