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Spanish celebrating legacy of Jewish & Moorish innovation x @alexraij @eder40montero JamesBeard Finalists #womanowned **NYT @michelinguide ⭐️3 years

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Travel Journal Entry: @lavarany Cobble Hill, Brooklyn. Catching up with friends old and new.

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Menorca X @lavarany

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If you didn't make it to Europe this year...you didn't need to. Five spots in Brooklyn that put you in Italy, Greece, France, Spain and London without the passport.

🇮🇹 Italy: @larinabrooklyn, Fort Greene
🇬🇷 Greece: @eliarestaurant, Bay Ridge
🇫🇷 France: @lecrocodilenyc, Williamsburg
🇪🇸 Spain: @lavarany, Cobble Hill
🇬🇧 London: @brooklynpublichouse, Fort Greene

Born and raised here, 18 years selling real estate in New York City, and I still eat my way through the borough. Which one are you trying first? Let me know in the comments!

#Brooklyn #BrooklynEats #KirbAppeal #BrooklynRealEstate

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I am so excited for the 5th Annual ASLF Benefit @annesaxelbylegacyfund this year featuring over 130 of New York City’s leading chefs, artisans, and mixologists!

I had the pleasure of attending 2 years ago and it was one of the best walk-around events I've been to. With stations located all throughout @chelseamarketny, it was super fun to eat your way through both floors for a great cause.

This one-night-only culinary event honors the legacy of Anne Saxelby @cheesemonger325 —the pioneering cheesemonger who championed American artisan cheese and sustainable agriculture. Proceeds support ASLF’s month-long paid apprenticeships, which place young adults on sustainable farms to work, learn, and be inspired to create change in their communities. Founded in 2021 after Anne Saxelby’s sudden passing, ASLF was created to carry forward her belief that good food—and the farmers behind it—can change the world.

You can pickup a postcard at participating restaurants to get a discount off your ticket! I've posted a bunch of great spots here that I've enjoyed in the past and can't wait to see them at the event.

Each photo is tagged with the restaurant, so swing by, grab your discount postcard and buy tickets to a delicious worthy cause! See full participating restaurants in the link in bio on their page! @annesaxelbylegacyfund

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Art & Architecture & Artfully Arranged Fish Food

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“Ad Infinitum — NYC, July / August 2026”
No fancy Mediterranean vacations or yearning for greener pastures. I put my travel belly aside. Just good work and better friends. Here are some late summer finds (in no particular order). S/O Joe’s Pizza. Volume II coming 🔜

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Heirlooms: Varieties like Brandywine, Cherokee Purple, and Jersey tomatoes are high-value favorites. Their unique shapes, deep colors, and complex flavors command premium prices.
Beefsteaks & Standard Slicers: Big, juicy varieties like Big Beef, Mountain Fresh, and Red Deuce are high-yielding, visually uniform, and firm enough to prevent bruising during transit.
Cherry & Specialty Tomatoes: Sungold (orange, extremely sweet) and mixed cherry tomatoes are incredibly popular for snacking and salads, often selling out first at peak markets.

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Intimate Spanish restaurant in the intimate neighborhood of Cobble Hill, Brooklyn - excellent food, great wine and a memorable night!
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#lavara #spanish #spanishfood #cobblehill #brooklyn

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Lookin like a tea towel from the @homegoods kitchen aisle

Make sure the videos actually play!!

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🌱 Variety Showcase Spotlight: Rosé Cabbage 🌱

Join us at @glynwoodorg on August 30 as Chef Alex Raij of @txikitonyc & @lavarany creates a dish featuring plant breeder Phillip Griffiths’ stunning unreleased rosé cabbage.

Originally from southeast Wales, “Griff” came to the U.S. in the early 1990s and earned his PhD in vegetable breeding at the University of Florida. Since joining Cornell University in 1999, he has focused on breeding Brassica crops, beans, and tomatoes, developing varieties that are not only productive but novel and delicious.

His work aims to reinvent how we think about vegetables, introducing vibrant new colors and forms that delight growers, chefs and eaters alike.

Among his latest breeding projects are rosé cabbage, golden and Tuscan broccoli, chili pepper-shaped tomatoes, colorful leafy brassicas, and mini kidney beans, with new varieties being trialed and introduced around the world.

Come meet Griff and Alex, learn about the breeding behind this beautiful brassica, and be among the first to taste rosé cabbage at Variety Showcase.

🎟️ Tickets at the link in our bio.
📅 Sunday, August 30 | 4–7 pm
📍 Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming, Cold Spring, NY

#flavorbeginswithseed

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In honor of Spain’s 2026 World Cup Win 🇪🇸🏆 Here are 10 Spaniard owned/operated restaurants in NYC

🥘 @lanacionalnyc
📍Chelsea
Founded in 1868 to feed and house Spanish immigrants, the Benevolent Society’s restaurant is still where the community gathers for the big matches

🫒 @lavaranyc
📍Cobble Hill, Brooklyn
Basque and Moorish cooking from Bilbao born Eder Montero, tracing the Arab and Jewish roots of Spanish food on a quiet residential block

🥂 @salaastorianyc
📍Astoria, Queens
Bright tapas bar energy, with croquetas from Valencia born Barbara Amoros, a Top Chef Spain finalist

🍾 @salinasnyc
📍Chelsea
Moody date spot with a retractable glass roof, San Sebastián native Luis Bollo has run the kitchen for over a decade

🍤 @txikitonyc
📍Chelsea
The same Basque team as La Vara, small plates built for grazing the way Bilbao does it

🧀 @boqueria
📍Multiple locations
Named after Barcelona’s famous market and a tapas standby since 2006, with Barcelona born chef Marc Vidal behind the menu

🍷 @bazaarmeatnewyork
📍NoMad
José Andrés at his most theatrical, the Asturias born chef behind World Central Kitchen doing his splurge tasting room

🇪🇸 @socarratnyc
📍Multiple locations
Paella the way founder Lolo Manso, born in Segovia, grew up eating it, named for the crispy rice at the bottom of the pan

🍖 @despananyc
📍SoHo
Started as a Queens chorizo factory in 1971 back when Spanish chorizo could not legally be imported, now part grocery, part tapas café

🍮 @sevilla_restaurant
📍West Village
Serving since 1941, family owned by Spaniards for over six decades, NYC’s oldest continually operating Spanish restaurant

follow for more nyc recs 💌

#nycfood #spanishfood #nycrestaurants #worldcup2026 #nyceats

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The top spots for the countries still standing

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