fattmink@gmail.com Last week, local restaurateur Fabiola Maldonado opened her latest endeavor: Paloma’s BK, which, despite sharing most of its name with a Mexican restaurant she also owns on the Ridgewood-Bushwick border, has a decidedly different character. For those unfamiliar with the original Paloma’s, which Maldonado opened in 2016, its menu focuses on a mix of dishes that Maldonado learned on repeat visits to Puebla and Oaxaca, Mexico, combined with gluttonous, familiar Americanized classics like burritos and nachos. Paloma’s BK skirts the latter and concentrates on more traditional fare. On a recent, snowy afternoon at the new location on Knickerbocker Avenue, Maldonado, formidable in her chef’s whites, walked out of the kitchen with a pile of dishes, including quesadillas de flor de calabaza (a squash blossom), ceviche mixto, a jicama agua chile (ceviche, but spicier) and chicken thighs coated in dark mole.
fattmink@gmail.com The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic aside, Peter Luna opened his Crunchy Red Tacos at an opportune moment. Region-specific Mexican food has only recently gained popular ground in New York, at least compared to Mexico-adjacent California. Birria, a stewy culinary staple of the central-west Mexican state of Jalisco, hasn’t been difficult to find in New York for a long time. But according to Luna,
good birria is a recent development. The young restaurateur, whose vividly designed truck sits on Wyckoff Avenue a block from the Jefferson L Stop, isn’t shy in admitting why that is: Birrialandia. Responsible in large part for New York’s current obsession with birria, Birrialandia is an absurdly popular food truck permanently ensconced on the corner of 78th and Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights, Queens. It’s been written about glowingly by Pete Wells of the New York Times, among other professional gourmands who normally pen odes to, or screeds
July 23, 2018 Listen to The Current on Google Home and Amazon s Echo devices. Similarly, you can use your smart speaker to listen to Purple Current, Radio Heartland and Rock the Cradle Radio.
Prince: The Story of 1999
January 03, 2020 Matt Fink - aka Dr. Fink - was one of Prince s first keyboard players and is a member of the Revolution. In conversation with Andrea Swensson, Dr. Fink reflects on performing, recording and touring with Prince. He was always transforming himself into something different with every record, Fink says. There was always something new and original and exploratory.
For Your Reading Pleasure Featuring Books for Film/TV Buffs, Music Fans, Kids, and More Dec 20, 2020 By Mark Redfern Photography by Mark Redfern and Wendy Lynch Redfern
Christmas might be almost upon us, but there’s still time to head out to your local bookstore (where it’s safe) or take advantage of two-day shipping online. For the sixth installment of our 2020 Holiday Gift Guide we present some good reads that might be worth giving or picking up for yourself in the after Christmas sales. It’s split into various parts and includes books for film/TV buffs, music fans, kids and parents, as well as graphic novels and cook books. Included are three books written by
July 23, 2018 Listen to The Current on Google Home and Amazon s Echo devices. Similarly, you can use your smart speaker to listen to Purple Current, Radio Heartland and Rock the Cradle Radio.
Prince: The Story of 1999
January 03, 2020 Matt Fink - aka Dr. Fink - was one of Prince s first keyboard players and is a member of the Revolution. In conversation with Andrea Swensson, Dr. Fink reflects on performing, recording and touring with Prince. He was always transforming himself into something different with every record, Fink says. There was always something new and original and exploratory.