There are no shortages of pizzerias or Italian restaurants in Astoria. The hard part is sifting through the masses to find the good ones. We’ve had our fair share of mediocre pizza and pastas throughout the hood, which is why we’ve made it our side mission to try them all and make our own go-to…
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We’ve been to the original Burgerology location in Huntington, and had such a great time. So it made sense for us to stop by the Astoria location (on Ditmars, replacing the old MP Taverna). Ok, so clearly I had a hard time going to this location because it replaced my old favorite restaurant in the…
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Judge me however you want, but I love dollar stores. Most of their canned food is absolute garbage, I know this, but for a buck I’ll gladly skimp a bit (especially on non-paycheck weeks). This entire meal was basically $3 plus some pantry items, and fed about 4 large servings. Mackerel meatballs! Not the most…
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Stephen, my boyfriend, got me an Instant Pot for Valentine’s Day. Why? I have no idea. Maybe because he heard me mention my mom had one and that she loved it. Other than that, it’s something I knew very little about and kind of really didn’t want to. Pressure Cookers scare the shit out of…
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Spring is coming! And who else besides my group of (gay) friends decided to throw a welcome party into spring? The rules were clear: ingredients must be spring-forward, and just be cautious on not bringing too many meat dishes (vegetarians in the house of course). Challenge accepted. I went to the local vegetable stand (or…
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Stephen has always been anti-soup for whatever reason. So a personal mission of mine has been to find soup-worthy recipes and make him fall in love with them. Stuffed pasta pockets were an easy way for him to give a thumbs up for this recipe. Although the tortellini is the show in this dish, I…
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I love making carbonara at home – it’s easy, quick, and always tastes good. But if I post this anywhere on social media, I’ll get utterly destroyed by all the food snobs and grandchildren of Italian grandparents from the motherland. I don’t give a shit – this is my version at the time with what…
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