Anyone who has seen the movie When Harry Met Sally should raise their hand. Well, I haven’t. But I’ve heard a lot about it. And Meg Ryan has always been my favorite.But first things first.Katz’s Delicatessen is a legendary, kosher-style (but not kosher) deli in New York City’s Lower East Side that has been serving…
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Mexican Food
Do you remember when and where you first ate real Mexican food? And by that I mean Mexican, not some sub-genre, like Tex-Mex. Or even worse, some quasi-Mexican restaurant somewhere far away, in Europe or somewhere else… But first, let’s clarify what the difference is. Just briefly.Tex-Mex is a Texas-based fusion of American and Mexican…
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Coney Island
Luna Park and Original Nathan’s Famous Frankfurters When I was a young boy, a traveling luna park came through Celje once a year. A carousel, a shooting range with balls, some tired exotic animals. And the world opened up. In our minds, we traveled to foreign lands with circus performers, observed unusual animals, foreign peoples….
Good Ale, Raw Onions, and No Ladies
McSorley’s—what can we say about this so-called institution in the East Village, NYC? So much has already been said, painted, and sung about it. And there are so many legends surrounding this Irish pub.The pub was founded by John McSorley in 1854 under the name The Old House at Home. It is considered the longest-running…
Oyster Bar at Grand Central Terminal
Whenever I came to New York, one of my first stops was Grand Central Terminal. And I always quietly walked past the Oyster Bar.Why Grand Central? Because it’s a magnificent building and it opened to great fanfare at 12:01am on Sunday, February 2, 1913. More than 150,000 visited on opening day. And as they say…
Breakfast in America
Breakfast is the first meal of the day usually eaten in the morning. The word in English refers to breaking the fasting period of the previous night, “to break one’s fast”.Everyone has breakfast. At least most of them. Well, I rarely had breakfast when I was still at work, which is nothing to brag about….
Uzbekistan for Beginners
Where History Wears a Turban and the Moon Poses for Instagram Uzbekistan in three sketches If you think Uzbekistan is just desert and camels, get ready for me to blow away your expectations like a hot wind in Samarkand. The land of the Silk Road is full of historical gems that will sneak into your…
Afghanistan
My close (and slightly less close) encounters Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, Iran to the west, Turkmenistan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, Tajikistan to the northeast, and China…
Etli Kuru Fasulye
Turkish White Bean Stew With Meat Turkey is not just Hagia Sophia, Mimar Sinan or, as recently protests, Turkey is also cuisine.One of the simplest, yet most magnificent dishes is kuru fasulye.Kuru fasulye is a stewed bean dish. It is made primarily with white beans and olive oil, and onion and tomato paste or tomato…