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Spanning the Globe, From Africa to Connecticut

If you can get Adam Platt to give you two stars for African food, you're doing something right.
If you can get Adam Platt to give you two stars for African food, you’re doing something right. Photo: Zach Desart


This week’s issue goes far and wide, from the past to the future, from Connecticut to remotest Africa. Rob and Robin have worked up a foodie spring break: four can’t-miss restaurants that will compel you to rent a car and head out of town. No such effort is required to sample the cooking of Africa, via the kitchen at Merkato 55, which Adam Platt enjoys to the tune of two stars. On more familiar European ground, Gael Greene stops in at Mia Dona and finds much (though not everything) to her liking. There’s a warm review of Arthur “the food maven” Schwartz’s new cookbook, a definitive source on the story of Jewish foodways in New York. In “Openings” this week, Rob and Robin do us no favors by introducing an NYU-area cookie store catering to night owls. The Robs also mark the opening of Pomme de Terre, a bistro welcomed by residents of Ditmas Park.

Spring Break for Foodies
Into Africa
In Season: Radicchio di Castelfranco
Insatiable Critic: Mia Dona
Openings: Pomme de Terre, Insomnia Cookies
The Derma Diaries [NYM]

Spanning the Globe, From Africa to Connecticut