This guide makes me feel old and want to complain about gentrification. (I know that Morningside Heights was already gentrified when I went to Columbia, but still.)

What about the now-gone (and admittedly not always tasty) staples of my co
llege youth? Mama Joy's, which smelled like fetal pig; College Diner, so weird and sparsely attended; La Rosita, with its cheap and tasty breakfasts; and UFM, with its mysteriously and constantly changing food selection?

There's a tasty version with cream cheese and no meat chili.

Whoa, that pizzaolo is a looker.

I find the commenters who say that management was right to reject Paulie G extraordinarily disturbing. To me, the number one qualification for a job should be a desire to do that job well and the ability to do that job well—not to check off a bunch of boxes of "must haves" to satisfy corporate.

Bravo to Paulie G for creating his own dream job and hiring himself!

You've only been dating your wife a year?

My people have steered you wrong by naming everything the "___ Oriental Market." I apologize.

What about dried shiitake mushrooms—those are a big Chinese delicacy. You can rehydrate them in water and use them like other mushrooms.

Or you buy wonton wrappers and put in cream cheese and fake crab sticks (though this is not authentic, but a popular tiki food invention) for crab rangoon. I actually think all deep fried wontons are pretty good—you can put in a meat filling or a shrimp filling and deep fry.

I think they're Alsatian and Alsace has, I believe, switched hands between the Germans and the French for many years, hence its German-Franco heritage.

let's give credit where credit is due...to Robyn Lee for her beautiful photos. (And Ed for his nice writing.)

Oh and Sparrow: do not like. Overpriced and badly done.

I think the difference between "big" and "small" wontons must be regional--according to Wikipedia, something only in Shanghai.

Also, I heard from Chinese people when I lived in China that wontons are a southern food (northerners tend to eat jiaozi), which may have traveled to different regions and evolved. Thus, I believe the transliteration of the Cantonese, or won ton, would be appropriate to use here. :) Also, Cantonese wontons are almost always pork and shrimp (and small), rather than having this distinction between the fillings and size as mentioned in this post.

Cantonese pride,
NYminknit

I looked at the ingredients of one of these boxes and it seemed to be consist of HFCS and MSG--are their healthier versions out there?

I think in step one you have have extra "and" in the instructions. Could someone edit and clarify? Thanks.

PS I have eaten the one at the cravings truck. It's okay, but not *quite* as good as the May May ones. A little dense.