In a world of scary, wacky food mashups, one in Flushing, Queens may actually be good. Thanks, Chopsticks+Marrow for introducing us to the falafel slice. Like the pizza itself, the restaurant, “Benjy’s Kosher Pizza Dairy Restaurant & Sushi Bar” seems to be a mashup, too. Our head is spinning. We need pizza. And falafel. Here’s some other stuff we loved today:
Bloomberg critic Ryan Sutton drops his best of 2013 restaurant list. Carbone ranks #1. [Bloomberg]
A photo tour of the massive Whole Foods which just opened in Gowanus, Brooklyn. [Gothamist]
Here’s some old-school holiday foods better left in the past. [Huffington Post]
Murray’s makes a snowman out of cheese. Commence the collective “awww” amongst dairy lovers. [Murray’s]
How a sommelier deals with difficult food pairings, like llama filet with an apple-banana glaze. [Bloomberg]