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I can confirm that Spice Corner (indian grocery store at 28th and Lexington) has them. I bet the other grocery stores around there have them too. I didn't buy any on the weekend as I was put off by the price but the NPR piece this morning made me want to go back and buy some!

There is a place called Yushi on 47th between park and lex... the conveyor belt is new but you choose your food from the conveyor belt display and then they prepare it fresh. I haven't eaten off the conveyor belt but I do like their other stuff for a cheap, healthy lunch

I love it in salads - my current fave is: orange segments, red onions, baby spinach, pine nuts and goats cheese. I also love it on pizza.

In New York, there is a trendy food bar (Fig and Olive) that serves the following crostini's. I haven't tried all of them but they sound delicious.
Radish, Fresh Green Garlic Tapenade

Bell Pepper, Goat Cheese
Mushroom, Reggiano, Porcini Oil
Avocado, Radish, Pine Nuts
Manchego, Fig Spread, Marcona Almond
Prosciutto, Ricotta, Fig, Olive, Walnut
Bresaola, Ricotta, Honey, Eggplant
Shrimp, Avocado, Cilantro, Tomato
Salmon, Ricotta, Citrus, Cilantro
Boquerones, Tomato, Charmoula

I regularly use a few different flours - chickpea flour is wonderful. i'll use it once a week for something or other - it's great for pakoras (indian style veggie fritters), but also makes yummt savoury pancakes (just mix flour with water, add salt pepper and any vggies you like + cilantro and onion, cook like a pancake)

Semolina makes great porridge, sweet or savoury - it is a breakfast staple in our house. It's also very good in pizza dough for texture and crunchy. I also make a steamed dumpling with semolina using a mixture of yoghurt and semolina.

I recently purchased rice flour and made some crepes with it. Also a great rice pudding like dessert.

I like to experiment :)

I ate there at the end of August and enjoyed the food and had alovely waitress, who was easy going and knowledgable on the menu/wine list. We lingered for about 3.5 hours and weren't made to feel rushed.

Having recently moved to New York from Australia, i have developed a list of food items to avoid and write them off as an 'only in america' speciality.
dislike
- the obsession with peanut butter - i don't get it, i never got the whole obsession with PB&J - i even tried it once to see if I was missing something - but no - it's just weird. I can't believe that there are ppl who eat it by the spoonful
- store-bought loaves of bread. I mean the sliced stuff, it is so sugary and sweet and never toasts to a crisp - it's always soft and chewy - why o why? I have stopped buying bread from the supermarket
- pre-sweetened cereal and granola. I wish you could just buy an unsweetened museli with wholegrains, dried fruits and nuts, like we can in Australia. I now make my own.
- the terribel coffee - how people drink a large cup full is beyond me!

Likes
- berries are so cheap: in Australia punnets of blueberries and rasberries were so expensive (think $4-$5 for a small tub) that I had never eaten them before coming here. I love that the street fruit vendors sell them for $2-$3 here.
- waffles and bagels - yum!
- street vendors in NYC - i love the diversity of random food i can get from street vendors, in the last few weeks i've had pizza, indian, mexican and gourmet desserts

... thats all i can think of at the moment.