The Arab Food Dynasties of New York

The city’s Middle Eastern food scene started with a handful of families cooking from memory along the same few streets. The earliest communities began downtown in the late 1800s, took the ferry to Atlantic Avenue in the early 20th century, then rode the R train — what historian Asad Dandia calls … More »

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