Anna Hezel

1 week ago | grubstreet.com | Anna Hezel

Next Door is a “contemporary Japanese restaurant.” In 2002, Wegmans opened its first restaurant, Tastings, in the grocery chain’s hometown of Rochester. In the same way that Texans flock to H-E-B for flour tortillas and Floridians proselytize for their Publix subs (and free cookies for kids), western New York’s Wegmaniacs swear by the chain’s cheese selections, chocolate layer cakes, and house-brand pantry staples.

3 weeks ago | tastecooking.com | Anna Hezel

A few weeks ago, on the walk home from my post office in Flatbush, Brooklyn, I noticed a neighborhood fast-food halal chain, Halal Bros Grill, advertising its newest menu items: loaded jerk chicken fries, jerk chicken over rice, and a jerk chicken quesadilla.

2 months ago | grubstreet.com | Anna Hezel

openings Danny Meyer wants you to check out his View. The dining room at the View, which takes an hour to complete a full rotation. The dining room at the View, which takes an hour to complete a full rotation. The dining room at the View, which takes an hour to complete a full rotation. Danny Meyer has experience with “high altitude” dining, as he calls it. In 2018, he opened Manhatta on the 60th floor of the former Chase headquarters in the Financial District.

2 months ago | bestfoodblog.net | Anna Hezel |Robert Sietsema

The Aughts-Era “Foodie” Is Dead A longtime restaurant critic reflects on what we’ve gained and lost in 30 years of dining. Jan 30, 2025 — 4 min read This post is for paying subscribers only Subscribe now Already have an account? Sign in

Jan 16, 2025 | eater.com | Anna Hezel

I will admit that it took me well into my thirties to fully appreciate the pistachio’s range as a dessert ingredient. Maybe this speaks to a lack of sophistication or worldliness on my part, but it also might be because, for much of my youth, most pistachio desserts in the United States involved a cloying amount of sugar, a heavy dose of green food dye, and a drop or two of almond extract as a stand-in for the alluring perfume of pistachios themselves.