by Dina R. D'Alessandro, RDN | Apr 3, 2013
One of my favorite vegan spots, Peacefood Café, has recently opened in the East Village/Union Square area and I am thrilled! There are so many creative savory and sweet options to choose from there, mostly made with meat substitutes like tempeh and seitan, but there...
by Dina R. D'Alessandro, RDN | Jan 5, 2013
The East Village is not exactly known for its spacious apartments. As a matter of fact, my building, much like many of the surrounding ones, is a renovated tenement, which once contained large, shared areas, often housing hundreds of residents at a time from the late...
by Dina R. D'Alessandro, RDN | Nov 8, 2009
THIS EVENING: A dinner in three parts. INT: Suba, on the Lower East Side, recently renovated from a late-night club into a painfully chic, contemporary, Spanish restaurant. A couple is seated at one of many tables located on a platform that, they kid you not, appears...
by Dina R. D'Alessandro, RDN | Aug 5, 2009
I went out tonight for my nightly walk around the neighborhood. When I walk, I walk quickly and I don’t like to stop or slow down, so I set my steps at a pace where I can maneuver right, then left around other pedestrians and I zigzag around blocks so I never...
by Dina R. D'Alessandro, RDN | Nov 8, 2007
Ain’t nothing better after spending entirely too many unpaid hours on a Sunday at work than ordering the Coco Shrimp Plato at Boca Chica, located at 1st Ave & 1st St (aka “the nexus of the universe”). A yummy bonus is the plate of free plaintain...
