Sometimes you go to a place expecting to get middle eastern food and end up getting Mexican style tortilla soup.

Combine the world’s greatest breakfast sandwich with a great hamburger, and you get the taylor ham, egg and cheeseburger.

Last Independence Day, a friend threw together an impromptu barbecue. I had a lot of cabbage and set about making a slaw.

While long lines at Googa Mooga kept me away from the Porchetta sandwich, it was easy enough to find at Smorgasburg, the weekly Brooklyn food festival along the East River.

As a food fad, cup cakes seem to be heading down the backside of the popularity curve, but every once and a while indulging in a mini cake is acceptable.