The Roaming Minds

Welcome to Little Italy sign at Mulberry and Broome Streets intersection.           The quick answer to that question is food - Italian cuisines and desserts. Have you tried different flavors of  bruschetta, gnocchi ,  ravioli,  and  linguine ? How about  cannoli, pignoli ,  gelato,  and  torrone ? If you want to try authentic Italian food other than the familiar spaghetti, meatball, pizza, and salad, go to Little Italy. They have rows and rows of ristoranti Italiano (Italian restaurants) and dessert stores. If you need to know what to order, restaurants display menus with a list of ingredients at their entrances. There are also standby receptionists waiting to answer your questions. Here are three things you need to experience when visiting Little Italy.  Eat at one of the ristoranti Italiano.      There are so many restaurants to choose from. We tried Benito One's linguine seafood made of white c...

     Living in the Big Apple affords us endless wonderful experiences. It's been more than a year since my wife started working in NYC, and us living on the Upper West Side, but every time we get out of our apartment, new experiences await us. Here are some things we discovered you can see or do during summer if you visit the "city that never sleeps." Watch a drive-in movie. The Manhattan skyline during the movie drive-in.       If you love going to the movies, you can enhance the experience by watching a film through a drive-in cinema. Whether you drive in with a vehicle or motorcycle or walk in (chairs are provided), the experience is much different from watching a movie in an enclosed theater. The full moon, stars, and gorgeously lit Manhattan cityscapes join you as you enjoy the company of your loved ones watching the latest movie. As you approach midnight, bonus fireworks display on the right side of the Manhattan skyline. We recommend you try S...

My children and I love home-cooked foods made by my wife. She is an expert who can cook multicultural foods, such as Filipino and a few Korean, Indian, Vietnamese, and Mexican cuisines. We were all dependent on her when it came to meals.  That situation changed when she started working out of state, and my daughter left for college. I've never learned from my wife how to cook. Now that she is not with us during weekdays, I must prepare meals for my teenage son and myself to survive. Thanks to video calls, the internet, and my fear of starvation, I learned to cook fried rice. Not a typical one because I can change the flavor by adding a different key ingredient. I can also enhance its nutritive value by adding more and different vegetables and spices. In this blog, I will share the recipe for  salmon-veggie fried rice . Ingredients 3 tablespoons butter, divided 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 medium-sized white or red onion, sliced salt and black pepper garlic powder 1 teaspoon sesam...