Ryan Inzana

2 months ago | grubstreet.com | Ben Widdicombe |Ryan Inzana

When he moved to the West Village in 1996, Peter Som quickly made a name as a young fashion designer. He has since expanded into lifestyle (like with his namesake collaboration with spice-makers Burlap & Barrel), and this month he launches his debut cookbook, Family Style, which reflects the Cantonese flavors of his childhood as well as his mother’s love for French cuisine.

Jan 31, 2025 | grubstreet.com | Paula Aceves |Ryan Inzana

Andrew Lipstein lives a double life. In one, he’s a novelist whose books often reflect on contracts of power and the ways people fall prey to their own insecurities. In another, he’s a tech guy. That’s not to say that the two don’t inform each other: Lipstein’s second book, The Vegan, follows a partner at a hedge fund seeking moral salvation.

Jan 10, 2025 | grubstreet.com | Zach Schiffman |Ryan Inzana

It was a busier than usual week for Helen J. Shen, the 24-year-old actress who made her Broadway debut last November alongside Darren Criss in the musical comedy Maybe Happy Ending. She’s in the middle of a grueling post-holiday performance schedule and on Monday she recorded the show’s original Broadway cast album. “Cast recordings were my gateway drug into musical theater,” she says.

Sep 5, 2024 | grubstreet.com | Alyssa Shelasky |Ryan Inzana

Comedian and host of her eponymous podcast Michelle Collins never stays still for long. Last year, she packed her bags and moved from the Upper West Side to Amsterdam. “The reason was simple: I wanted to live in an apartment with bathroom tile that wasn’t laid down during the Eisenhower administration,” she says. “And so I left the country.” This week, however, she’s back in New York for her Big Natural Tour as well as dinner among tennis legends at the Polo Bar.

Jun 28, 2024 | grubstreet.com | Rima Parikh |Ryan Inzana

Spyra, who’s trying to balance pregnancy eating with the urge to go goblin mode. Comedy writer Jen Spyra’s recent pregnancy cravings have mostly meant a return to childhood favorites — grilled cheese, mac and cheese, lots of milk — but she says her food choices have always been “depraved,” or maybe just innovative, like the salami-and-challah sandwiches she made as a kid.